Handel: Israel in Egypt (1771 version)

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Label
Coro
Release Date
April 1, 2003
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC
    • PERFORMER
      Israel In Egypt
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 01, 2003
    • UPC
      828021601125
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      COR16011
    • LABEL
      Coro
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Part 1: Recitative: Now there arose a new king over Egypt (Tenor)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    2. Part 1: And the children of Israel sighed (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    3. Part 1: Recitative: Then sent He Moses (Tenor)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    4. Part 1: They loathed to drink of the river (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    5. Part 1: Aria: Their land brought forth frogs (Alto)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    6. Part 1: He spake the word (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    7. Part 1: He gave them hailstones for rain (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    8. Part 1: He sent a thick darkness over all the land (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    9. Part 1: He smote all the first-born of Egypt (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    10. Part 1: But as for his people (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    11. Part 1: Egypt was glad when they departed (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    12. Part 1: He rebuked the Red Sea (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    13. Part 1: He led them through the deep (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    14. Part 1: But the waters overwhelmed their enemies (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    15. Part 1: And Israel saw that great work (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    16. Part 1: And believed the Lord (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    17. Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major, HWV 295, "The Cuckoo and The Nightingale": III. Larghetto

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Performer: Paul Nicholson

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    18. Part 2: Moses and the Children of Israel (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    19. Part 2: I will sing unto the Lord (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    20. Part 2: He is my God (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    21. Part 2: And I will exalt Him (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    22. Part 2: Duet: The Lord is a man of war (2 Basses)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    23. Part 2: The depths have covered them (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    24. Part 2: Thy right hand, O Lord (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    25. Part 2: And in the greatness of Thine excellency (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    26. Part 2: Thou sentest forth Thy wrath (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    27. Part 2; And with the blast of Thy nostrils (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    28. Part 2: The people shall hear (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    29. Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major, HWV 295, "The Cuckoo and The Nightingale": I. Largo

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Performer: Paul Nicholson

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    30. Part 2: The Lord shall reign for ever and ever (Chours)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    31. Part 2: Recitative: For the horse of Pharaoh (Tenor)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    32. Part 2: The Lord shall reign for ever and ever (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    33. Part 2: Recitative: And Miriam the prophetess (Tenor)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    34. Part 2: Sing ye to the Lord (Treble and Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers


Of all Handel's great oratorios, Israel in Egypt is second only to Messiah in drama. It is dominated by massive virtuosic choruses, making it the perfect piece for The Sixteen, acknowledged by audiences and critics alike. It's not surprising that Israel in Egypt is much-performed. Hailstones and lightning, buzzing flies and leaping frogs, are all brilliantly evoked for choir and orchestra in a series of incisive choruses leading us excitedly through the plagues of Egypt and the crossing of the Red Sea as we follow Moses and the Children of Israel through the story of the Exodus. The epic nature of the story could not be more suited to Handel's genius for story-telling and drama.