Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55 (2xCD)

Works

1 L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Pastoral Ode), oratorio, HWV 55
Composer: Handel, George Frederick
    1. Hence, loathed Melancholy
    2. Hence, vain deluding Joys
    3. Come, thou goddess fair and free
    4. Come rather, goddess, sage and holy
    5. Haste thee, nymph
    6. Come, and trip it as you go
    7. Come, pensive Nun, de vout and pure
    8. Come, but keep thy wonted state (Arioso)
    9. There held in holy passion still
    10. Hence, loathed melancholy
    11. Mirth, admit me of thy crew
    12. First and chief, on golden wing
    13. Sweet bird, that shun'st the noise of folly
    14. If I give thee honour due
    15. Mirth, admit me of thy crew
    16. Oft, on a plat of rissing ground
    17. Far from all resort of mirth
    18. If I give thee honour due
    19. Let me wander not unseen
    20. Straight mine eye hat caught new pleasures/Dilettoso suol tu sei nuova gioja
    21. Mountains, on whose barren breast/Alte montagne nel cui steril grembo
    22. Or let the merry bells ring round
    23. Hence, vain deluding Joys
    24. Sometimes let gorgeous Tragedy
    25. But oh! Sad virgin that thy pow'r might raise
    26. Thus, Night, oft see me in thy pale career
    27. Populous cities please me
    28. There let Hymen oft appear/Si l'Imeneo fra noi verra
    29. Me, when the sun begins to fling
    30. Hide me from the day's garish eye
    31. I'll to the welltrod stage anon
    32. And ever against eating cares/E contro all'aspre cure ognor
    33. Orpheus self may heave his head
    34. These delights if thou canst give
    35. But let my due feet never fail
    36. There let the pealing organ blow

Artists
Barbara Hannigan - -
Barbara Hannigan - Soprano -
Knut Schoch - Tenor -
Joachim Carlos Martini - -
Linda Perillo - -
Stephan MacLeod - Bass-baritone -

Conductor/Ensemble
Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra
Junge Kantorei
Joachim Carlos Martini

Genre/Venue
Vocal and Choral