{"product_id":"millenium-orchestra-handel-theodora-compact-discs","title":"Millenium Orchestra: Handel: Theodora - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eHandel: Theodora\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eMillenium Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eRicercar\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e5400439004856\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical Artists\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2026-04-24\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e3\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         The oratorio Theodora was first performed at the Covent Garden Theatre on 16 March 1750 and clearly took Londoners by surprise. Handel had, after all, made a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn in his choice of subject. The grandiose episodes of the Old Testament, the glorious struggles of Solomon, Saul, or Judas Maccabaeus are no more: the young martyr Theodora leads neither a community nor troops into battle. In a work far removed from the grand spectacle of biblical oratorios, Handel invites us to witness the poignant tale of a personal drama, a drama of the beginnings of Christianity fuelled by conscience, faith, and the heartbreak that they cause.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Theodora, HWV 68-Ouverture \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 1. Recitative: 'Tis Dioclesian's Natal Day \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 1. Air: Go, My Faithful Soldier \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 1. Chorus of Heathens: And Draw a Blessing Down \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 1. Recitative: Vouchsafe, Dread Sir, a Gracious Ear \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 1. Air: Racks, Gibbets, Sword and Fire \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 1. Chorus of Heathens: For Ever Thus Stands Fix'd the Doom \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 2. Recitative: Most Cruel Edict! \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 2. Air: The Raptur'd Soul Defies the Sword \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 2. Recitative: I Know Thy Virtues, and Ask Not Thy Faith \u003cbr\u003e1.11 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 2. Air: Descend, Kind Pity, Heav'nly Guest \u003cbr\u003e1.12 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 3. Recitative: Though Hard, My Friends \u003cbr\u003e1.13 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 3. Air: Fond, Flatt'ring World, Adieu! \u003cbr\u003e1.14 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 3. Recitative: O Bright Example of All Goodness! \u003cbr\u003e1.15 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 3. Chorus of Christians: Come, Mighty Father, Mighty Lord \u003cbr\u003e1.16 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 4. Recitative: Fly, Fly, My Brethren, Heathen Rage Pursues Us Swift \u003cbr\u003e1.17 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 4. Air: As with Rosy Steps the Morn \u003cbr\u003e1.18 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 4. Chorus of Christians: All Pow'r in Heav'n Above or Earth Beneath \u003cbr\u003e1.19 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 5. Recitative: Mistaken Wretches! \u003cbr\u003e1.20 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 5. Air: Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly \u003cbr\u003e1.21 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 5. Recitative: Deluded Mortal! \u003cbr\u003e1.22 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 5. Accompagnato: Oh, Worse Than Death Indeed! \u003cbr\u003e1.23 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 5. Air: Angels, Ever Bright and Fair \u003cbr\u003e1.24 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 6. Recitative: Unhappy, Happy Crew! \u003cbr\u003e1.25 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 6. Air: Kind Heav'n, If Virtue Be Thy Care \u003cbr\u003e1.26 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 7. Recitative: O Love, How Great Thy Pow'r! \u003cbr\u003e1.27 Theodora, HWV 68-Part I. Scene 7. Chorus of Christians: Go, Gen'rous, Pious Youth \u003cbr\u003e2.1 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 1. Recitative: Ye Men of Antioch, with Solemn Pomp \u003cbr\u003e2.2 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 1. Chorus of Haethens: Queen of Summer, Queen of Love \u003cbr\u003e2.3 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 1. Air: Wide Spread His Name \u003cbr\u003e2.4 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 