Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus musicus Wien - George Frideric Handel: Theodora (1991)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus musicus Wien - George Frideric Handel: Theodora (1991)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 588 Mb | Total time: 62:43+67:57 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Teldec | # 2292-46497-2 | Recorded: 1990
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 588 Mb | Total time: 62:43+67:57 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Teldec | # 2292-46497-2 | Recorded: 1990
Theodora was Handel's last oratorio but one. He composed this large-scale work in just over a month in the summer of 1749 and it was premiered in March the following year in the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. Only Jephtha was to follow two years later. Handel valued Theodora very highly and stated that the chorus that ends act II, He saw the lovely youth, was the favourite among his own compositions.
Thomas Morell's libretto tells the story of Theodora, a Christian woman of noble origin, who lives in Antioch, which is ruled by the Roman governor Valens. On the Emperor's name-day he orders the people of Antioch to celebrate in accordance with the pagan traditions. When Theodora refuses Valens threatens her with prison and death. The Roman officer Didymus, who has been converted to Christianity by Theodora and is in love with her, tries to make Valens understand and says 'Ought we not to leave the free-born mind of man still ever free?' But Valens won't listen, Theodora is thrown into prison. Didymus and his friend Septimius tries to save her and Didymus takes her place in prison. But this is discovered and both are sentenced to death.
The oratorio has a message of humanity and there are many numbers that breathe nobility and warmth but there is also a fair amount of lively and dramatic music and Valens is portrayed as cruel and unrelenting. There are no less than eleven choruses, most of them rather short but Go, gen'rous pious youth and He saw the lonely youth are substantial pieces. As always he writes gratefully for the solo voices and Theodora's Angels, ever bright and fair is among his finest arias. So is also Irene's Lord to thee. The final chorus Oh love divine is truly beautiful.
The playing of the Concentus musicus is assured, in intimate music as well as more overtly rhythmic sections. Blest be the hand swings unabashedly and there as well as elsewhere the Arnold Schoenberg Chor lives up to their reputation. Harnoncourt has sometimes been accused of unorthodox tempos but to me they seem fully adequate.
The soloists are not generally baroque specialists but all of them are convincing in their own right. Roberta Alexander in the crucial role of Theodora has clear and bright soprano, rather girlish in tone and skilfully used and she sings with fine sense for nuances. Jard van Nes on the other hand has a grand, majestic contralto, slightly uneven, but she sings with conviction and emphasis. Anton Scharinger, one of Harnoncourt's favourite singers, has all the power and venom needed for the evil governor and in the first act confrontations with Didymus Jochen Kowalski tends to pale by his side. On his own Kowalski though shows his prowess in coloratura and dramatic intensity, not least in the aria The raptur'd soul. Hans Peter Blockwitz's unforced and elegant singing makes him a splendid Septimius though his long aria in act I Descend, kind pity is hardly one of Handel's most inspired pieces..–Göran Forsling
Performer:
Theodora - Roberta Alexander
Didymus - Jochen Kowalski
Irene - Jard van Nes
Septimius - Hans Peter Blochwitz
Valens - Anton Scharinger
Messenger - Alois Glaßner
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Concentus Musicus Wien
Conductor - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Theodora, HWV 68
CD1:
01. Overture
02. Act I. Recitative 'tis Dioclesian's natal day' (Valens)
03. Air 'Go, my faithful soldier' (Valens)
04. Chorus 'And draw a blessing down' (Chorus of Heathens)
05. Recitative 'Vouchsafe, dread Sir' (Didymus, Valens)
06. Air 'Racks, gibbets, sword, and fire' (Valens)
07. Chorus 'For ever thus stands' (Chorus of Heathens)
08. Recitative 'Most cruel edict' (Didymus)
09. Air 'The raptur'd soul' (Didymus)
10. Recitative 'I know thy virtues' (Septimius)
11. Air 'Descend, kind pity' (Septimius)
12. Recitative 'Though hard, my friends' (Theodora)
13. Air 'Fond flatt'ring world' (Theodora)
14. Recitative 'Oh bright example' (Irene)
15. Chorus 'Come, mighty Father' (Chorus of Christians)
16. Recitative 'Fly, fly, my brethren' (Messenger, Irene)
17. Air, 'As with rosy steps' (Irene)
18. Chorus 'All pow'r in heaven above' (Chorus of Christians)
19. Recitative 'Mistaken wretches' (Septimius)
20. Recitative 'Deluded mortal!' (Theodora, Septimius)
21. Accompanied Recitative 'Oh worse than death indeed' (Theodora)
22. Air 'Angels, ever bright and fair' (Theodora)
23. Recitative 'Unhappy, happy crew' (Didymus, Irene)
24. Air 'Kind Heaven' (Didymus)
25. Recitative 'Oh love, how great thy pow'r' (Irene)
26. Chorus 'Go, gen'rous pious youth' (Chorus of Christians)
27. Act II. Recitative 'Ye men of Antioch' (Valens)
28. Chorus 'Queen of summer' (Chorus of Heathens)
29. Air 'Wide spread' (Valens)
30. Recitative 'Return, Septimus' (Valens)
31. Chorus 'Venus laughing from the skies' (Chorus of Heathens)
CD2:
01. (Largo)
02. Recitative 'Oh thou bright sun' (Theodora)
03. Air 'With darkness deep' (Theodora)
04. (Largo)
05. Recitative 'But why art thou disquieted' (Theodora)
06. Recitative 'Septimius, I am a Christian' (Didymus, Septimius)
07. Air 'Though the honours' (Septimius)
08. Recitiative 'Oh save her then' (Didymus, Septimius)
09. Recitative 'The clouds begin to veil' (Irene)
10. Air 'Defend her, Heaven' (Irene)
11. Recitative 'Or lull'd with grief' (Didymus)
12. Air 'Sweet rose and lily' (Didymus)
13. Recitative 'Oh save me, Heaven' (Theodora, Didymus)
14. Air 'The pilgrim's home' (Theodora)
15. Accompanied Recitative 'Forbid it, Heaven' (Didymus)
16. Recitative 'Ah! what is liberty' (Theodora, Didymus)
17. Duet 'To thee, thou glorious son' (Theodora, Didymus)
18. Recitative 'tis night' (Irene)
19. Chorus 'He saw the lonely youth' (Chorus of Christians)
20. Act III. Air 'Lord to thee' (Irene)
21. Recitative 'But see! the good, the virtuous Didymus' (Irene, Theodora)
22. Chorus 'Blest be the hand' (Chorus of Christians, Theodora)
23. Recitative 'Ah, Theodora! whence this sudden change' (Irene, Theodora)
24. Duet 'Whither, princess, do you fly?' (Irene, Theodora)
25. Recitative 'She's gone' (Irene)
26. Recitative 'Dwells there such virtuous courage' (Septimius)
27. Air 'From virtue springs' (Septimius)
28. Air 'Cease, ye slaves' (Valens)
29. Recitative 'Oppose not, Didymus' (Theodora)
30. Chorus 'How strange their ends' (Chorus of Heathens)
31. Recitative 'On me your frowns' (Didymus, Theodora, Valens)
32. Recitative 'And must such beauty suffer?' (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius)
33. Duet 'Streams of pleasure' (Didymus, Theodora)
34. Recitative 'Ere this their doom is past' (Irene)
35. Chorus 'Oh Love divine' (Chorus of Christians)
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