Handel: Esther, First Reconstructable Version (Cannons), 1720

Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Overture: I. Andante

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Overture: II. Larghetto

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Overture: III. Allegro

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 1: I. Recitative "'Tis Greater Far to Spare, Than to Destroy"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 1: II. Air "Pluck Root and Branch from out the Land"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 1: III. Recitative "Our Souls with Ardour Glow"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 1: IV. Chorus "Shall We the God of Israel's Fear?"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 2: I. Recitative "Now Persecution Shall Lay by Her Iron Rod"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 2: II. Air "Tune Your Harps to Cheerful Strains"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 2: III. Chorus "Shall We of Servitude Complain"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 2: IV. Recitative "O God, Who from the Suckling's Mouth"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 2: V. Air "Praise the Lord with Cheerful Noise"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 2: VI. Chorus "Shall We of Servitude Complain"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 3: I. Recitative "How Have Our Sins Provok'd the Lord"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 3: II. Chorus "Ye Sons of Israel Mourn"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 3: III. Air "O Jordan, Jordan, Sacred Tide"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 3: IV. Chorus "Ye Sons of Israel Mourn"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 1: I. Recitative "Why Sits That Sorrow on thy Brow?"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 1: II. Air "Dread Not, Righteous Queen, the Danger"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 1: III. Recitative "I Go Before the King to Stand"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 1: IV. Air "Tears Assist Me, Pity Moving"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 1: V. Chorus "Save Us, O Lord"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 2: I. Recitative "Who Dares Intrude into Our Presence Without Our Leave?"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 2: II. Duet "Who Calls My Parting Soul from Death?"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 2: III. Air "O Beauteous Queen, Unclose Those Eyes!"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 2: IV. Recitative "If I Find Favour in thy Sight"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 2: V. Air "How Can I Stay, When Love Invites?"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 2: VI. Recitative "With Inward Joy His Visage Glows"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 2: VII. Chorus "Virtue, Truth and Innocence"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act III Scene 1: I. Air "Jehovah Crown'd with Glory Bright"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act III Scene 1: II. Chorus "He Comes, He Comes to End Our Woes"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act III Scene 2: I. Recitative "Now, O Queen, They Suit Declare"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act III Scene 2: II. Accompagnato "Turn Not, O Queen, thy Face Away"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act III Scene 2: III. Air "Flatt'ring Tongue, No More I Hear Thee!"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act III Scene 2: IV. Recitative "Guards, Seize the Traitor, Bear Him Hence!"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act III Scene 2: V. Air "How Art Thou Fall'n from thy Height!"

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Esther, HWV 50a, Act III Scene 2: VI. Chorus "The Lord Our Enemy Has Slain"

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