ISRAEL IN EGYPT (HWV 54)
Biblical oratorio in 3 acts
Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Libretto: Charles Jennens (1700 - 1773)
First performance: King's Theatre, London, 4 April 1739
Soprano: Robin Johannsen
Soprano: Emmanuelle de Negri
Contertenor: Alberto Miguélez Rouco
Tenor: Jeremy Ovenden
Bass: Neal Davies
Bass: Yannick Debus
Conductor: René Jacobs
Zürcher Sing-Akademie
Freiburger Barockorchester
Recorded live from the Konzerthaus, Freiburg (18 June 2022)
Notes: deneb.philharmoniedeparis.fr/...
Libretto (part II and III only) available at: opera.stanford.edu/iu/libretti...
Picture: "Departure of the Israelites" by (David Roberts, 1829)
PART I - The Lamentation of the Israelites for the Death of Joseph
00:00 I. Symphony
02:25 II. Chorus “The sons of Israel do mourn”
07:27 III. Chorus “How is the mighty fall’n”
10:42 IV. Chorus “He put on righteousness”
12:30 V. Chorus “When the ear heard him”
15:13 VI. Chorus “How is the mighty fall’n”
15:53 VII. Chorus “He deliver’d the poor”
20:57 VIII. Chorus “How is the mighty fall’n”
21:36 IX. Chorus “The righteous shall be”
24:53 X. Chorus “Their bodies are buried in peace”
28:51 XI. Chorus “The people will tell of their wisdom”
30:21 XII. Chorus “They shall receive a glorious kingdom”
33:39 XIII. Chorus “The merciful goodness of the Lord"
37:27 Funeral March, excerpt from the oratorio Saül (HWV 53)
PART II - Exodus
39:43 Recitative “Now there arose a new king”
40:08 XIV. Solo and Chorus “And the children of Israel sigh’d” -
43:20 Recitative “Then sent he Moses”
43:48 XV. Chorus “They loathed to drink”
45:31 XVI. Aria “Their land brought forth frogs”
47:55 XVII. Chorus “He spake the word”
49:54 XVIII. Chorus “He gave them hailstones”
51:46 XIX. Chorus “He sent a thick darkness”
54:09 XX. Chorus “He smote all the firstborn”
56:19 XXI. Chorus “But as for his people”
1:00:20 XXII. Chorus “Egypt was glad”
1:02:13 XXIII. Chorus “He rebuked the Red Sea”
1:04:53 XXIV. Chorus “And Israel saw the great work”
PART III - Moses’ Song
1:07:25 XXV. Chorus/Introitus “Moses and the children of Israel”
1:11:24 XXVI. Duet “The Lord is my strength”
1:15:10 XXVII. Chorus “He is my God”
1:17:37 XXVIII. Duet “The Land is a man of war”
1:23:26 XXIX. Chorus “The depths have cover’d them”
1:24:50 XXX. Chorus “Thy right hand”
1:28:03 XXXI. Chorus “And with the blast”
1:30:54 XXXII. Aria “The enemy said”
1:33:06 XXXIII. Aria “Thou dids’t blow”
1:35:02 XXXIV. Chorus “Who is like unto thee”
1:36:34 XXXV. Duet “Thou in thy mercy”
1:40:26 XXXVI. Chorus “The people shall hear”
1:45:21 XXXVII. Aria “Thou shalt bring them in”
1:48:07 XXXVIII. Chorus “The Lord shall reign” - Recitative “For the horse of the Pharaoh” - Chorus (da capo) “The Lord shall reign” - Recitative “And Miriam the prophetess"
1:49:57 XXXIX. Solo and Chorus “Sing ye to the Lord”