Handel: Esther

1.   CD  

1. Argenta, Nancy - Esther Hwv 50b (Oratorium)
2. Ouvertuere: Larghetto - Allegro
3. Rezitativ: 'tis Greater Far to Spare
4. Arie: Pluck Root & Branch from out the Land
5. Rezitativ: Our Souls with Ardour Glow
6. Chor: Shall We the God of Israel Fear?
7. Rezitativ: Now Persecution Shall Lay by Her Iron R
8. Arie: Tune Your Harps to Cheerful Strains
9. Chor: Shall We of Servitude Complain
10. Arie: Praise the Lord with Cheerful Noise
11. Rezitativ: O God, Who from the Suckling's Mouth
12. Arie: Sing Songs of Ueraise, Bow Down the Knee
13. Chor: Shall We of Servitude Complain
14. Rezitativ: How Have Our Sins Provoked the Lord!
15. Chor: Ye Sons of Israel Mourn
16. Arie: O Jordan, Jordan, Sacred Tide
17. Ye Sons of Israel Mourn
18. Sonate Fuer Oboe G-moll Hwv 404: 1. Andante
19. Sonate Fuer Oboe G-moll Hwv 404: 2. Allegro
20. Sonate Fuer Oboe G-moll Hwv 404: 3. Adagio
21. Sonate Fuer Oboe G-moll Hwv 404: 4. Allegro

2.   CD  

1. Rezitativ: Why Sits That Sorrow on Thy Brow?
2. Arie: Dread Not, Righteous Queen, the Danger
3. Rezitativ: I Go Before the King to Stand
4. Arie: Tears Assist Me, Pity Moving
5. Chor: Save Us, O Lord
6. Rezitativ: Who Dares Intrude into Our Presence
7. Duett: Who Calls My Parting Soul from Death?
8. Arie: O Beauteous Queen, Unclose Those Eyes!
9. Rezitativ: if I Find Favour in Thy Sight
10. Arie: How Can I Stay when Love Invites
11. Rezitativ: with Inward Joy His Visage Glows
12. Chor: Virtue, Truth & Innocence
13. Arioso: Jehovah, Crown'd with Glory Bright
14. Chor: He Comes, He Comes to End Our Woes
15. Rezitativ: Now, O Queen, Thy Suit Declare
16. Arioso: Turn Not, O Queen, Thy Face Away
17. Flatt'ring Tongue, No More I Hear Thee!
18. Rezitativ: Guards, Seize the Traitor, Bear Him Hen
19. How Art Thou Fall'n from Thy Height!
20. The Lord Our Enemy Has Slain