Handel: English Arias from the Oratorios

1. 1
   Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 15, Air. Yet, Can I Hear That Dulcet Lay (Hercules)
   3:59
2. 2
   Handel: Esther, HWV 50a, Scene 5: Air. How Can I Stay, When Love Invites? (Assuerus)
   3:02
3. 3
   Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act II: No. 56, Duet. O Fairest of Ten Thousand Fair (Michal/David)
   3:11
4. 4
   Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I: Aria. Great God! Who, Yet But Darkly Known (Cyrus)
   3:28
5. 5
   Handel: Theodora, HWV 68, Act I, Scene 2: No. 9. Aria. The Raptur'd Soul (Didymus)
   8:14
6. 6
   Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Act III: No. 1, Air. Father of Heav'n! From Thy Eternal Throne (Priest)
   7:24
7. 7
   Handel: Esther, HWV 50a, Scene 1: Overture. Andante – Larghetto – Allegro
   6:28
8. 8
   Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act I: No. 32, Aria. O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless (David)
   3:30
9. 9
   Handel: Solomon, HWV 67, Act I: Aria. What Though I Trace Each Herb (Solomon)
   6:13
10. 10
    Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 3: A Martial Symphony – Aria. Destructive War, Thy Limits Know (Cyrus)
    2:50
11. 11
    Handel: Solomon, HWV 67, Act I: Duet. Welcome as the Dawn of Day (Solomon/Solomon's Wife)
    3:33
12. 12
    Handel: Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: Aria. Kind Heaven, If Virtue Be Thy Care (Didymus)
    5:13
13. 13
    Handel: Solomon, HWV 67, Act I: Accompagnato. Almighty Pow'r (Solomon)
    2:45
14. 14
    Handel: Esther, HWV 50a, Scene 2: Recit. Now Persecution Shall Lay by Her Iron Rod – Aria. Tune Your Harps to Cheerful Strains (1st Israelite)
    5:06

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