Handel: Athalia, HWV 52

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Disc 1

• 1 Athalia HWV 52: Act One Sinfonia 4:59
• 2 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "Blooming virgins" 5:36
• 3 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "The rising world Jehovah crown'd" 2:59
• 4 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "Tyrants would in impious throngs" 3:05
• 5 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "When He is in his wrath reveal'd" 0:10
• 6 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "When storms the proud to terrors doom" 3:18
• 7 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "Your sacred songs" 0:21
• 8 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "Oh Judah, Judah! Chosen seed!" 1:03
• 9 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "Oh Lord, whom we adore" 6:22
• 10 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "What scenes of horror" 1:09
• 11 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "Oh Mathan, aid me" 0:40
• 12 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "Athalia, tremble at thy fate!" 0:37
• 13 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "The gods, who chosen blessings shed" 1:41
• 14 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "Her form at this began" 0:53
• 15 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "Cheer her, oh Baal" 1:40
• 16 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "Amidst these horrors" 1:25
• 17 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "Gentle airs, melodious strains!" 3:06
• 18 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "Softest sounds no more can ease me" 4:26
• 19 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "Swift to the temple" 0:16
• 20 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "The traitor if you there descry" 0:47
• 21 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "My Josabeth!" 1:23
• 22 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "Faithful cares in vain extended" 5:38
• 23 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "O cease, fair princess" 0:38
• 24 Athalia HWV 52: Act One "Gloomy tyrants" 4:23

Disc 2

• 1 Athalia HWV 52: Act Two "The mighty pow'r, in whom we trust" 6:10
• 2 Athalia HWV 52: Act Two "Through the land so lovely blooming" 8:26
• 3 Athalia HWV 52: Act Two "Ah! were this land" 0:34
• 4 Athalia HWV 52: Act Two "Ah, can'st thou but prove me!" 3:13
• 5 Athalia HWV 52: Act Two "Thou dost the ardour" 0:21
• 6 Athalia HWV 52: Act Two "Confusion to my thoughts!" 1:31
• 7 Athalia HWV 52: Act Two "Will God, whose mercies ever flow" 2:24
• 8 Athalia HWV 52: Act Two "'Tis my intention" 0:49
• 9 Athalia HWV 52: Act Two "My vengeance awakes me" 4:28
• 10 Athalia HWV 52: Act Two "My spirits fail" 3:58
• 11 Athalia HWV 52: Act Two "Dear Josabeth, I trembled" 0:27
• 12 Athalia HWV 52: Act Two "Cease thy anguish, smile once more" 6:26
• 13 Athalia HWV 52: Act Two "Joad, 'ere day has ended half his race" 0:13
• 14 Athalia HWV 52: Act Two "The clouded scene begins to clear" 4:01
• 15 Athalia HWV 52: Act Three "What sacred horrors shake my breast!" 1:23
• 16 Athalia HWV 52: Act Three "Unfold, great seer" 1:00
• 17 Athalia HWV 52: Act Three "Let harmony" 0:21
• 18 Athalia HWV 52: Act Three "Jerusalem thou shalt no more" 2:42
• 19 Athalia HWV 52: Act Three "Eliakim! My father!" 1:12
• 20 Athalia HWV 52: Act Three "With firm united hearts" 0:22
• 21 Athalia HWV 52: Act Three "Oh princess, I approach thee" 0:38
• 22 Athalia HWV 52: Act Three "Soothing tyrant, falsely smiling!" 1:37
• 23 Athalia HWV 52: Act Three "Apostate priest!" 0:44
• 24 Athalia HWV 52: Act Three "Around let acclamations ring" 2:06
• 25 Athalia HWV 52: Act Three "Oh treason, treason!" 0:51
• 26 Athalia HWV 52: Act Three "Oppression, no longer I dread thee" 0:56
• 27 Athalia HWV 52: Act Three "Where I am?" 0:48
• 28 Athalia HWV 52: Act Three "Hark! hark, hark!" 1:57
• 29 Athalia HWV 52: Act Three "Yes, proud apostate" 0:48
• 30 Athalia HWV 52: Act Three "To darkness eternal" 0:56
• 31 Athalia HWV 52: Act Three "Now, Josabeth" 0:15
• 32 Athalia HWV 52: Act Three "Joys, in gentle trains appearing" 1:37
• 33 Athalia HWV 52: Act Three "Rejoice, oh Judah" 0:21
• 34 Athalia HWV 52: Act Three "Give glory to His awful name" 2:06

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