Handel / Laurence Cummings- Joshua
SKU: 4015023264038
Handel: Joshua / Cummings, Dennis, Pokupic, Duske, Tarver, Handel / Cummings, Laurence, Release Date: 03/10/2015, Composer: George Frideric Handel, Performer: Tobias [Baritone Vocal] Berndt, Kenneth Tarver, Renata Pokupic, Anna Dennis, Conductor: Laurence Cummings, Orchestra/Ensemble: North German Radio Chorus, Gottingen Festival Orchestra, Number of Discs: 2. Joshua is one of four so-called 'victory' oratorios Handel composed in the late 1740s, which commemorate the defeat of the 1745-46 Jacobite Rebellion. It takes as it's subject matter the biblical story of Joshua, who roused his people to a sequence of divinely aided victories. The oratorio remained a favorite with English and continental audiences until well after Handel's death. This recording, taken from live performances, features a superb cast of soloists supported by the Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, conducted from the harpsichord by Laurence Cummings.
Tracklist:
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Introduction
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Ye Sons Of Israel, Ev'ry Tribe Attend (Chorus Of Israelites)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: Behold, My Friends, What Vast Rewards Are Giv'n (Joshua, Caleb)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Aria: O First In Wisdom, What Vast Rewards Are Giv'n (Caleb)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: Matrons And Virgins. With Unwearied Pray'r (Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Aria: Oh! Who Can Tell, Oh! Who Can Hear (Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: Caleb, Attend To All I Now Prescribe (Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: To Long To Posterity We Were Record (Chorus, Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: How Long Shall The Memory Last (Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Aria: While Kedron's Brook To Jordan's Stream (Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: But, Who Is He? - Tremendous To Behold! (Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Aria: Awful, Pleasing Being Say (Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: Joshua, I Come Commission'd From On High (Angel, Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: Leader Of Israel (Angel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: To Give Command, Prerogative Is Thine (Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Aria: Haste, Haste Israel (Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: The Lord Commands, And Joshua Leads (Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: In These Blest Scenes (Othniel, Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: 'tis Achsah's Voice! (Othniel, Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: Hail, Lovely Virgin Of This Blissful Bow'r! (Othniel, Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Aria: Hark! 'tis The Linnet And The Thrush (Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: O Achsah, Form'd For Ev'ry Chaste Delight (Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Duet: Our Limpid Streams With Freedom Flow (Achsah, Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: The Trumpet Calls; Now Jericho Shall Know (Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: May All The Host Of Heav'n Attend Him Round (Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Recitative: 'tis Well Six Times The Lord Hath Been Obey'd (Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: A Solemn March During The Circumvention Of The Ark Of The Covenant
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Glory To God! - The Nations Tremble (Chorus, Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Recitative: The Walls Are Levell'd (Caleb)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Aria: See, The Raging Flames Arise (Caleb)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Aria: To Vanity And Earthly Pride (Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Recitative: Let All The Seed Of Abrah'm Now Prepare (Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Aria: Almighty Ruler Of The Skies (Joshua, Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Recitative: Joshua, The Men Dispatch'd By Thee To Learn (Caleb)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: How Soon Tow'ring Our Hopes Are Cross'd (Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Recitative: Whence This Dejection? (Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Aria: With Redoubled Rage Return (Joshua, Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Recitative: Now Give The Army Breath; Let War A While (Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Aria: Heroes When With Glory Burning (Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Recitative: Indulgent Heav'n Hath Heard My Virgin Pray'r (Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Aria: As Cheers The Sun The Tender Flow'r (Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Recitative: Sure I'm Deceiv'd, With Sorrow I Behold (Caleb, Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Aria: Nations, Who In Future Story (Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Recitative: Brethren And Friends, What Joy This Scene Imparts (Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: [Flourish Of Warlike Instruments]
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Recitative: Thus Far Our Cause Is Favour'd (Caleb)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Chorus: Oh! Thou Bright Orb, Great Ruler Of The Day (Joshua, Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Hail! Mighty Joshua, Hail! (Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Aria: Happy, Oh Thrice Happy We (Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Recitative: Caleb, For Holy Eleazer Send (Joshua, Caleb)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Aria: Shall I In Mamre's Fertile Plain (Caleb)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: For All These Mercies We Will Sing (Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Recitative: O Caleb, Fear'd By Foes, By Friends Ador'd (Othniel, Caleb)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Aria: Place Danger Around Me (Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Father Of Mercy, Hear The Pray'r We Make (Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Recitative: In Bloom Of Youth, This Stripling Hath Achiev'd (Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: See The Conqu'ring Hero Comes (Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Duet: See The Godlike Youth Advance! (Virgins) - See, The Conqu'ring Hero Comes! (Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Recitative: Welcome! My Son, My Othniel, Good And Great (Caleb, Othniel, Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Aria: Oh! Had I Jubal's Lyre (Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Recitative: While Life Shall Last (Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Duet: O Peerless Maid, With Beauty Blest (Othniel, Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Recitative: While Lawless Tyrants, With Ambition Blind (Caleb)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: The Great Jehovah Is Our Awful Theme (Chorus)
UPC > 4015023264038
Format > New CD
Label > Accent Records
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Handel: Joshua / Cummings, Dennis, Pokupic, Duske, Tarver, Handel / Cummings, Laurence, Release Date: 03/10/2015, Composer: George Frideric Handel, Performer: Tobias [Baritone Vocal] Berndt, Kenneth Tarver, Renata Pokupic, Anna Dennis, Conductor: Laurence Cummings, Orchestra/Ensemble: North German Radio Chorus, Gottingen Festival Orchestra, Number of Discs: 2. Joshua is one of four so-called 'victory' oratorios Handel composed in the late 1740s, which commemorate the defeat of the 1745-46 Jacobite Rebellion. It takes as it's subject matter the biblical story of Joshua, who roused his people to a sequence of divinely aided victories. The oratorio remained a favorite with English and continental audiences until well after Handel's death. This recording, taken from live performances, features a superb cast of soloists supported by the Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, conducted from the harpsichord by Laurence Cummings.
