DESCRIPTION:
The best musical highlights form the oratorio Solomon by George Frideric Handel. (1748)

1. Overture 00:00
2. Chorus of Priests: Your harps and cymbals sound 06:31
3. Recitativo (Solomon): Almighty power 10:08
4. Air (Queen of Sheba): Blest the day when first my eyes 13:09
5. Chorus: May no rush intruder distrurb their soft hours 19:05
6. Chorus: From the censer curling rise 22:40
7. Air (First Harlot): Beneath the vine, or fig tree's shade 27:41
8. Trio (First Harlot, Second Harlot, Solomon): Words are weak to piant my fears 35:22
9. Recitativo and chorus (Solomon): Then at once from rage remove 39:23
10. Air (Queen of Sheba): Will the sun forget to streak 43:34
11. Chorus: From the east unto the west 48:20
12. Sinfonia (Arrival of Queen Sheba) 51:32
13. Duet (Solomon, Queen of Sheba): Every joy that wisdom konws 54:47
14. Chorus: Praise the lord with harp and tongue! 58:38

Justino Diaz
Sheila Armstrong
Felicity Palmer
Robert Tear
Amor Artis Chorale
English Chamber Orchestra
Johannes Somary