Available again by popular demand! Vanguard Recordings' landmark series of Handel oratorio recordings were acclaimed by critics and collectors alike, and remain popular even as interpretive trends have changed due in large part to producer Seymour Solomon's choice of talent, including conductor Johannes Somary, a cast of formidable singers, and a superb chorus cherry-picked from London's finest vocal ensembles. Judas Maccabeus challenges the soloists with plenty of vocal pyrotechnics, and soloists Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Alexander Young and John Shirley-Quirk all rise to the occasion, along with the Amor Artis Chorale singing some of Handel's most popular choruses.
Handel: Judas Maccabeus
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"The solo singing is excellent with Alexander Young a ringing tenor, and Helen Watts singing the opening aria in Act III exquisitely. Very good recording... the effect is wholly natural – and a sense of commitment throughout from all departments.
— Penguin Guide
A favorite Handel oratorio – splendid singing and sound at a value price
Handel: Judas Maccabeus
English Chamber Orchestra / Helen Watts / Heather Harper / John Shirley-Quirk / Amor Artis Chorale / Wandsworth School Boys Choir / Alexander Young / Johannes Somary
Alto ALC-2002
Number of Units: 2 CDs
EAN: 894640001721
| CD 1 | |||
| 1 | Judas Maccabeus: Overture | Largo-Allegro-Largo | 00:00 |
| 2 | Judas Maccabeus: Act One | Chorus: "Mourn, ye afflicted children" | 00:00 |
| 3 | Judas Maccabeus: Act One | Israelite man, woman "Well may your sorrows" | 00:00 |
| 4 | Judas Maccabeus: Act One | Chorus "For Zion, lamentation make" | 00:00 |
| 5 | Judas Maccabeus: Act One | Israelite man "Not in vain is all this storm" | 00:00 |
| 6 | Judas Maccabeus: Act One | Israelite Woman "Pious orgies" | 00:00 |
| 7 | Judas Maccabeus: Act One | Chorus "O Father, whose mighty power" | 00:00 |
| 8 | Judas Maccabeus: Act One | Simon "I feel the Deity within" | 00:00 |
| 9 | Judas Maccabeus: Act One | Simon "Arm, arm, ye brave" | 00:00 |
| 10 | Judas Maccabeus: Act One | Chorus "We come in bright array" | 00:00 |
| 11 | Judas Maccabeus: Act One | Judas "'Tis, well, my friends" | 00:00 |
| 12 | Judas Maccabeus: Act One | Judas "Call forth thy powers" | 00:00 |
| 13 | Judas Maccabeus: Act One | Israelite Woman & Man (duet); "Come, ever-smiling liberty" | 00:00 |
| 14 | Judas Maccabeus: Act One | Chorus "Lead on, lead on" | 00:00 |
| 15 | Judas Maccabeus: Act One | Judas "So willed my father" | 00:00 |
| 16 | Judas Maccabeus: Act One | Chorus "Disdainful of danger" | 00:00 |
| 17 | Judas Maccabeus: Act One | Judas "Ambition" | 00:00 |
| 18 | Judas Maccabeus: Act One | Judas "No unhallowed desire" | 00:00 |
| 19 | Judas Maccabeus: Act One | Israelite Man "Haste we, my brethren" | 00:00 |
| 20 | Judas Maccabeus: Act One | Chorus "Hear us, O Lord" | 00:00 |
| 21 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Two | Chorus: "Fallen is the foe" | 00:00 |
| 22 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Two | Soprano duet, chorus: "Zion now her head shall raise" | 00:00 |
| 23 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Two | Israelite Woman: "Oh, let eternal honours" | 00:00 |
| 24 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Two | Israelite Woman: "From almighty Kings" | 00:00 |
| 25 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Two | Israelite Woman, Man, Chorus: "Hail, hail, Judea" | 00:00 |
| 26 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Two | Judas: "Thanks to my brethren" | 00:00 |
| 27 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Two | Judas: "How vain is man" | 00:00 |
| CD 2 | |||
| 1 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Two | Israelite Messenger "Oh Judas, oh my brethren" | 00:00 |
| 2 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Two | Israelite Woman, Chorus: "Ah! Wretched Israel" | 00:00 |
| 3 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Two | Simon: "Be conforted" | 00:00 |
| 4 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Two | Simon: "The Lord worketh wonders" | 00:00 |
| 5 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Two | Judas: "My arms" | 00:00 |
| 6 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Two | Judas, Chorus: "Sound an alarm" | 00:00 |
| 7 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Two | Chorus: "We hear" | 00:00 |
| 8 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Two | Simon: "Enough! To heaven we leave the rest" | 00:00 |
| 9 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Two | Simon: "With pious hearts" | 00:00 |
| 10 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Two | Israelite Man, Woman: "Ye worshippers" | 00:00 |
| 11 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Two | Israelite Woman "Wise men, flattering" | 00:00 |
| 12 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Two | Israelite Woman, Man (duet) "Oh! Never, never bow" | 00:00 |
| 13 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Two | Chorus: "We never will bow down" | 00:00 |
| 14 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Three | Israelite Man: "Father of Heaven" | 00:00 |
| 15 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Three | Israelite Man: "See yon flames" | 00:00 |
| 16 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Three | Israelite Woman: "Oh grant it" | 00:00 |
| 17 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Three | Israelite Woman: "So shall the lute" | 00:00 |
| 18 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Three | Israelite Messenger: "From Capharsalama" | 00:00 |
| 19 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Three | Chorus: "See the conquering hero" | 00:00 |
| 20 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Three | March: | 00:00 |
| 21 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Three | Duet & Chorus: "Sing unto God" | 00:00 |
| 22 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Three | Judas: "Sweat flow the strains" | 00:00 |
| 23 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Three | Judas: "With honour, let desert" | 00:00 |
| 24 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Three | Eupolemus: "Peace to my countrymen" | 00:00 |
| 25 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Three | Chorus: "To our great God" | 00:00 |
| 26 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Three | Israelite Woman: "Again to Earth" | 00:00 |
| 27 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Three | Israelite Woman, Man (duet): "Oh, lovely peace" | 00:00 |
| 28 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Three | Simon: "Rejoice, Oh Judah" | 00:00 |
| 29 | Judas Maccabeus: Act Three | Chorus: "Hallelujah-Amen" | 00:00 |
English Chamber Orchestra / Helen Watts / Heather Harper / John Shirley-Quirk / Amor Artis Chorale / Wandsworth School Boys Choir / Alexander Young / Johannes Somary
Produced by Seymour Solomon
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