℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
| Released | 1979 |
| Duration | 2h 52m 06s |
| Record Label | Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. |
| Genre | Classical |
Handel: Jephtha
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Available in MQA and 48 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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Jephtha, HWV 70
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1.1
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Overture
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Academy of St Martin in the Fields |
3:51 | |||
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1.2
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Menuet
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Academy of St Martin in the Fields |
1:43 | |||
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Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I
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1.3
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It Must Be So
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Christopher Keyte |
1:27 | |||
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1.4
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Pour Forth No More Unheeded Pray'rs
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Christopher Keyte |
3:16 | |||
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1.5
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No More to Ammon's God and King
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Southend Boys Choir |
2:58 | |||
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1.6
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But Jephta Comes
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Christopher Keyte |
1:01 | |||
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1.7
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Virtue My Soul Shall Still Embrace
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Anthony Rolfe Johnson |
4:04 | |||
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1.8
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'Twill Be a Painful Separation, Jephta - In Gentle Murmurs Will I Mourn
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Alfreda Hodgson |
5:17 | |||
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1.9
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Happy This Embassy, My Charming Iphis - Dull Delay, in Piercing Anguish
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Paul Esswood |
4:48 | |||
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1.10
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Ill Suits the Voice of Love When Glory Calls - Take the Heart You Fondly Gave
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Margaret Marshall |
5:01 | |||
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1.11
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I Go, My soul, Inspir'd - These Labours Past, How Happy We!
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Margaret Marshall |
6:40 | |||
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1.12
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What Mean These Doubtful Fancies
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Anthony Rolfe Johnson |
1:30 | |||
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1.13
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O God, Behold Our Sore Distress
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Southend Boys Choir |
4:42 | |||
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1.14
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Some Dire Event Hangs o'er Our Heads - Scenes of Horror, Scenes of Woe
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Alfreda Hodgson |
5:14 | |||
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1.15
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Say, My Dear Mother
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Margaret Marshall |
0:52 | |||
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1.16
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The Smiling Dawn of Happy Days
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Margaret Marshall |
3:02 | |||
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1.17
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Such, Jephta - When His Loud Voice
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Christopher Keyte |
5:14 | |||
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Jephtha, HWV 70, Act II
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1.18
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Glad Tidings of Great Joy to Thee, Dear Iphis
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Paul Esswood |
1:10 | |||
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1.19
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Cherub and Seraphim, Unbodied Forms
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Southend Boys Choir |
3:13 | |||
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1.20
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Up the DreadfulSteep Ascending
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Paul Esswood |
5:27 | |||
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1.21
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'Tis Well - Tune the Soft Melodious Lute
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Margaret Marshall |
5:07 | |||
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1.22
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Again Heav'n Smiles - Freedom Now Once More Possessing
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Christopher Keyte |
4:05 | |||
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1.23
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Zebul, Thy Deeds Were Valiant - His Mighty Arm
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Anthony Rolfe Johnson |
6:05 | |||
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1.24
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In Glory High, in Might Serene
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Southend Boys Choir |
2:26 | |||
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1.25
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Symphony
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Academy of St Martin in the Fields |
1:19 | |||
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1.26
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Hail, Glorious Conqueror - Welcome as the Cheerful Ligh
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Margaret Marshall |
4:03 | |||
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1.27
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Horror! Confusion! - Open Thy Marble Jaws, O Tomb
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Anthony Rolfe Johnson |
4:51 | |||
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1.28
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Why Is My Brother Thus Afflicted
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Christopher Keyte |
1:15 | |||
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1.29
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First Perish Thou, and Perish All the World
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Alfreda Hodgson |
2:14 | |||
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1.30
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If Such Thy Cruel Purpose - On Me Let Blind Mistaken Zeal
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Paul Esswood |
1:51 | |||
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1.31
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O Spare Your Daughter
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Alfreda Hodgson |
2:40 | |||
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1.32
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Such News Flies Swift - Happy They
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Margaret Marshall |
4:13 | |||
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1.33
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Deeper, and Deeper Still
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Anthony Rolfe Johnson |
3:23 | |||
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1.34
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How Dark, O Lord, Are Thy Decrees!
