161162Semele, HWV 58: Accomagnato: Somnus, awake!; Aria: Leave me, loathsome light
163Semele, HWV 58: Recitative: Dull God, canst thou attend; Aria: More sweet is that name
164Semele, HWV 58: Recitative: My will obey
165Semele, HWV 58: Aria: Myself I shall adore
166Semele, HWV 58: Recitative: Be wise, as you are beautiful; Accompagnato: Conjure him by his oath; Aria: Thus let my thanks be paid
167Semele, HWV 58: Recitative, Aria: Rich odours fill the fragrant air; Aria: Come to my arms
168Semele, HWV 58: Recitative: Oh Semele!; Aria: I am ever granting
169Semele, HWV 58: Recitative: Speak, speak your desire; Accompagnato: By that tremendous flood
170Semele, HWV 58: Aria: No, no, I'll take no less
171Semele, HWV 58: Accompagnato: Ah, whither is she gone
172Semele, HWV 58: Aria: Above measure is the pleasure
173Semele, HWV 58: Accompagnato: Ah, me! Too late now I repent
174Semele, HWV 58: Recitative: Of my ill-boding dream; Chorus: Oh, terror and astonishment
175176Semele, HWV 58: Accompagnato: Apollo comes; Chorus: Happy, happy shall we be
177Theodora, HWV 68: Overture
178Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: ‘Tis Dioclesian's natal day; Air: Go, my faithful soldier, go
179Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: Vouchsafe, dread lord, a gracious ear; Air: Racks, gibbets, sword and fire
180Theodora, HWV 68: Chorus: For ever thus stands fixed the doom
181Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: Most cruel decree; sure thy noble soul; Air: The raptur'd soul defies the sword
182Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: I know thy virtures, and ask not thy faith; Air: Descend, kind pity, heav'nly guest
183Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: Through hard, my friends; Air: Fond, flatt'ring world, adieu
184Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: Oh bright example of all goodness
185Theodora, HWV 68: Chorus: Come, mighty Father, mighty Lord
186Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: Fly, fly, my brethren, heathen rage pursues us swift; Air: As with rosy steps the morn
187Theodora, HWV 68: Chorus: All pow'r in Heaven above, or earth beneath
188Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: Oh retched retches
189Theodora, HWV 68: Accompagnato: Oh, worse than death indeed!; Air: Angels, ever bright and fair
190Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: Unhappy, happy crew! Why stand you thus
191Theodora, HWV 68: Air: Kind Heaven, if virtue be Thy care
192Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: Oh Love, how great thy power! Chorus: Go, gen'rous, pious youth
193Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: Ye men of Antioch, with solemn pomp; Chorus: Queen of summer, queen of love
194Theodora, HWV 68: Air: Wide spread his name
195Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: Return, Septimius, to the stubborn maid; Chorus: Venus laughing from the skies
196Theodora, HWV 68: Symphony
197Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: O thou bright sun! How sweet thy rays; Air: With darkness deep, as is my woe
198Theodora, HWV 68: Symphony
199Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: But why art thou disquieted; Air: Oh, that I on wings could rise
200Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: Long have I known thy friendly social soul; Air: Though the honours that Flora and Venus receive
201Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: O save her, then, or give me power to save
202Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: The clouds begin to veil the hemisphere; Air: Defend her, Heav'n! Let angels spread
203Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: Or lulled with grief or rapt her soul to heaven; Air: Sweet rose and lily, flow'ry form
204Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: O save me, Heaven, in this my perilous hour
205Theodora, HWV 68: Air: The pilgrim's home, the sick man's health
206Theodora, HWV 68: Accompagnato: Forbid it, Heaven!
207Theodora, HWV 68: Duet: To thee, thou glorious son of wrath
208Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: 'Tis night; but night's sweet blessing is denied
209Theodora, HWV 68: Chorus: He saw the lovely youth, death's early prey
210Theodora, HWV 68: Aria: Lord, to Thee, each night and day
211Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: But see, the good, the virtuous Didimus
212Theodora, HWV 68: Chorus: Blest be the hand, and blest the power
213Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: Undanted in the court stands Didimus
214Theodora, HWV 68: Duet: Whither, Princess, do you fly?
215Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: She's gone, disdaining liberty and life
216Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: It is a Christian virtue then
217Theodora, HWV 68: Air: Cease, ye slaves, your fruitless prayer
218Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: ‘Tis kind, my friends, but kinder still
219Theodora, HWV 68: Chorus: How strange their ends
220Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: On me your frowns your utmost rage exert
221Theodora, HWV 68: Air and Duet: Streams of pleasure ever flowing
222Theodora, HWV 68: Recitative: Ere this their doom is past, and they are gone
223Theodora, HWV 68: Chorus: Oh love divine, thou source of fame
224Messiah, HWV 56: Sinfonia
225Messiah, HWV 56: Recitative: Comfort ye my people
226Messiah, HWV 56: Air: Ev'ry valley shall be exalted
227Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus: And the glory, the glory of the Lord
228Messiah, HWV 56: Recitative: Thus saith the Lord
229Messiah, HWV 56: Air: But who may abide
230Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus: And He shall purify
231Messiah, HWV 56: Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive
232Messiah, HWV 56: Air & Chorus: O thou that tellest
233Messiah, HWV 56: Recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
234Messiah, HWV 56: Air-Bass: The people that walked in darkness
235Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus: For unto us a child is born
236Messiah, HWV 56: PIFA (Pastoral Symphony)
237Messiah, HWV 56: Recitative: There were shepherds; And lo, the Angel of the Lord
238Messiah, HWV 56: Recitative: And the angel said unto them
239Messiah, HWV 56: Recitative: And suddenly there was the angel
240Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus: Glory to God in the highest
241Messiah, HWV 56: Air: Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion
242Messiah, HWV 56: Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind
243Duet: And he shall feed his flock
244Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus: His yoke is easy
245Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God
246Messiah, HWV 56: Air: He was despised
247Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus: Surely he hath borne our griefs
248Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed
249Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus: All we like sheep
250Messiah, HWV 56: Recitative-Tenor: All they that see Him
251Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus: He trusted in God
252Messiah, HWV 56: Recitative: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart
253Messiah, HWV 56: Air: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow
254Messiah, HWV 56: Recitative: He was cut off out of the land
255Messiah, HWV 56: Air: But thou didst not leave
256Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus: Lift up your heads
257Messiah, HWV 56: Recitative: Unto which of the angels
258Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus: Let all the angels of God worship Him
259Messiah, HWV 56: Air: Thou art gone up on high
260Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus: The Lord gave the word
261Messiah, HWV 56: Air: How beautiful are the feet
262Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus: Their sound is gone out
263Messiah, HWV 56: Air: Why do the nations?
264Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder
265Messiah, HWV 56: Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven
266Messiah, HWV 56: Air: Thou shalt break them
267Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus: Hallelujah
268Messiah, HWV 56: Air: I know that my Redeemer liveth
269Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus: Since by man came death
270Messiah, HWV 56: Recitative: Behold, I tell you a mystery
271Messiah, HWV 56: Air: The trumpet shall sound
272Messiah, HWV 56: Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass
273Messiah, HWV 56: Duet: O death, where is thy sting?
274Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus: But thanks be to God
275Messiah, HWV 56: Air: If God be for us
276Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb...Amen
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