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Handel: Israel in Egypt
Handel: Israel in Egypt
Handel: Israel in Egypt
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Handel: Israel in Egypt

From Plague to Praise: Handel’s Israel in Egypt Reawakens in Joy.

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Label Alpha Classics

Artists Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet

€29,99 EUR
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Although Israel in Egypt was first performed on 4 April 1739 in tripartite form, Handel probably first composed this oratorio without a complete text. Hervé Niquet has chosen to record the version in two parts that Berlioz and the whole of the 19th century considered definitive, these being the Exodus and the Song of Moses. Produced just after the Covid pandemic, this recording also shows the joy of Le Concert Spirituel’s singers and instrumentalists at making music together again: Hervé Niquet says the final chorus "is a cry of happiness in unison" and sees an "almost palpable drama in these works: the two choruses face each other on either side of the orchestra and respond to each other in violent retaliations and monumental unisons. Their interweaving in diabolical movements is like a theatrical staging before our very eyes.”
Le Concert Spirituel Hervé Niquet, Conductor

Tracklist

Total time: 01:10:00

1. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Symphony
01:28
2. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 1: I. Exodus. Recitative. Now There Arose a New King Over Egypt
00:20
3. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 1: II. Solo and Chorus. And the Children of Israel Sighed
02:22
4. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 1: III. Recitative. Then Sent He Moses
00:27
5. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 1: IV. Chorus. They Loathed to Drink of the River
01:41
6. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 1: V. Air. Their Land Brought Forth Frogs
02:14
7. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 1: VI. Chorus. He Spake the Word
02:14
8. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 1: VII. Chorus. He Gave Them Hailstones for Rain
02:06
9. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 1: VIII. Chorus. He Sent a Thick Darkness
01:53
10. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 1: IX. Chorus. He Smote All the First-Born of Egypt
02:14
11. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 1: X. Chorus. But as for His People
03:44
12. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 1: XI. Chorus. Egypt Was Glad When They Departed
02:09
13. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 1: XII. Chorus. He Rebuked the Red Sea
02:58
14. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 1: XIII. Chorus. And Israel Saw That Great Work
02:06
15. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 2: I. Moses's Song. Introitus. Moses, and the Children of Israel
03:18
16. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 2: II. Duet. The Lord Is My Strength
03:18
17. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 2: III. Chorus. He Is My God
02:49
18. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 2: IV. Duet. The Lord Is a Man of War
05:31
19. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 2: V. Chorus. The Depths Have Covered Them
00:56
20. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 2: VI. Chorus. Thy Right Hand
03:37
21. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 2: VII. Chorus. And with the Blast of Thy Nostrils
02:39
22. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 2: VIII. Air. The Enemy Said
02:04
23. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 2: IX. Air (Soprano). Thou Didst Blow with the Wind
01:33
24. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 2: X. Chorus. Who Is Like unto Thee
01:40
25. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 2: XI. Duet. Thou in Thy Mercy
03:19
26. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 2: XII. Chorus. The People Shall Hear
03:14
27. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 2: XIII. Air. Thou Shalt Bring Them In
02:47
28. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 2: XIV. Chorus. The Lord Shall Reign
00:37
29. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 2: XV. Recitative. For the Horse of Pharoah
00:25
30. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 2: XVI. Chorus. The Lord Shall Reign
00:37
31. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 2: XVII. Recitative. And Miriam the Prophetess
00:23
32. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 2: XVIII. Solo and Chorus. Sing Ye to the Lord
03:17

Additional Information

Label
Alpha Classics
SKU
ALPHA1176
Qualities
DSD 512, DSD 256, FLAC 192 kHz, DSD 128, WAV 96 kHz, DSD 64, DXD 24 Bit
Channels
2ch Stereo
Artists
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Composers
Händel, Handel
Conductors
Hervé Niquet
Genres
Classical
Original Recording Format
PCM 96k
Recording Location
Arsenal de Metz (France)
Release Date
October 24, 2025
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Handel: Israel in Egypt

Handel: Israel in Egypt

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