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Southend Boys Choir |
8:50 | |||
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Jephtha, HWV 70, Act III
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1.35
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Hide Thou Thy Hated Beams, O Sun
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Anthony Rolfe Johnson |
2:55 | |||
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1.36
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Waft Her, Angels, Through the Skies
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Anthony Rolfe Johnson |
4:49 | |||
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1.37
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Ye Sacred Priests - Farewell, Ye Limpid Springs and Floods
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Margaret Marshall |
6:03 | |||
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1.38
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Doubtful Fear and Rev'rent Awe
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Southend Boys Choir |
5:00 | |||
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1.39
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Symphony
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Academy of St Martin in the Fields |
1:28 | |||
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1.40
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Rise, Jephta, and Ye Rev'rend Priests
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Emma Kirkby |
1:12 | |||
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1.41
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Happy, Iphis Shalt Thou Live
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Emma Kirkby |
4:44 | |||
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1.42
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For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Anthony Rolfe Johnson |
1:51 | |||
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1.43
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Theme Sublime of Endless Praise
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Southend Boys Choir |
3:10 | |||
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1.44
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Let Me Congratulate This Happy Turn - Laud Her, All Ye Virgin Train
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Christopher Keyte |
1:45 | |||
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1.45
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O Let Me Fold Thee in a Mother's Arms - Sweet as Sight
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Alfreda Hodgson |
2:32 | |||
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1.46
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With Transport, Iphis - 'Tis Heaven's All-ruling Power
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Paul Esswood |
5:41 | |||
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1.47
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My Faithful Hamor, May That Providence - All That Is in Hamor Mine
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Margaret Marshall |
4:21 | |||
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1.48
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Ye House of Gilead, With One Voice
George Frideric Handel; Thomas Morell; Southend Boys Choir |
3:43 | |||
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48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -4.86 -13.35 to -0.20 | -27.33 -32.65 to -19.98 | -23.57 -28.50 to -16.00 | 14 11 to 17 | |
| 1 | Overture | -6.49 | -24.68 | -21.5 | 11 |
