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Handel: Jephtha

Fabio Biondi

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Jephtha (1752) was George Frederick Handel's final oratorio, and it was composed during a period of incipient blindness and declining health. Yet the composer's artistic powers were undiminished in this dramatization of the Biblical story, for the arias and choruses are as memorable as any from Handel's earlier works in the genre, including Messiah and Israel in Egypt. This 2008 recording by Fabio Biondi, the Collegium Vocale Ghent, and the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra is a brilliant period presentation, and the spry rhythms, lean counterpoint, clear textures, and distinctive colors of original instruments combine to make this an especially enjoyable performance of a fairly neglected masterpiece. While the account of Jephtha's rash vow to God and subsequent sacrifice of his daughter is one of the most tragic episodes in the Bible, the story was altered here to have a happy ending, so much of the score is filled with joyous and exultent music, and the ensemble is quite upbeat. The vocal soloists offer straightforward delivery with clear diction and natural vocal tone with minimal vibrato, so the singing is wholly appropriate to the Baroque sonorities of the orchestra, though to some ears the style might seem flat and decidedly unoperatic. Collegium Vocale Ghent is a small choir of approximately 20 voices, so the choruses have an immediacy, clarity, and briskness that larger choral ensembles can only envy. This recording has some serious competition, notably in previous renditions by John Eliot Gardiner and Marcus Creed, but because Jephtha is something of a rarity in the catalog, it is worth giving this package a try.

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Jephtha, HWV 70 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

1
Overture
James Gilchrist
00:05:05

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

2
Menuet
James Gilchrist
00:01:21

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I Scene 1 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

3
Accompagnato. It must be so, or these vile Ammonites (Zebul)
James Gilchrist
00:01:37

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

4
Air. Pour forth no more unheeded prayr's (Zebul)
James Gilchrist
00:04:57

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

5
No more to Ammon's god and king (Chorus)
James Gilchrist
00:03:07

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I Scene 2 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

6
Recitative. But Jephtha comes (Zebul, Jephtha)
James Gilchrist
00:00:57

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

7
Air. Virtue my soul shall still embrace
James Gilchrist
00:04:01

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

8
Recitative. Twill be a painful separation, Jephtha (Storge)
James Gilchrist
00:00:34

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

9
Air. In gentle murmurs will I mourn (Storge)
James Gilchrist
00:04:31

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I Scene 3 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

10
Recitative. Happy This embassy, my charming Iphis (Hamor)
James Gilchrist
00:00:46

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

11
Air. Dull delay, in piercing anguish (Hamor)
James Gilchrist
00:02:37

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

12
Recitative. Ill suits the voice of love (Iphis)
James Gilchrist
00:00:29

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

13
Air. Take the heart you fondly gave (Iphis)
James Gilchrist
00:03:07

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

14
Recitative. I go, my soul, inspir'd by thy command (Hamor)
James Gilchrist
00:00:27

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

15
Duet. These labours past, how happy we (Iphis, Hamor)
James Gilchrist
00:04:26

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I Scene 4 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

16
Recitative. What mean these doubtful fancies of the brain?
James Gilchrist
00:02:22

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

17
O God, behold our sore distress (Chorus)
James Gilchrist
00:04:48

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I Scene 5 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

18
Recitative. Some dire event hangs o'er our heads (Storge)
James Gilchrist
00:00:31

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

19
Air. Scenes of horror, scenes of woe (Storge)
James Gilchrist
00:03:56

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I Scene 6 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

20
Recitative. Say, my dear mother, whence these piercing cries (Iphis, Storge)
James Gilchrist
00:00:54

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

21
Air. The smiling dawn of happy days (Iphis)
James Gilchrist
00:01:59

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I Scene 7 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

22
Recitative. Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply (Zebul, Jephtha)
James Gilchrist
00:00:35

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

23
When his loud voice in thunder spoke (Chorus)
James Gilchrist
00:04:22

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II Scene 1 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

24
Recitative. Glad tidings of great joy to thee, dear Iphis (Hamor)
James Gilchrist
00:01:22

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

25
Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms (Chorus)
James Gilchrist
00:03:34

