Hercules (1995), CD, on Archiv Produktion. Music by George Frideric Handel, performed by John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Sarah Walker; 46 tracks.
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Disc 1
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 1: Recit. acc. "See with what sad dejection"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 2: Recitativo accompagnato "See with what sad dejection" (Lichas)
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 1: Aria: "No longer, Fate, relentless frown"
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 1: Recit. acc: "O Herkules!": Aria: "The world, when day's career is run"
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 1: Recit: "Princess! be comforted, and hope the best"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 6: Recitativo "Princess! Be comforted, and hope the best" (Lichas, Dejanira, Hyllys)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 1: Aria: "I feel, I feel the god"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 1: Recit: "Then I am lost!": Aria:"There in myrtle .."
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 8: Recitativo "Then I am lost! O dreadful oracle!" (Dejanira)
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 1: Recit: "Despair not!": Aria: "Where congealed the northern streams"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 1: Chorus: "O filial piety! O generous love!"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 12: Chorus: "O filial piety! O generous love!"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 1: Recit: "Banish your fears!": Aria: "Begone, my fears"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 13: Recitativo "Banish your fears! The noble" (Hercules, Lichas, Dejanira)
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 1: Recit: "A train of captives, red with honest wounds"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 15: Recitativo "A train of captives, red with honest wounds" (Lichas, Hyllus, Dejanira)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 1: Recit: "Thanks to the powers above"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 17: Recitativo "Thanks to the powers above" (Hercules, Iole)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 1: Aria: "My father! Ah! methinks I see"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 19: Recitativo "Now farewell, arms! From hence the tide of time" (Hercules)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Tomlinson
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 1: Chorus: "Crown with festal pomp the day"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 21: Chorus "Crown with festal pomp the day"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 2: Aria: "How blest the maid ordained to dwell"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act II
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 2: Recit: "It must be so!"- Aria: "When beauty sorrow's"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act II
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 2: Recit: "Whence this unjust suspicion?"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 25: Recitavio "Whence this unjust suspicion?" (Iole)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 2: Aria: "Ah! think what ills the jealous prove"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act II
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith
Disc 2
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 2: Recit: "She knows my passion"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 29: Recitativo "She knows my passion, and has heard me breathe" (Hyllus, Iole)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 2: Aria: "From celestial seats descending"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act II
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 2: Chorus: "Wanton god of amorous fires"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 31: Chorus "Wanton God of amorous fires"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 2: Recit: "Yes, I congratulate": Aria: "Alcides' name"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act II
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Tomlinson
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 2: Recit: "O glorious pattern": Aria: "Resign thy club"
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 2: Recit: "You are deceived! Some villain has belied"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 36: Recitativo "You are deceived! Some villainhas belied Hercules" (Dejanira)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Tomlinson
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 2: Aria: "Cease, ruler of the day, to rise"
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 2: Recit: "Some kinder power inspire me to regain"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 38: Recitativo "Some kinder power inspire me to regain" (Dejanira, Lichas, Iole)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 2: Duet: "Joys of freedom, joys of power"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 39: Duet "Joys of freedom, joys of power" (Dejanira, Iole)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 2: Recit: Father of Hercules": Chorus: "Love and Hymen"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 41: Chorus "Love and Hymen, hand in hand"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 3: Sinfonia
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 42: Sinfonia
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 3: Recit: "Ye sons of Trachin, mourn you valiant chief"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 43: Recitativo "Ye sons of Trachin, mourn your valiant chief" (Lichas)
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 3: Aria: "O scene of unexampled woe"
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 3: Chorus: "Tyrants now no more shall dread"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 45: Chorus "Tyrants now no more shall dread"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 3: Recit. acc: "O Jove! what land is this"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 46: Recitativo accompagnato "O Jove! What land is this, what clime accurst" (Hercules)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Tomlinson
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 3: Recit: "Great Jove! relieve his pains!"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 47: Recitativo "Great Jove! Relieve his pains!" (Hyllus, Hercules)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 3: Aria: "Let not fame the tidings spread"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act II
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 3: Recit. acc: "Where shall I fly?"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 49: Recitativo accompagnato "Where shall I fly? Where hide this quilty head?" (Dejanira)
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 3: Recit: "Lo! the fair fatal cause of all this ruin!"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 50: Recitativo "Lo! The fair fatal cause of all this ruin! (Dejanira, Iole)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 3: Aria: "My breast with tender pity swells"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act II
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 3: Recit: "Princess, rejoice! whose heaven-directed hand"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 52: Recitativo "Princess, rejoice! Whose heaven heaven-directed hand" (Priest of Jupiter, Dejanira)
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 3: Recit: "Words are too faint"
George Frideric Handel - Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 53: Recitativo "Words are too faint to speak the warring passions" (Dejanira, Priest, Hyllus, Iole)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson