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Otra de Handel, de esa preciosidad de oratorio que es Theodora. Segunda escena de la segunda parte. Canta Theodora.



“With darkness deep as is my woe” (Theodora)

With darkness deep, as is my woe,
Hide me, ye shades of night.
Your thickest veil around me throw,
Conceal'd from human sight;
Or come thou, death, thy victim save,
Kindly embosom'd in the grave.




George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Theodora
Oratorio (Londres, 1750)

Susan Gritton, soprano
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh, director

Archiv Production, 2000 [CD1 76’21’’ + CD 2 60’36’’ + CD 3 46’56’’]