Tracklist:
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Introduction
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Ye Sons Of Israel, Ev'ry Tribe Attend (Chorus Of Israelites)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: Behold, My Friends, What Vast Rewards Are Giv'n (Joshua, Caleb)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Aria: O First In Wisdom, What Vast Rewards Are Giv'n (Caleb)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: Matrons And Virgins. With Unwearied Pray'r (Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Aria: Oh! Who Can Tell, Oh! Who Can Hear (Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: Caleb, Attend To All I Now Prescribe (Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: To Long To Posterity We Were Record (Chorus, Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: How Long Shall The Memory Last (Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Aria: While Kedron's Brook To Jordan's Stream (Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: But, Who Is He? - Tremendous To Behold! (Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Aria: Awful, Pleasing Being Say (Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: Joshua, I Come Commission'd From On High (Angel, Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: Leader Of Israel (Angel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: To Give Command, Prerogative Is Thine (Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Aria: Haste, Haste Israel (Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: The Lord Commands, And Joshua Leads (Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: In These Blest Scenes (Othniel, Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: 'tis Achsah's Voice! (Othniel, Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: Hail, Lovely Virgin Of This Blissful Bow'r! (Othniel, Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Aria: Hark! 'tis The Linnet And The Thrush (Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: O Achsah, Form'd For Ev'ry Chaste Delight (Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Duet: Our Limpid Streams With Freedom Flow (Achsah, Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: Recitative: The Trumpet Calls; Now Jericho Shall Know (Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act I: May All The Host Of Heav'n Attend Him Round (Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Recitative: 'tis Well Six Times The Lord Hath Been Obey'd (Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: A Solemn March During The Circumvention Of The Ark Of The Covenant
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Glory To God! - The Nations Tremble (Chorus, Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Recitative: The Walls Are Levell'd (Caleb)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Aria: See, The Raging Flames Arise (Caleb)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Aria: To Vanity And Earthly Pride (Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Recitative: Let All The Seed Of Abrah'm Now Prepare (Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Aria: Almighty Ruler Of The Skies (Joshua, Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Recitative: Joshua, The Men Dispatch'd By Thee To Learn (Caleb)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: How Soon Tow'ring Our Hopes Are Cross'd (Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Recitative: Whence This Dejection? (Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Aria: With Redoubled Rage Return (Joshua, Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Recitative: Now Give The Army Breath; Let War A While (Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Aria: Heroes When With Glory Burning (Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Recitative: Indulgent Heav'n Hath Heard My Virgin Pray'r (Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Aria: As Cheers The Sun The Tender Flow'r (Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Recitative: Sure I'm Deceiv'd, With Sorrow I Behold (Caleb, Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Aria: Nations, Who In Future Story (Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Recitative: Brethren And Friends, What Joy This Scene Imparts (Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: [Flourish Of Warlike Instruments]
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Recitative: Thus Far Our Cause Is Favour'd (Caleb)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act II: Chorus: Oh! Thou Bright Orb, Great Ruler Of The Day (Joshua, Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Hail! Mighty Joshua, Hail! (Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Aria: Happy, Oh Thrice Happy We (Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Recitative: Caleb, For Holy Eleazer Send (Joshua, Caleb)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Aria: Shall I In Mamre's Fertile Plain (Caleb)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: For All These Mercies We Will Sing (Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Recitative: O Caleb, Fear'd By Foes, By Friends Ador'd (Othniel, Caleb)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Aria: Place Danger Around Me (Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Father Of Mercy, Hear The Pray'r We Make (Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Recitative: In Bloom Of Youth, This Stripling Hath Achiev'd (Joshua)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: See The Conqu'ring Hero Comes (Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Duet: See The Godlike Youth Advance! (Virgins) - See, The Conqu'ring Hero Comes! (Chorus)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Recitative: Welcome! My Son, My Othniel, Good And Great (Caleb, Othniel, Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Aria: Oh! Had I Jubal's Lyre (Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Recitative: While Life Shall Last (Othniel)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Duet: O Peerless Maid, With Beauty Blest (Othniel, Achsah)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: Recitative: While Lawless Tyrants, With Ambition Blind (Caleb)
- Joshua, Hwv 64: Act III: The Great Jehovah Is Our Awful Theme (Chorus)
UPC > 4015023264038
Format > New CD
Label > Accent Records
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