Willem De Fesch - Joseph Oratorio (3CD)

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                40’19

Act 1

1. Overture 3’30
2. 1a Rec. Jacob Be ware You Talk no More of these Your Idle Slumbers... 1’07
3. 1b Arioso Jacob and Chorus Happy Youth 0’50
4. 1c Rec. Jacob But Hark the Host of Cherubims!... 0’14
5. 1d Chorus Happy Youth 1’04
6. 2a Rec. Joseph Alas my Eager Haste to Shew my fond Obedience... 0’45
7. 2b Aria Joseph I'll the Lion Dauntless meet 3’45
8. 3a Rec. Joseph And See where sent by Providence a Guide arrives... 0’55
9. 3b Aria Joseph Let me hasten away 3’29
10. 4a Rec. Reuben Surely did not our faintness Tell this world's Great Eye... 0’25
11. 4b Aria Reuben Underneath this plantane Shade 4’36
12. 5a Rec. Simeon See in a Lucky Moment Comes the Hated Dreamer... 1’35
13. 5b Aria Joseph Tremble Shudder at the Guilt 4’45
14. 6a Rec. Reuben With what intrepid Air & Reason Argues he... 0’39
15. 6b Chorus Let it be so 0’08
16. 6c Rec. Simeon There, Saucy Vanter Sleep Your Fill... 0’29
17. 6d Arioso Simeon Dream again of Sun and Moon 0’58
18. 7a Rec. acc. Joseph Oh Barbarous Effect of Jealous pride… 2’20
19. 7b Aria Joseph Take me Dying, Silent Grave 3’20
20. 8a Rec. Simeon But a Few paces Farther and we'll find him... 0’30
21. 8b Rec. Joseph Alass where am I going?... 0’36
22. 8c Aria Ishmaelite O'er the Desarts, O'er the Main 4’05

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                45’49

Act 2

1. 9a Rec. Reuben These Thorns & Brambles I Remark'd... 1’56
2. 9b Aria Reuben O Gracious Lord, O Lord of Israel 6’18
3. 10 Rec./Aria Jacob Unheard of Carelessness or Dastard Cowardice... 5’06
4. 11a Rec. Joseph How wisely Providence Bechequers still our Pilgrimage... 1’02
5. 11b Aria Joseph Let me Ever look to Thee 5’36
6. 12a Rec. Joseph But Still one Dread remains not in the least... 1’31
7. 12b Aria Potiphar's Wife Such a Lovely prudent Youth 7’19
8. 13a Rec. Joseph Too well, I Dread, I Understand her... 0’31
9. 13b Aria Joseph The Mower Calls with Chearfull Note 3’16
10. 14a Rec. acc. Potiphar's Wife Sure I in absence of the Lord... 0’40
11. 14b Duetto Potiphar's Wife/Joseph You/I See what I dare not Say 1’32
12. 15a Rec. acc. Potiphar’s Wife Furies! Death and Torture 1’07
13. 15b Aria Potiphar’s Wife Dark and Dismal thoughts 5’20
14. 16a Rec. Potiphar’s Wife And see where Opportunety Comes… 0’38
15. 16b Duetto Potiphar’s Wife/Potiphar Revenge inspires me/Honour Fires me 3’49

CD3                                                                                                                                                                                54’58

Act 3

1. 17a Rec. Joseph What Strange Revolutions Yet... 0’28
2. 17b Aria Joseph The Lord who from the Murd'ring knife 2’19
3. 18a Rec. General Where is the pris'ner so renown'd... 0’49
4. 18b Aria General Honour, wealth & Power too 5’30
5. 19a Rec. Reuben Oh Racking Torment... 1’21
6. 19b Chorus Prostrate on the Earth we'll say 0’15
7. 19c Arioso Reuben With Contrite Heart & weeping Eyes 0’22
8. 19d Rec. Simeon To our Contrition let us add Obedience... 0’16
9. 20 Chorus Blow the Fife with Chearfull Noise 3’44
10. 21a Rec. General Thus by our Sovereign's Command... 0’34
11. 21b Rec. acc. Joseph Ye Lofty Columns, Guilded Roofs... 1’19
12. 21c Rec. Joseph But Bless my Eyes!... 1’14
13. 21d Aria Joseph Wisdom with its poignant Eye 3’53
14. 21e Rec. Joseph Away with 'em... 1’59
15. 22a Rec. Joseph How heav'n Show'rs its Blessings on me... 0’19
16. 22b Aria Joseph Blood, this hasty Course give O'er 4’29
17. 22c Rec. Joseph I must within Repose my Self to calmness... 0’19
18. 23a Rec. Simeon We're now upon Ægyptian Ground... 0’12
19. 23b Aria Simeon The Howling wolf at Midnight Roams 2’04
20. 24a Rec. Joseph Bring in the Strangers... 1’49
21. 24b Aria Benjamin Feeding Flocks upon the plain 4’25
22. 25a Chorus In Your all-Discerning Mind 0’22
23. 25b Rec. Joseph I can withhold no Longer... 0’21
24. 25c Aria Joseph Whilst my Rapture I Conceal 5’33
25. 26a Rec. Joseph They do not Yet Discover me... 0’14
26. 26b Chorus O heav'ns our Brother 0’21
27. 26c Rec. Joseph I pray ye rise... 2’04
28. 26d Duetto Joseph/Simeon O Delight beyond Expressing/ O unutterable Blessing 5’27
29. 27 Chorus Let us our Gratefull voices raise 2’38

Joseph – Claron McFaddensoprano

Pothiphar’s Wife – Roberta Alexandersoprano

Reuben – Susanna Moncayo von Hasealto

Potiphar, Ishmaelite – Nico van der Meeltenor

Simeon – Hans Vonktenor

Jacob, General – Tom Sol bass

Benjamin, stranger – Susanna ten Woldesoprano

Gaoler – Jasper Schweppebaritone

Nationaal Kinderkoor

Wilma ten Woldechoir master

Viri Cantores

Frank Hemeleerschoir master & tenor

Ioan Micu · Jaap Smit · John Vredeveldttenors

Geert van Hencke · Jasper Schweppe · Lars Terray · Jan van Zelmbasses

Musica ad Rhenum

Jed Wentzconductor

Hiro Kurosaki, Joseph Tan, Stefano Rossiviolin I

Igor Roukhadze, Jan Pieter van Coolwijk, Franc Polmanviolin II

Örzse Adams, Jun Okada viola · Job ter Haar, Tom Pitt, Felicity Deakcello

Tis Marang contrabass · Isabel Crijnen, Thera de Clerck recorder

Marion Moonen, Mirjam van der Maas Traversoflute

Nico de Gier, Eduard Wesly oboe · Jane Gower, Eyal Streettbassoon

Charles Putnam, Robert Douglasshorn

Susan Williams, Hendrik Jan Houtsmatrumpet

Arnold Marinissen timpani · Michael Borgstede harpsichord · Kathryn Cokorgan

Recording: 21-25 August 2000, Augustinus Church, Amsterdam, The Netherlands