Handel Solomon HD

Mezzo live HD 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“)