KWELLA / MCLAUGHLIN / VARCOE / MONTEVERDI CHOIR / ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS / JOHN ELIOT GARDINER
Handel: L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato
2CD
CD1
1. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato HWV 55 (Ode)
2. Accompagnato: Hence loathed Melancholy (Teil 1)
3. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Hence vain deluding joyes" (Soprano I)
4. Accompagnato: Hence vain deluding joys
5. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Come, thou Goddess" (Soprano II)
6. Arie: Come, thou goddess fair and free
7. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Come, rather, Goddess" (Soprano III)
8. Arie: Come rather, goddess sage and holy
9. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Haste thee, nymph" (Tenor I)
10. Arie: Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee
11. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Haste thee, nymph" (Chorus)
12. Chor: Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee
13. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Come, and trip it" (Tenor II, Chorus)
14. Arie - Chorus: Come, and trip it as you go
15. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Come, pensive nun" (Soprano III)
16. Accompagnato: Come, pensive nun, devout and pure
17. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Come, but keep thy wonted state" (Soprano I) - "Join with thee"
18. Arioso: Come, but keep thy wonted state - Accompagnato - Chorus: There held in holy passion still
19. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Hence, loathed Melancholy" (M. Hill) - "And if I give the honou
20. Rezitativ: Hence, loathed melancholy - Arie: Mirth, admit me of thy crew
21. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "First, and chief, on golden wing" (Soprano I)
22. Accompagnato: First, and chief, on gold wing - Arie: Sweet bird, that shun'st the noise of folly
23. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "If I give thee honour due" (Bass)
24. Rezitativ: If I give thee honour due - Arie: Mirth, admit me of thy crew!
25. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Oft on a plat of rising ground" (Soprano III)
26. Arie: Oft on a plat of rising ground
27. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Far from all resort of Mirth" (Soprano II)
28. Arie: Far from all resort of mirth
29. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "If I give thee honour due" (Tenor II)
30. Rezitativ: If I give thee honour due - Arie: Let me wander not unseen
31. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Straight mine eye" (Soprano II)
32. Arie: Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures - Accompagnato: Mounrtains, on whose barren breast - ...
33. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Or let the merry bells" (Soprano IV) - "And young and old come"
34. Arie: Or let the merry bells ring around
CD2
1. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "Hence, vain deluding joys" (Soprano III)
2. Accompagnato: Hence, vain deluding joys - Arie: Sometimes let gorgeous tragedy (Teil 2)
3. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "Thus night oft see me" (Soprano I)
4. Rezitativ: Thus, night, oft see me in thy pale career
5. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "Populous cities" (Bass, Chorus)
6. Solo: Poplulous cities please me then
7. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "There let Hymen oft appear" (Tenor II)
8. Arie: There let Hymen oft appear
9. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "Me, when the sun begins to fling" (Soprano I)
10. Accompagnato: Me, when the sun begins to fling - Arie: Hide me from day's garish eye
11. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "I'll to the well-trod stage anon" (Tenor I)
12. Arie: I'll to the well-trod stage anon
13. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "And ever against eating cares" (Soprano II)
14. Arie: And ever against eating cares
15. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "Orpheus' self may heave his head" (Soprano II)
16. Arie: Orpheus self may heave his head
17. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "These delights if thou canst give" (Tenor I, Chorus)
18. Arie: These delights if thou canst give
19. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "But let my due feet never fail" (Soprano I)
20. Rezitativ: But let my due feet never fail
21. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "There let the pealing organ blow" (Chorus) - "And let their swe
22. Chor - Solo: There let the pealing organ blow
23. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "May at last my weary age" (J. Smith) - "These pleasures, Melanc
24. Arie: May at last my weary age - Solo: These pleasures, Melancholy, give
25. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 3: "Hence, boast not" (Bass) - "All this company serene" (Chorus)
26. Accompagnato: Hence, boast not, ye profane - Arie: Come, with native lustre shine - ... (Teil 3)
27. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 3: "Come, with gentle hand restrain" (Soprano III)
28. Arie: Come, with gentle hand restrain
29. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 3: "No more short life" (Tenor I)
30. Rezitativ: No more short life they then will spend - Arie: Each action will derive new grace
31. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 3: "As steals the morn upon the night" (Soprano I, Tenor II)
32. Duett: As steals the morn upon the night
33. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 3: "Thy pleasures, Moderation, give" (Chorus)
34. Chorus: Thy pleasures, Moderation, give
Total: 226.34

JOHN ELIOT GARDINER/EBS/MONTEVERDI CHOIR/KWELLA/VARCOE