Handel: Jephtha

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I: Overture

The Sixteen

Jephtha, HWV.70, Act I, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "It Must Be So" - Air. "Pour Forth No More"

Matthew Brook

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 1: "No More to Ammon's God and King"

The Sixteen

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 2: Recitative. "But Jephtha Comes" - Air. "Virtue My Soul Shall Still Embrace"

Matthew Brook

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 3: Recitative. "'Twill Be a Painful Separation" - Air. "In Gentle Murmurs"

Susan Bickley

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 3: Recitative. "Happy This Embassy" - Air. "Dull Delay"

Robin Blaze

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 3: Recitative. "Ill Suits the Voice of Love" - Air. "Take the Heart"

Sophie Bevan

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 3: Recitative. "I Go; My Soul" - Duet. "These Labors Past"

Robin Blaze

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 4: Recitative. "What Mean These Doubtful Fancies" - Accompagnato. "If, Lord" - Recitative. "'Tis Sai

James Gilchrist

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 4: "O God, Behold Our Sore Distress"

The Sixteen

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 5: Recitative. "Some Dire Event" - Air. "Scenes of Horror"

Susan Bickley

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 5: Recitative. "Say, My Dear Mother" - Air. "The Smiling Dawn"

Sophie Bevan

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I, Scene 5: Recitative. "Such, Jephtha, Was the Haughty King's Reply" - "When His Loud Voice Spoke in Thunder

Matthew Brook

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 1: Recitative. "Glad Tidings of Great Joy to Thee"

Robin Blaze

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 1: "Cherub and Seraphim"

The Sixteen

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 1: Air. "'Up the Dreadful Steep Ascending"

Robin Blaze

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 2: Recitative. "'Tis Well" - Air. "Tune the Soft Melodious Lute"

Sophie Bevan

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 2: Recitative. "Heav'n Smiles Once More" - Air. "His Mighty Arm"

James Gilchrist

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 2: "In Glory High, in Might Serene"

The Sixteen

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act 2, Scene III: Symphony

The Sixteen

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 3: Recitative. "Hail, Glorious Conqueror!" - Air. "Welcome as the Cheerful Light"

Sophie Bevan

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 3: Recitative. "Horror! Confusion!" - Air. "Open thy marble jaws"

James Gilchrist

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 3: Recitative. "Why is My Brother Thus Afflicted?"

Matthew Brook

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 3: Accompagnato and Air. "First Perish Thou"

Susan Bickley

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 3: Recitative. "If Such Thy Cruel Purpose" - Air. "On Me Let Blind Mistaken Zeal"

Robin Blaze

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 3: Quartet. "O Spare Your Daughter"

Susan Bickley

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 4: Recitative. "Such News Flies Swift" - Accompagnato. "For Joys so Vast"

Sophie Bevan

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 4: Air. "Happy They; This Vital Breath"

Sophie Bevan

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 4: Accompagnato. "Deeper and Deeper Still"

James Gilchrist

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 4: "How Dark, O Lord, are Thy Decrees"

James Gilchrist

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 1: Air. "Hide Thou Thy Hated Beams, O Sun, in Clouds"

James Gilchrist

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "A Father Off'ring Up" - Air. "Waft Her, Angels"

James Gilchrist

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "Ye Sacred Priests" - Air. "Fairwell, ye Limpid Springs and Floods"

Sophie Bevan

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 1: "Doubtful Fear and Rev'rent Awe"

The Sixteen

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 1: Sinfonia

The Sixteen

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 1: Recitative. "Rise, Jephtha" - Air. "Happy, Iphis, Shalt Thou Live"

Grace Davidson

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 1: Air. "For Ever Blessed by Thy Holy Name"

James Gilchrist

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 1: "Theme Sublime of Endless Praise"

The Sixteen

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 2: Recitative. "Let Me Congratulate" - Air. "Laud Her, all ye Virgin Train"

Matthew Brook

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 2: Recitative. "Oh, Let Me Fold Thee in a Mother's Arms" - Air. "Sweet as Sight to the Blind"

Susan Bickley

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 2: Recitative. "With Transport, Iphis" - Air. "'Tis Heav'n's All-Ruling Pow'r"

Robin Blaze

Jephtha, HWV.70, Act III, Scene 2: Recitative. "My Faithful Hamor" - Quintet. "All That is in Hamor is Mine"

Sophie Bevan

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III, Scene 2: "Ye House of Gilead, With One Voice"

The Sixteen

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II, Scene 2: Recitative. "Again Heav'n Smiles" - Air. "Freedom Now"

Matthew Brook