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

26
Air. Up the dreadful steep ascending (Hamor)
James Gilchrist
00:04:55

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

27
Recitative. Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens (Iphis)
James Gilchrist
00:00:23

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

28
Air. Tune the soft melodious lute (Iphis)
James Gilchrist
00:03:36

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II Scene 2 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

29
Recitative. Heav'n smiles once more on his repentant people
James Gilchrist
00:00:40

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

30
Air. His mighty arm, with sudden blow
James Gilchrist
00:05:19

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

31
In glory high, in might serene (Chorus)
James Gilchrist
00:02:59

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

DISC 2

Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II Scene 3 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

1
Symphony
James Gilchrist
00:00:47

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

2
Hail, glorious conqueror! (Iphis)
James Gilchrist
00:00:23

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

3
Air and Chorus. Welcome, as the cheerful light … Welcome thou, whose deeds conspire (Iphis, Chorus)
James Gilchrist
00:02:04

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

4
Recitative. Horror! Confusion!
James Gilchrist
00:00:27

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

5
Air. Open thy marble jaws, O tomb
James Gilchrist
00:03:09

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

6
Recitative. Why Is my brother thus afflicted? (Zebul, Jephtha)
James Gilchrist
00:01:13

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

2011 BIS 2011 (P) BIS

7
Accompagnato and Arioso. First perish thou, and perish all the world! - Let other creatures (Storge)
James Gilchrist
00:02:06

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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Recitative. If such thy cruel purpose, lo, your friend (Hamor)
James Gilchrist
00:00:24

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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Air. On me let blind mistaken zeal (Hamor)
James Gilchrist
00:01:54

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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Quartet: O spare your daughter! (Storge, Hamor, Jephtha, Zebul)
James Gilchrist
00:01:57

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II Scene 4 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

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Recitative. Such news flies swift (Iphis)
James Gilchrist
00:01:28

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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Air. Happy they! (Iphis)
James Gilchrist
00:03:08

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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13
Accompagnato. Deeper and deeper still, thy goodness, child
James Gilchrist
00:03:02

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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How dark, O Lord, Are thy decrees! (Chorus)
James Gilchrist
00:08:49

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III Scene 1 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

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Arioso. Hide thou thy hated beams
James Gilchrist
00:02:23

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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Air. Waft her, angels, through the skies
James Gilchrist
00:04:33

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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Accompagnato. Ye sacred priests, whose hands ne’er yet were stain'd (Iphis)
James Gilchrist
00:00:39

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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Air. Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods (Iphis)
James Gilchrist
00:05:24

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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Doubtful fear and reverend awe (Chorus)
James Gilchrist
00:03:19

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Audience, Ensemble, MainArtist - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - James Gilchrist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Thomas Morell, Lyricist - Marianne Beate Kielland, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mona Julsrud, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Jansson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - havard Stensvold, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Rapp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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Album review

Jephtha (1752) was George Frederick Handel's final oratorio, and it was composed during a period of incipient blindness and declining health. Yet the composer's artistic powers were undiminished in this dramatization of the Biblical story, for the arias and choruses are as memorable as any from Handel's earlier works in the genre, including Messiah and Israel in Egypt. This 2008 recording by Fabio Biondi, the Collegium Vocale Ghent, and the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra is a brilliant period presentation, and the spry rhythms, lean counterpoint, clear textures, and distinctive colors of original instruments combine to make this an especially enjoyable performance of a fairly neglected masterpiece. While the account of Jephtha's rash vow to God and subsequent sacrifice of his daughter is one of the most tragic episodes in the Bible, the story was altered here to have a happy ending, so much of the score is filled with joyous and exultent music, and the ensemble is quite upbeat. The vocal soloists offer straightforward delivery with clear diction and natural vocal tone with minimal vibrato, so the singing is wholly appropriate to the Baroque sonorities of the orchestra, though to some ears the style might seem flat and decidedly unoperatic. Collegium Vocale Ghent is a small choir of approximately 20 voices, so the choruses have an immediacy, clarity, and briskness that larger choral ensembles can only envy. This recording has some serious competition, notably in previous renditions by John Eliot Gardiner and Marcus Creed, but because Jephtha is something of a rarity in the catalog, it is worth giving this package a try.

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