Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74 - Eternal source of light
Joshua, HWV 64 - Heroes when with glory burning
Alexander Balus, HWV 65 - Ouvertüre
Alexander Balus, HWV 65 - Mighty love now calls to arm
Saul, HWV 53 - O Lord, whose mercies numberless
Susanna, HWV 66 - On the rapid whirlwind´s wing
Concerto grosso C-Dur Alexander-Feast, HWV 318 - Allegro
Theodora, HWV 68 - As with rosy steps the morn
Concerto grosso op. 3 Nr. 4, HWV 315 - Andante · Allegro
Theodora, HWV 68 - The raptured soul
Solomon, HWV 67 - Bless´d be the Lord & What though I trace
Susanna, HWV 66 - Ouvertüre
Susanna, HWV 66 - When first I saw my lovely maid

In 1735 Handel gave up opera due to dwindling public demand and turned his attention to the great sacred compositions. However, he took with him essential elements of the opera and transferred them to the oratorio, which he also called Sacred Dramas.

The countertenor Franz Vitzthum has selected a number of wonderful Sacred Arias from various of these Sacred Dramas, in which his light, bell-pure alto voice comes into its own. He has compiled these arias into an exciting programme, which is finely set in scene by the Orfeo Baroque Orchestra conducted by Julian Christoph Tolle.

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Recording: 14 - 15 July 2019, Neustädter Kirche, Erlangen (Germany).