George Frideric Handel;Nigel Robson,Lynne Dawson,Anne Sofie von Otter,Michael Chance,Stephen Varcoe,Ruth Holton,English Baroque Soloists,Monteverdi Choir,Sir John Eliot GardinerJephtha

Jephtha: Overture / Menuet

Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "It must be so: or these vile Ammonites"

Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs"

Jephtha: Act I, Scene 1. "No more to Ammon's god and king"

Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "But Jephtha comes"

Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "Virtue my soul shall still embrace"

Jephtha: Act I, Scene 2. "'Twill be a painful separation, Jephtha" / "In gentle murmurs will I mourn"

Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis" / "Dull delay, in piercing anguish"

Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "Ill suits the voice of love when glory calls" / "Take the heart you fondly gave"

Jephtha: Act I, Scene 3. "I go, My soul, inspir'd by thy command" / "These labours past, how happy we!"

Jephtha: Act I, Scene 4. "What mean these doubtful fancies"

Jephtha: Act I, Scene 4. "O God, behold our sore distress"

Jephtha: Act I, Scene 5. "Some dire event hangs o'er our heads" / "Scenes of horror, scenes of woe"

Jephtha: Act I, Scene 6. "Say, my dear mother"

Jephtha: Act I, Scene 6. "The smiling dawn of happy days"

Jephtha: Act I, Scene 7. "Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply"

Jephtha: Act I, Scene 7. "When his loud voice in thunder spoke"

Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Glad tidings of great joy to thee, dear Iphis"

Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms"

Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "Up the dreadful steep ascending"

Jephtha: Act II, Scene 1. "'Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens" / "Tune the soft melodious lute"

Jephtha: Act II, Scene 2. "Heav'n smiles once more on his repentant people" / "His mighty arm, with sudden blow"

Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "In glory high, in might serene"

Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. Symphony / "Hail glorious conqueror!"

Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Welcome as the cheerful light"

Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Horror! confusion!" / "Open thy marble jaws, O tomb"

Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "Why is my brother thus afflicted"

Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "First perish thou, and perish all the world!"

Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "If such thy cruel purpose" / "On me let blind mistaken zeal"

Jephtha: Act II, Scene 3. "O spare your daughter"

Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Such news flies swift"

Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Happy they! this vital breath"

Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "Deeper, and deeper still"

Jephtha: Act II, Scene 4. "How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees!"

Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Hide thou thy hated beams, O sun"

Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Waft her, angels, through the skies"

Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Ye sacred priests" / "Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods"

Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Doubtful fear and rev'rent awe"

Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. Symphony

Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Rise, Jephtha, and ye rev'rend priests"

Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Happy, Iphis shalt thou live"

Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "For ever blessed be Thy holy name"

Jephtha: Act III, Scene 1. "Theme sublime of endless praise"

Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "Let me congratulate this happy turn" / "Laud her, all ye virgin train"

Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "O let me fold thee in a mother's arms" / "Sweet as sight to the blind"

Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "My faithful Hamor, may that Providence" / "All that is in Hamor mine"

Jephtha: Act III, Scene 2. "Ye house of Gilead, with one voice"

[applause]