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George Frideric Handel: Solomon, HWV 67
Act I: Overture
Act I Scene 1: Your harps and cymbals sound to great Jehovah's praise (Chorus of Priests)
Act I Scene 1: Air: Praise ye the Lord for all His mercies past (Levite)
Act I Scene 1: With pious hearts, and holy tongue (Chorus of Priests)
Act I Scene 1: Air: Almighty pow'r, who rul'st the earth and skies (Solomon)
Act I Scene 1: Recitative: Imperial Solomon, thy pray'rs are heard (Zadok)
Act I Scene 1: Air: Sacred raptures cheer my breast (Zadok)
Act I Scene 1: Throughout the land Jehovah's praise record (Chorus of Israelites)
Act I Scene 1: Recitative: Bless'd be the Lord, who look'd with gracious eyes (Solomon)
Act I Scene 1: Air: What though I trace each herb and flow'r (Solomon)
Act I Scene 2: Recitative: And see my queen, my wedded love (Solomon)
Act I Scene 2: Air: Bless'd the day when first my eyes (Queen)
Act I Scene 2: Recitative: Thou fair inhabitant of Nile (Solomon, Queen)
Act I Scene 2: Duet: Welcome as the dawn of day (Queen, Solomon)
Act I Scene 2: Recitative: Vain are the transient beauties of the beauties (Zadok)
Act I Scene 2: Air: Indulge thy faith and wedded truth (Zadok)
Act I Scene 2: Recitative: My blooming fair, come, come away (Solomon)
Act I Scene 2: Air: Haste, haste to the cedar grove (Solomon)
Act I Scene 2: Recitative: When thou art absent from my sight (Queen)
Act I Scene 2: Air: With thee th'unshelter'd moor I'd tread (Queen)
Act I Scene 2: Recitative: Search round the world, there never yet was seen (Zadok)
Act I Scene 2: May no rash intruder disturb their soft hours (Chorus)
Act II Scene 1: From the censer curling rise (Chorus of Israelites)
Act II Scene 1: Recitative: Prais'd be the Lord, from Him my wisdom springs (Solomon)
Act II Scene 1: Air: When the sun o'er yonder hills (Solomon)
Act II Scene 1: Recitative: Great prince, thy resolution's just (Levite)
Act II Scene 1: Air: Thrice bless'd that wise discerning king (Levite)
Act II Scene 2: Recitative: My sovereign liege, two women stand (Attendant, Solomon) - Scene 3: Thou son of David, hear a mother's grief (First Harlot)
Act II Scene 3: Trio: Words are weak to paint my fears (First Harlot, Second Harlot, Solomon)
Act II Scene 3: Recitative: What says the other to th'imputed charge? (Solomon, Second Harlot)
Act II Scene 3: Air: Thy sentence, great king (Second Harlot)
Act II Scene 3: Recitative: Withhold, withhold the executing hand! (First Harlot)
Act II Scene 3: Air: Can I see my infant gor'd (First Harlot)
Act II Scene 3: Recitative: Israel, attend to what your king shall say (Solomon)
Act II Scene 3: Duet: Thrice bless'd be the king (First Harlot, Solomon)
Act II Scene 3: From the east unto the west (Chorus of Israelites)
Act II Scene 3: Recitative: From morn to eve I could enraptur'd ding (Zadok)
Act II Scene 3: Air: See the tall palm that lifts head (Zadok)
Act II Scene 3: Recitative: No more shall armed bands our hopes destroy (First Harlot)
Act II Scene 3: Air: Beneath the vine, or fig-tree's shade (First Woman)
Act II Scene 3: Swell, swell the full chorus (Chorus of Priests)
Act III: Symphony: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Act III: Recitative: From Arabia's spicy shores (Queen of Sheba, Solomon)
Act III: Air: Ev'ry sight these eyes behold (Queen of Sheba)
Act III: Recitative: Sweep, sweep the string, to soothe the royal fair (Solomon)
Act III: Air: Music, spread thy voice around (Solomon, Israelites)
Act III: Air: Now a diff'rent measure try (Solomon, Israelites)
Act III: Recitative: Then at once from rage remove (Solomon)
Act III: Draw the tear from hopeless love (Chorus of Israelites)
Act III: Recitative: Next the tortur'd soul release (Solomon)
Act III: Air: Thus rolling surges rise (Solomon, Israelites)
Act III: Recitative: Thy harmony's divine, great king (Queen of Sheba)
Act III: Air: Pious king, and virtuous queen (Levite)
Act III: Recitative: Thrice happy king, to have achiev'd (Zadok)
Act III: Air: Golden columns, fair and bright (Zadok)
Act III: Praise the Lord with harp and tongue! (Double Chorus)
Act III: Recitative: Gold now is common on our happy shore (Solomon)
Act III: Air: How green our fertile pastures look! (Solomon)
Act III: Recitative: May peace in Salem ever dwell! (Queen of Sheba)
Act III: Air: Will the sun forget to streak (Queen of Sheba)
Act III: Recitative: Adieu, fair queen, and in thy breast (Solomon)
Act III: Duet: Ev'ry joy, that wisdom knows (Solomon, Queen of Sheba)
Act III: The name of the wicked shall quickly be past (Chorus of Israelites)
Applause
December 2007
****
“…Nicholas McGegan… conducting is light on its feet without ever sounding pressed. His soloists, bar for bar, match Reuss's in quality. Tim Mead's counter-tenor Solomon offers pleasing tone… Dominque Labelle sparkles as his consort while Claron McFadden's Queen of Sheba is as shiny as her Second Harlot is shrill. The general fluency of Michael Slattery's Zadok (as with Padmore) is only impeded when the notes come really thick and fast, and Roderick Williams's Levite is sonorous and smooth. Both sets are good, through neither quite matches Paul McCreesh's complete and colourful version, which also has the best sound.”
December 2007
“McGegan… directs his responsive orchestra with his customary rhythmic verve and feeling for the grand gesture. He uses an all-male choir, as Handel himself did, often with memorable results… Though they could make more of their words, McGegan's sopranos are both fine (Dominique Labelle, with her not unattractive fast vibrato, is especially moving as the first harlot); and Roderick Williams sings with warm, firm tone as the Levite.”
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Act I: Overture
