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Handel: Esther

Susan Hamilton (Esther), Nicholas Mulroy (Mordecai), Matthew Brook (Haman), Thomas Hobbs (1st Israelite), Robin Blaze (Priest), James Gilchrist (Habdonah / Assuerus) & Electra Lochhead (Israelite Boy), Nicholas Wearne (organ continuo)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

Paradoxically, a two-voices-to-a-part chorus achieves more immediacy than a larger choir, coupled with a stylish and delightfully intimate band. Yet again, Butt demonstrates that less can be... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…
  • Release Date: 14th May 2012
  • Catalogue No: CKD397
  • Label: Linn
  • Length: 99 minutes
  • Presto Recording of the Week
    14th May 2012

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Contents

Handel: Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Overture

Work length6:59
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  • The Dunedin Consort, John Butt
  • Recorded: 12-15 July 2011
  • Recording Venue: Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I. Andante

Track length1:58
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II. Larghetto

Track length2:35
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III. Allegro

Track length2:26
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Handel: Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 1

Work length4:38
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  • The Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Ashley Turnell, James Gilchrist, Matthew Brook
  • Recorded: 12-15 July 2011
  • Recording Venue: Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I. Recitative "'Tis Greater Far to Spare, Than to Destroy"

Track length0:41
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II. Air "Pluck Root and Branch from out the Land"

Track length1:59
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III. Recitative "Our Souls with Ardour Glow"

Track length0:07
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IV. Chorus "Shall We the God of Israel's Fear?"

Track length1:51
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Handel: Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 2

Work length13:19
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  • The Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Thomas Hobbs, Electra Lochhead
  • Recorded: 12-15 July 2011
  • Recording Venue: Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I. Recitative "Now Persecution Shall Lay by Her Iron Rod"

Track length0:16
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II. Air "Tune Your Harps to Cheerful Strains"

Track length4:21
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III. Chorus "Shall We of Servitude Complain"

Track length1:24
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IV. Recitative "O God, Who from the Suckling's Mouth"

Track length0:16
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V. Air "Praise the Lord with Cheerful Noise"

Track length5:38
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VI. Chorus "Shall We of Servitude Complain"

Track length1:24
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Handel: Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 3

Work length12:48
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  • The Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Robin Blaze
  • Recorded: 12-15 July 2011
  • Recording Venue: Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I. Recitative "How Have Our Sins Provok'd the Lord"

Track length1:05
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II. Chorus "Ye Sons of Israel Mourn"

Track length1:52
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III. Air "O Jordan, Jordan, Sacred Tide"

Track length7:42
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IV. Chorus "Ye Sons of Israel Mourn"

Track length2:09
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Handel: Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 1

Work length9:57
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  • The Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Susan Hamilton, Nicholas Mulroy
  • Recorded: 12-15 July 2011
  • Recording Venue: Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I. Recitative "Why Sits That Sorrow on thy Brow?"

Track length1:02
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II. Air "Dread Not, Righteous Queen, the Danger"

Track length4:25
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III. Recitative "I Go Before the King to Stand"

Track length0:13
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IV. Air "Tears Assist Me, Pity Moving"

Track length2:50
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V. Chorus "Save Us, O Lord"

Track length1:27
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Handel: Esther, HWV 50a, Act II Scene 2

Work length17:37
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  • The Dunedin Consort, John Butt, James Gilchrist, Thomas Hobbs, Ashley Turnell, Susan Hamilton
  • Recorded: 12-15 July 2011
  • Recording Venue: Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I. Recitative "Who Dares Intrude into Our Presence Without Our Leave?"

Track length1:09
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II. Duet "Who Calls My Parting Soul from Death?"

Track length2:46
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III. Air "O Beauteous Queen, Unclose Those Eyes!"

Track length7:18
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IV. Recitative "If I Find Favour in thy Sight"

Track length0:19
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V. Air "How Can I Stay, When Love Invites?"

Track length3:08
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VI. Recitative "With Inward Joy His Visage Glows"

Track length0:15
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VII. Chorus "Virtue, Truth and Innocence"

Track length2:42
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Handel: Esther, HWV 50a, Act III Scene 1

Work length6:14
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  • The Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Robin Blaze
  • Recorded: 12-15 July 2011
  • Recording Venue: Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I. Air "Jehovah Crown'd with Glory Bright"

Track length1:57
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II. Chorus "He Comes, He Comes to End Our Woes"

Track length4:17
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Handel: Esther, HWV 50a, Act III Scene 2

Work length27:52
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  • The Dunedin Consort, John Butt, James Gilchrist, Matthew Brook, Robin Blaze, Susan Hamilton, Nicholas Mulroy, Robert Davies
  • Recorded: 12-15 July 2011
  • Recording Venue: Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I. Recitative "Now, O Queen, They Suit Declare"

Track length1:38
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II. Accompagnato "Turn Not, O Queen, thy Face Away"

Track length2:36
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III. Air "Flatt'ring Tongue, No More I Hear Thee!"

Track length4:52
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IV. Recitative "Guards, Seize the Traitor, Bear Him Hence!"

Track length0:40
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V. Air "How Art Thou Fall'n from thy Height!"

Track length6:10
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VI. Chorus "The Lord Our Enemy Has Slain"

Track length11:56
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