GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
1.
Awake the trumpet's lofty sound! (Chorus of Philistines)
1:59
(from Samson, HWV 57, Act One, Scene 1)
(from Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Part 2 - Additional Chorus)
3.
Welcome, welcome, mighty King! (Chorus of Israelites)
1:37
(from Saul, HWV 53, Act One, Scene 3)
(from Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, Act Two)
5.
Ye sons of Israel mourn II
2:10
(from Esther, HWV 50a, Act One, Scene 3)
6.
Worthy is the Lamb
3:34
(from Messiah, HWV 56, Part 3)
7.
He gave them hailstones for rain
2:13
(from Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Part I)
8.
With thunder arm'd, great God arise (Chorus of Israelites)
3:00
(from Samson, Act Three, Scene 1)
9.
O God, behold our sore distress (Chorus of Israelites)
4:19
(from Jephtha, HWV 70, Act One, Scne 4)
10.
He smote all the first-born of Egypt
2:19
(from Israel in Egypt, Part I)
11.
How excellent Thy name (Chorus of Israelites)
2:48
(from Saul, Act One, Scene 1:
An Epinicion or Song of Triumph, for the victory over Goliath and the Philistines)
12.
And He shall purify
2:33
(from Messiah, Part 1)
13.
Hear, Jocob's Gob, Jehova, hear! (Chorus of Israelites)
3:20
(from Samson, Act Two, Scene 4)
14.
Ye house of Gilead, with one voice (Chorus of Israelites)
3:44
(from Jephtha, Act Three, Scene 2)
(from Messiash, Part 2)
16.
The Lord our enemy has slain
10:57
(from Esther, Act Three, Scene 2)
Soli: Michael Chance (alto - Priest of the Israelites)
Lynda Russell (soprano - (Esther)
Mark Padmore (tenor - Mordecai)
Robert Evans (bass 1), Simon Birchall (bass 2)
17.
I will sing unto the Lord
2:42
(from Israel in Egypt, Part 2)
18.
Then round about the starry throne (Chorus of Israelites)
2:07
(from Samson, Act One, Scene 3)
19.
The many rend the skies with lound applause (I)
4:02
(from Alexander's Feast, Part 1)
20.
Gird on thy sword, thou man of might (Chorus of Israelites)
5:21
(from Saul, Act Three, Scene 5: Elegy on the death of Saul and Jonathan)
21.
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed
3:06
(from Messiah, Part 1)
22.
Let the bright Seraphim in burning row (Chorus of Israelites)
3:09
(from Samson, Act Three, Scene 3)
(from Israel in Egypt, Part 2)
(from Messiah, Part 3)
Choral: The Sixteen
Conductor: Harry Christophers