Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Air “Ye Ministers of Justice” (Valens)

~ Recording by John Chest, Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

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#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.74Theodora, HWV 68, Part III Scene 5: Air “Ye Ministers of Justice” (Valens)1:27George Frideric HandelTheodoraHandel; Lisette Oropesa, Joyce DiDonato, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Michael Spyres, John Chest, Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim EmelyanychevAlbum
  • XW2022-10-28
Erato, Warner Classics

Relationships

producer:Nicolas Bartholomée (French sound engineer and producer of classical recordings)
Giulio D’Alessio
Gesine Lübben
mixer and editor:Hugo Scremin
baritone vocals [Valens]:John Chest (baritone) (from 2021-11-26 until 2021-11-29)
orchestra:Il Pomo d’Oro (from 2021-11-26 until 2021-11-29)
conductor:Maxim Emelyanychev (Russian conductor, pianist, harpsichordist & cornetist) (from 2021-11-26 until 2021-11-29)
recorded at:Alfried Krupp Saal (Philharmonie Essen) in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2021-11-26 until 2021-11-29)
recording of:Theodora, HWV 68: Act III (partial)

Related works

Theodora, HWV 68: Act III

composer:George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
librettist:Thomas Morell
part of:Theodora, HWV 68 (act) (order: 4)
parts:1. Theodora, HWV 68: Act III, Scene 1, no. 54. Air “Lord, to Thee each night and day” (Irene) (number)
2. Theodora, HWV 68: Act III, Scene 2, no. 55. Recitative “But see, the good, the virtuous Didymus!” (Irene, Theodora) (number)
3. Theodora, HWV 68: Act III, Scene 2, no. 56. Recitative “When sunk in anguish and despair” (Theodora) (number)
4. Theodora, HWV 68: Act III, Scene 2, no. 57. Chorus and solo “Blest be the hand” (Chorus of Christians, Theodora) (number)
5. Theodora, HWV 68: Act III, Scene 3, no. 58. Recitative “Undaunted in the court stands Didymus” (Messenger, Irene, Theodora) (number)
6. Theodora, HWV 68: Act III, Scene 3, no. 59. Duet “Whither, Princess, do you fly?” (Irene, Theodora) (number)
7. Theodora, HWV 68: Act III, Scene 3, no. 60. Recitative “She’s gone” (Irene) (number)
8. Theodora, HWV 68: Act III, Scene 3, no. 61. Recitative “New scenes of joy come crowding on” (Irene) (number)
9. Theodora, HWV 68: Act III, Scene 4–5, no. 62. Recitative “Is it a Christian virtue then” (Valens, Didymus, Theodora, Septimius) (number)
10. Theodora, HWV 68: Act III, Scene 5, no. 63. Air “From virtue springs each gen’rous deed” (Septimius) (number)
11. Theodora, HWV 68: Act III, Scene 5, no. 64. Air “Cease, ye slaves, your fruitless pray’r!” (Valens) (number)
12. Theodora, HWV 68: Act III, Scene 5, no. 65. Recitative “’Tis kind, my friends” (Didymus, Theodora) (number)
13. Theodora, HWV 68: Act III, Scene 5, no. 66. Chorus “How strange their ends” (Chorus of Heathens) (number)
14. Theodora, HWV 68: Act III, Scene 5, no. 67. Recitative “On me your frowns” (Didymus, Theodora, Valens) (number)
15. Theodora, HWV 68: Act III, Scene 5, no. 68. Air “Ye ministers of justice” (Valens) (number)
16. Theodora, HWV 68: Act III, Scene 6, no. 69. Recitative “And must such beauty suffer?” (Didymus, Theodora, Septimius) (number)
17. Theodora, HWV 68: Act III, Scene 6, no. 70. Air and duet “Streams of pleasure ever flowing” (Didymus, Theodora) (number)
19. Theodora, HWV 68: Act III, Scene 7, no. 71. Recitative “Ere this, their doom is past” (Irene) (number)
20. Theodora, HWV 68: Act III, Scene 7, no. 72. Chorus “O love divine” (Chorus of Christians) (number)