Handel: Theodora

CD 1

1. Overture 2:58
2. Trio 1:45
3. Courante 1:35
4. Recitative: 'Tis Diocletian's Natal Day (Valens) 0:31
5. Air: Go, My Faithful Soldier, Go (Valens) 1:53
6. Chorus: And Draw A Blessing Down (The Heathens) 2:03
7. Recitative: Vouchsafe, Dread Sir (Didymus, Valens) 1:02
8. Air: Racks, Gibbets, Sword And Fire (Valens) 3:15
9. Chorus: For Ever Thus Stands Fixed The Doom (The Heathens) 1:40
10. Recitative: Most Cruel Edict! (Didymus) 0:36
11. Air: The Raptured Soul (Didymus) 8:12
12. Recitative: I Know Thy Virtues (Septimius) 0:42
13. Air: Descend, Kind Pity, Heav'nly Guest (Septimius) 8:12
14. Recitative: Tho' Hard, My Friends (Theodora) 0:27
15. Air: Fond, Flatt'ring World, Adieu! (Theodora) 4:01
16. Recitative: O Bright Example Of All Goodness! (Irene) 0:37
17. Air: Bane Of Virtue (Irene) 5:52
18. Chorus: Come, Mighty Father (The Christians) 2:29
19. Recitative: Fly, Fly, My Brethren (Messenger, Irene) 1:08
20. Air: As With Rosy Steps The Morn (Irene) 7:19
21. Chorus: All Pow'r In Heav'n Above (The Christians) 2:17
22. Recitative: Mistaken Wretches! (Septimius) 0:20
23. Air: Dread The Fruits Of Christian Folly (Septimius) 2:41
24. Recitative: Deluded Mortal! (Theodora, Septimius) 1:02
25. Accompagnato: Oh, Worse Than Death Indeed! (Theodora) 0:23
26. Air: Angels, Ever Bright And Fair (Theodora) 3:39
27. Recitative: Unhappy, Happy Crew! (Didymus, Irene) 1:13
28. Air: Kind Heav'n, If Virtue Be Thy Care (Didymus) 5:21
29. Recitative: O Love, How Great Thy Pow'r! (Irene) 0:34
30. Chorus: Go, Gen'rous, Pious Youth (The Christians) 4:41

CD 2

1. Recitative: Ye Men Of Antioch (Valens) 0:33
2. Chorus: Queen Of Summer, Queen Of Love (The Heathens) 0:42
3. Air: Wide Spread His Name (Valens) 2:11
4. Recitative: Return, Septimius, To The Stubborn Maid (Valens) 0:41
5. Chorus: Venus, Laughing From The Skies (The Heathens) 1:19
6. Symphony 0:54
7. Recitative: O Thou Bright Sun! (Theodora) 0:35
8. Air: With Darkness Deep, As Is My Woe (Theodora) 3:08
9. Symphony 1:03
10. Recitative: But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul! (Theodora) 0:31
11. Air: Oh That I On Wings Could Rise (Theodora) 3:23
12. Recitative: Long Have I Known (Didymus, Septimius) 1:20
13. Air: Tho' The Honours (Septimius) 3:12
14. Recitative: Oh, Save Her Then (Didymus, Septimius) 0:38
15. Air: Deeds Of Kindness To Display (Didymus) 2:18
16. Recitative: The Clouds Begin To Veil (Irene) 1:33
17. Air: Defend Her, Heav'n! (Irene) 2:58
18. Recitative: Or Lull'd With Grief (Didymus) 0:37
19. Air: Sweet Rose And Lily (Didymus) 2:18
20. Recitative: Oh, Save Me, Heav'n (Theodora, Didymus) 1:33
21. Air: Recitative: The Pilgrim's Home (Theodora) 2:58
22. Accomagnato: Forbid It, Heav'n! (Didymus) 0:37
23. Recitative: Or Say, What Right Have I To Take (Didymus, Theodora)
24. Duet: To Thee, Thou Glorious Son Of Worth (Theodora, Didymus) 4:26
25. Recitative: 'Tis Night (Irene) 0:47
26. Chorus: He Saw The Lovely Youth (The Christians) 3:42

CD 3

1. Air: Lord, To Thee Each Night And Day (Irene) 7:04
2. Recitative: But See, The Good, The Virtuous Didymus! (Irene, Theodora) 0:38
3. Air: When Sunk In Anguish And Despair (Theodora) 3:36
4. Theodora And Chorus: Blest Be The Hand, And Blest The Pow'r (Theodora, The Christians) 3:39
5. Recitative: Undaunted In The Court (Messenger, Irene) 0:50
6. Air: O My Irene (Theodora) 0:29
7. Recitative: Stay Me Not, Dear Friend (Theodora) 0:14
8. Duet: Whither, Princess, Do You Fly (Irene, Theodora) 1:12
9. Recitative: She's Gone (Irene) 0:39
10. Air: New Scenes Of Joy Come Crowding On (Irene) 4:17
11. Recitative: Is It A Christian Virtue (Valens, Didymus) 1:12
12. Recitative: Be That My Doom (Theodora, Septimius) 1:02
13. Air: From Virtue Springs Each Gen'rous Deed (Septimius) 5:45
14. Air: Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray'r (Valens) 1:02
15. Recitative: Tis Kind, My Friends (Didymus, Theodora) 1:02
16. Chorus: How Strange Their Ends, Yet How Glorious (The Heathens) 2:50
17. Recitative: On Me Your Frowns (Didymus, Theodora, Valens) 0:37
18. Air: Ye Ministers Of Justice (Valens) 1:27
19. Recitative: And Must Such Beauty Suffer! (Didymus, Theodora, Septimus) 0:54
20. Air And Duet: Streams Of Pleasure Ever Flowing (Didymus, Theodora) 5:37
21. Recitative: Ere This, Their Doom Is Past (Irene) 0:30
22. Chorus: O Love Divine (The Christians) 2:42