Handel: Esther, First Reconstructable Version (Cannons), 1720

Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Overture: I. Andante

Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Overture: II. Larghetto

Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Overture: III. Allegro

Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 1: I. Recitative "'Tis Greater Far to Spare, Than to Destroy"

Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 1: II. Air "Pluck Root and Branch from out the Land"

Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 1: III. Recitative "Our Souls with Ardour Glow"

Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 1: IV. Chorus "Shall We the God of Israel's Fear?"

Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 2: I. Recitative "Now Persecution Shall Lay by Her Iron Rod"

Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 2: II. Air "Tune Your Harps to Cheerful Strains"

Esther, HWV 50a, Act I Scene 2: III. Chorus "Shall We of Servitude Complain"