The Choice of Hercules
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Tracklist
The Choice of Hercules: Sinfonia
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 1. Sinfonia
The Choice of Hercules: "See Hercules! how smiles yon myrtle plain"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 2. Accompagnato "See Hercules! how smiles yon myrtle plain" (Pleasure)
The Choice of Hercules: "Come, blooming boy"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 3. Air "Come, blooming boy" (Pleasure)
The Choice of Hercules: "There the brisk sparkling nectar drain"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 4. Air "There the brisk sparkling nectar drain" (Pleasure)
The Choice of Hercules: "While for thy arms that beauty glows"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 5. Solo and Chorus "While for thy arms that beauty glows" (Pleasure)
The Choice of Hercules: "Away, mistaken wretch, away!"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 6. Recitative "Away, mistaken wretch, away!" (Virtue)
The Choice of Hercules: "This manly youth's exalted mind"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 7. Air "This manly youth's exalted mind" (Virtue)
The Choice of Hercules: "Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me!"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 8. Recitative "Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me!" (Virtue)
The Choice of Hercules: "Go, assert thy heav'nly race"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 9. Air "Go, assert thy heav'nly race" (Virtue)
The Choice of Hercules: "In peace, in war"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 10. Recitative "In peace, in war" (Virtue)
The Choice of Hercules: "So shalt thou gain immortal praise"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 11. Solo and Chorus "So shalt thou gain immortal praise" (Virtue)
The Choice of Hercules: "Hearst thou, what dangers then thou must engage"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 12. Recitative "Hearst thou, what dangers then thou must engage" (Pleasure)
The Choice of Hercules: "Turn thee, youth, to joy and love"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 13. Solo and Chorus "Turn thee, youth, to joy and love" (Pleasure)
The Choice of Hercules: "Short is my way, fair, easy, smooth and plain"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 14. Recitative "Short is my way, fair, easy, smooth and plain" (Pleasure, Hercules)
The Choice of Hercules: "Yet, can I hear that dulcet lay"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 15. Air "Yet can I hear that dulcet lay" (Hercules)
The Choice of Hercules: "Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 16. Air "Enjoy the sweet elysian grove" (Attendant on Pleasure)
The Choice of Hercules: "Oh! whither, reason, dost thou fly?"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 17. Recitative "Oh! whither, reason, dost thou fly?" (Hercules)
The Choice of Hercules: "Where shall I go?"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 18. Trio "Where shall I go?" (Hercules, Pleasure, Virtue)
The Choice of Hercules: Recitative "Mount, mount the steep ascent"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 19. Recitative "Mount, mount the steep ascent" (Virtue)
The Choice of Hercules: Air "Mount, mount the steep ascent"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 20. Air "Mount, mount the steep ascent" (Virtue)
The Choice of Hercules: "Arise! mount the steep ascent"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 21. Chorus "Arise! Mount the Steep Ascent"
The Choice of Hercules: "The sounds breathe fire"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 22. Recitative "The sounds breathe fire celestial" (Hercules)
The Choice of Hercules: "Lead, goddess, lead the way!"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 23. Air "Lead, goddess, lead the way!" (Hercules)
The Choice of Hercules: "Virtue will place thee in that blest abode"
George Frideric Handel - The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 24. Chorus "Virtue Will Place Thee in That Blest Abode"
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: "Hearken unto me, ye holy children"
Maurice Greene - Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 1. Solo "Hearken unto me, ye holy children"
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: "Magnify His name"
Maurice Greene - Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 2. Chorus "Magnify his name"
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: "And in praising him you shall say"
Maurice Greene - Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 3. Chorus "And in praising him you shall say"
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: "To be a father to the fatherless"
Maurice Greene - Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 4. Solo "To be a father to the fatherless"
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: "Therefore shall he receive a glorious kingdom"
Maurice Greene - Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 5. Duet "Therefore shall he receive a glorious kingdom"
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: How is he numb'red"
Maurice Greene - Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 6. Recitative "How is he numb'red"