| 2 | Menuet | -13.35 | -31.38 | -28.4 | 12 |
| 3 | It Must Be So | -8.76 | -30.30 | -26.9 | 13 |
| 4 | Pour Forth No More Unheeded Pray'rs | -5.41 | -26.43 | -23.0 | 12 |
| 5 | No More to Ammon's God and King | -1.86 | -20.93 | -17.4 | 12 |
| 6 | But Jephta Comes | -5.26 | -29.73 | -25.5 | 15 |
| 7 | Virtue My Soul Shall Still Embrace | -7.41 | -29.02 | -25.5 | 14 |
| 8 | 'Twill Be a Painful Separation, Jephta - In Gentle Murmurs Will I Mourn | -6.01 | -31.94 | -28.4 | 16 |
| 9 | Happy This Embassy, My Charming Iphis - Dull Delay, in Piercing Anguish | -7.50 | -30.17 | -27.1 | 15 |
| 10 | Ill Suits the Voice of Love When Glory Calls - Take the Heart You Fondly Gave | -5.14 | -28.23 | -24.9 | 15 |
| 11 | I Go, My soul, Inspir'd - These Labours Past, How Happy We! | -1.99 | -25.81 | -22.5 | 15 |
| 12 | What Mean These Doubtful Fancies | -6.78 | -30.02 | -25.6 | 14 |
| 13 | O God, Behold Our Sore Distress | -1.91 | -22.48 | -18.9 | 12 |
| 14 | Some Dire Event Hangs o'er Our Heads - Scenes of Horror, Scenes of Woe | -6.61 | -29.40 | -26.2 | 15 |
| 15 | Say, My Dear Mother | -4.71 | -30.08 | -25.5 | 13 |
| 16 | The Smiling Dawn of Happy Days | -4.89 | -28.55 | -25.2 | 14 |
| 17 | Such, Jephta - When His Loud Voice | -1.02 | -21.39 | -17.8 | 12 |
| 18 | Glad Tidings of Great Joy to Thee, Dear Iphis | -7.03 | -30.74 | -26.7 | 15 |
| 19 | Cherub and Seraphim, Unbodied Forms | -0.60 | -23.08 | -19.2 | 13 |
| 20 | Up the DreadfulSteep Ascending | -4.41 | -27.11 | -23.6 | 15 |
| 21 | 'Tis Well - Tune the Soft Melodious Lute | -4.71 | -27.49 | -24.0 | 13 |
| 22 | Again Heav'n Smiles - Freedom Now Once More Possessing | -6.05 | -27.07 | -23.6 | 13 |
| 23 | Zebul, Thy Deeds Were Valiant - His Mighty Arm | -3.85 | -26.16 | -22.3 | 15 |
| 24 | In Glory High, in Might Serene | -0.31 | -20.76 | -17.0 | 13 |
| 25 | Symphony | -11.38 | -29.43 | -26.3 | 11 |
| 26 | Hail, Glorious Conqueror - Welcome as the Cheerful Ligh | -2.52 | -24.98 | -21.4 | 15 |
| 27 | Horror! Confusion! - Open Thy Marble Jaws, O Tomb | -3.22 | -28.25 | -24.7 | 17 |
| 28 | Why Is My Brother Thus Afflicted | -6.77 | -32.65 | -26.9 | 17 |
| 29 | First Perish Thou, and Perish All the World | -5.48 | -28.46 | -25.0 | 14 |
| 30 | If Such Thy Cruel Purpose - On Me Let Blind Mistaken Zeal | -3.60 | -26.68 | -23.2 | 14 |
| 31 | O Spare Your Daughter | -3.25 | -24.29 | -20.6 | 14 |
| 32 | Such News Flies Swift - Happy They | -5.87 | -27.91 | -24.3 | 14 |
| 33 | Deeper, and Deeper Still | -1.35 | -28.04 | -21.8 | 16 |
| 34 | How Dark, O Lord, Are Thy Decrees! | -1.01 | -24.89 | -20.3 | 14 |
| 35 | Hide Thou Thy Hated Beams, O Sun | -5.93 | -31.14 | -26.9 | 13 |
| 36 | Waft Her, Angels, Through the Skies | -4.15 | -31.81 | -28.5 | 17 |
| 37 | Ye Sacred Priests - Farewell, Ye Limpid Springs and Floods | -4.13 | -27.42 | -23.5 | 13 |
| 38 | Doubtful Fear and Rev'rent Awe | -0.20 | -22.37 | -18.3 | 13 |
| 39 | Symphony | -7.25 | -28.03 | -24.0 | 13 |
| 40 | Rise, Jephta, and Ye Rev'rend Priests | -9.58 | -30.52 | -25.9 | 12 |
| 41 | Happy, Iphis Shalt Thou Live | -6.57 | -28.66 | -25.1 | 14 |
| 42 | For Ever Blessed Be Thy Holy Name | -8.39 | -28.25 | -24.7 | 12 |
| 43 | Theme Sublime of Endless Praise | -1.33 | -21.15 | -17.6 | 12 |
| 44 | Let Me Congratulate This Happy Turn - Laud Her, All Ye Virgin Train | -5.32 | -27.48 | -24.1 | 14 |
| 45 | O Let Me Fold Thee in a Mother's Arms - Sweet as Sight | -7.98 | -30.88 | -27.2 | 14 |
| 46 | With Transport, Iphis - 'Tis Heaven's All-ruling Power | -5.33 | -30.31 | -26.9 | 16 |
| 47 | My Faithful Hamor, May That Providence - All That Is in Hamor Mine | -0.20 | -25.08 | -21.4 | 14 |
| 48 | Ye House of Gilead, With One Voice | -0.55 | -19.98 | -16.0 | 12 |