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Solomon, oratorio by Georg Friedrich Handel
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh (Direction)
Iestyn Davies (Solomon)
Gillian Webster (Queen of Saba, Second harlot)
Sarah Tynan (Solomon’s Queen, First harlot)
Jeremy Ovenden (Zadok)
Peter Harvey (A Levite)
Recorded at the Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles,
June 26, 2012
8:24 (Levite – air) Praise ye the Lord for all his mercies past
28:40(Solomon – air) What though I trace each herb and flow’r
35:19(Queen – air) Bless’d the day when first my eyes
40:30 (Queen Solomon – duet) Welcome as the dawn of day to the pilgrim on his way
43:55(Solomon – air) Haste to the cedar grove
1:21:45(First harlot, Solomon – duet) Thrice bless’d that wise discerning King
From 1:34:02 to 1:37:44 the image is freezed ( sorry )
1:41:31 The famous Sinfonia (“Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”)