Handel - Solomon

The best musical highlights form the oratorio Solomon by George Frideric Handel. (1748) 1. Overture 00:00 2. Chorus of Priests: Your harps and cymbals sound 06:31 3. Recitativo (Solomon): Almighty power 10:08 4. Air (Queen of Sheba): Blest the day when first my eyes 13:09 5. Chorus: May no rush intruder distrurb their soft hours 19:05 6. Chorus: From the censer curling rise 22:40 7. Air (First Harlot): Beneath the vine, or fig tree's shade 27:41 8. Trio (First Harlot, Second Harlot, Solomon): Words are weak to piant my fears 35:22 9. Recitativo and chorus (Solomon): Then at once from rage remove 39:23 10. Air (Queen of Sheba): Will the sun forget to streak 43:34 11. Chorus: From the east unto the west 48:20 12. Sinfonia (Arrival of Queen Sheba) 51:32 13. Duet (Solomon, Queen of Sheba): Every joy that wisdom konws 54:47 14. Chorus: Praise the lord with harp and tongue! 58:38 Justino Diaz Sheila Armstrong Felicity Palmer Robert Tear Amor Artis Chorale English Chamber Orchestra Johannes Somary