1. Recitative: Return, Septimius, to the Stubborn Maid \u003cbr\u003e2.5 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 1. Chorus of Haethens: Venus Laughing from the Skies \u003cbr\u003e2.6 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 2. Sinfonia (Largo) \u003cbr\u003e2.7 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 2. Recitative: O Thou Bright Sun! \u003cbr\u003e2.8 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 2. Air: With Darkness Deep, As Is My Woe \u003cbr\u003e2.9 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 2. Air (Lentement) \u003cbr\u003e2.10 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 2. Recitative: But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul? \u003cbr\u003e2.11 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 2. Air: Oh, That I on Wings Could Rise \u003cbr\u003e2.12 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 3. Recitative: Long Have I Known Thy Friendly Social Soul \u003cbr\u003e2.13 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 3. Air: Though the Honours That Flora and Venus Receive \u003cbr\u003e2.14 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 3. Recitative: Oh, Save Her Then \u003cbr\u003e2.15 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 3. Air: Deeds of Kindness to Display \u003cbr\u003e2.16 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 4. Recitative: The Clouds Begin to Veil the Hemisphere \u003cbr\u003e2.17 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 4. Air: Defend Her, Heav'n! \u003cbr\u003e2.18 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 5. Recitative: Or Lull'd with Grief, or Rapt Her Soul to Heav'n \u003cbr\u003e2.19 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 5. Air: Sweet Rose and Lily, Flow'ry Form \u003cbr\u003e2.20 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 5. Recitative: Oh, Save Me, Heav'n, in This My Perilous Hour! \u003cbr\u003e2.21 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 5. Air: The Pilgrim's Home, the Sick Man's He \u003cbr\u003e2.22 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 5. Accompagnato: Forbid It, Heav'n! \u003cbr\u003e2.23 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 5. Recitative: Or Say, What Right Have I \u003cbr\u003e2.24 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 5. Duett: To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth \u003cbr\u003e2.25 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 6. Recitative: 'Tis Night, But Night's Sweet Blessing Is Denied \u003cbr\u003e2.26 Theodora, HWV 68-Part II. Scene 6. Chorus of Christians: He Saw the Lovely Youth, Death's Early Prey \u003cbr\u003e3.1 Theodora, HWV 68-Part III. Scene 1. Air: Lord, to Thee Each Night and Day \u003cbr\u003e3.2 Theodora, HWV 68-Part III. Scene 2. Recitative: But See, the Good, the Virtuous Didymus! \u003cbr\u003e3.3 Theodora, HWV 68-Part III. Scene 2. Air: When Sunk in Anguish and Despair \u003cbr\u003e3.4 Theodora, HWV 68-Part III. Scene 2. Solo and Chorus: Blest Be the Hand, and Blest the Pow'r \u003cbr\u003e3.5 Theodora, HWV 68-Part III. Scene 3. Recitative: Undaunted in the Court Stands Didymus \u003cbr\u003e3.6 Theodora, HWV 68-Part III. Scene 3. Accompagnato: O My Irene, Heav'n Is Kind \u003cbr\u003e3.7 Theodora, HWV 68-Part III. Scene 3. Recitative: Stay Me Not, Dear Friend \u003cbr\u003e3.8 Theodora, HWV 68-Part III. Scene 3. Duet: Whither, Princess, Do You Fly \u003cbr\u003e3.9 Theodora, HWV 68-Part III. Scene 3. Recitative: She's Gone, Disdaining Liberty and Life \u003cbr\u003e3.10 Theodora, HWV 68-Part III. Scene 3. Air: New Scenes of Joy Come Crowding on \u003cbr\u003e3.11 Theodora, HWV 68-Part III. Scene 4. Recitative: Is It a Christian Virtue Then \u003cbr\u003e3.12 Theodora, HWV 68-Part III. Scene 5. Recitative: Be That My Doom. You May Inflict It Here \u003cbr\u003e3.13 Theodora, HWV 68-Part III. Scene 5. Air: Cease, Ye Slaves, Your Fruitless Pray'r! \u003cbr\u003e3.14 Theodora, HWV 68-Part III. Scene 5. Recitative: 'Tis Kind, My Friends, But Kinder Still \u003cbr\u003e3.15 Theodora, HWV 68-Part III. Scene 5. Chorus of Heathens: How Strange Their Ends \u003cbr\u003e3.16 Theodora, HWV 68-Part III. Scene 5. Recitative: On Me Your Frowns, Your Utmost Rage Exert \u003cbr\u003e3.17 Theodora, HWV 68-Part III. Scene 5. Air: Ye Ministers of Justice, Lead Them Hence \u003cbr\u003e3.18 Theodora, HWV 68-Part III. Scene 6. Recitative: And Must Such Beauty Suffer? \u003cbr\u003e3.19 Theodora, HWV 68-Part III. Scene 6. Air and Duett: Streams of Pleasure Ever Flowing \u003cbr\u003e3.20 Theodora, HWV 68-Part III. Scene 7. 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