Handel: Israel In Egypt [CD] (ONLINE ORDER ONLY)

Handel: Israel In Egypt [CD] (ONLINE ORDER ONLY)

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Although Israel in Egypt was first performed on 4 April 1739 in tripartite form, Handel probably first composed this oratorio without a complete text. Herve Niquet has chosen to record the version in two parts that Berlioz and the whole of the 19th century considered definitive, these being the Exodus and the Song of Moses. Produced just after the Covid pandemic, this recording also shows the joy of Le Concert Spirituel's singers and instrumentalists at making music together again: Herve Niquet says the final chorus "is a cry of happiness in unison" and sees an "almost palpable drama in these works: the two choruses face each other on either side of the orchestra and respond to each other in violent retaliations and monumental unisons. Their interweaving in diabolical movements is like a theatrical staging before our very eyes."

Tracklist:

  1. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Symphony
  2. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part II - Exodus: Recitative. Now There Arose a New King
  3. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part II - Exodus: Solo and Chorus. And the Children of Israel Sigh'd
  4. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part II - Exodus: Recitative. Then Sent He Moses, His Servant
  5. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part II - Exodus: Chorus. They Loathed to Drink
  6. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part II - Exodus: Aria. Their Land Brought Forth Frogs
  7. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part II - Exodus: Chorus. He Spake the Word
  8. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part II - Exodus: Chorus. He Gave Them Hailstones for Rain
  9. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part II - Exodus: Chorus. He Sent a Thick Darkness
  10. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part II - Exodus: Chorus. He Smote All the First-Born of Egypt
  11. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part II - Exodus: Chorus. But As For His People
  12. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part II - Exodus: Chorus. Egypt Was Glad When They Departed
  13. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part II - Exodus: Chorus. He Rebuked the Red Sea
  14. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part II - Exodus: Chorus. And Israel Saw That Great Work
  15. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part III - Moses' Song: Introitus - Chorus. Moses And The Children of Israel
  16. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part III - Moses' Song: Duet. The Lord Is My Strength
  17. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part III - Moses' Song: Chorus. He Is My God
  18. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part III - Moses' Song: Duet. The Lord Is a Man of War
  19. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part III - Moses' Song: Chorus. The Depths Have Covered Them
  20. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part III - Moses' Song: Chorus. Thy Right Hand, O Lord
  21. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part III - Moses' Song: Chorus. And With The Blast of Thy Nostrils
  22. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part III - Moses' Song: Aria. The Enemy Said: I Will Pursue
  23. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part III - Moses' Song: Aria. Thou Didst Blow
  24. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part III - Moses' Song: Chorus. Who Is Like Unto Thee, O Lord
  25. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part III - Moses' Song: Duet. Thou in Thy Mercy
  26. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part III - Moses' Song: Chorus. The People Shall Hear
  27. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part III - Moses' Song: Aria. Thou Shalt Bring Them In
  28. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part III - Moses' Song: Chorus. The Lord Shall Reign for Ever
  29. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part III - Moses' Song: Recitative. For the Horse of Pharoah
  30. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part III - Moses' Song: Chorus (Da Capo). The Lord Shall Reign For Ever
  31. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part III - Moses' Song: Recitative. And Miriam the Prophetess
  32. Israel in Egypt HWV 54~Part III - Moses' Song: Solo and Chorus. Sing Ye To The Lord

UPC: 3701624511763
Label: Alpha
Release Date: 11.21.25
Format: CD

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