L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
John Eliot Gardiner · English Baroque Soloists · Monteverdi Choir · Jennifer Smith · Martyn Hill · Marie McLaughlin · Stephen Varcoe
L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (2016), CD, on Erato. Music by George Frideric Handel, performed by John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Jennifer Smith; 34 tracks.
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Tracklist
Disc 1
L'Allegro - Hence loathed Melancholy
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part I, no. 1. Accompagnato “Hence, Loathed Melancholy” (L’Allegro)
Il Penseroso - Hence vain deluding joys
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part I, no. 2. Accompagnato “Hence, Vain Delugind Joys” (Il Penseroso)
L'Allegro - Come, thou Goddess
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part I, no. 3. Air “Come, Thou Goddess Fair and Free” (L’Allegro)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Marie McLaughlin
Il Penseroso - Come, rather, Goddess
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part I, no. 4. Air “Come Rather, Goddess, Sage and Holy” (Il Penseroso)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part I, no. 5. Air & Chorus “Haste Thee, Nymph, and Bring” (L’Allegro, Chorus)
L'Allegro - Haste thee, nymph (chorus)
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part I, no. 5. Air & Chorus “Haste Thee, Nymph, and Bring” (L’Allegro, Chorus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
L'Allegro - Come, and trip it (solo, chorus)
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part I, no. 6. Air & Chorus “Come and Trip It as You Go” (L’Allegro, Chorus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Il Penseroso - Come, pensive nun
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part I, no. 7. Accompagnato “Come, Pensive Nun, Devout” (Il Penseroso)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith
Il Penseroso - Come, but keep thy wonted state - Join with thee (chorus)
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part I, no. 8. Air “Come, but Keep Thy Wonted State” (Il Penseroso)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
L'Allegro - Hence, loathed Melancholy - And if I give thee honour due
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part I, no. 10. Recitative “Hence, Loathed Melancholy!” (L’Allegro)
Il Penseroso - First, and chief, on golden wing
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part I, no. 12. Accompagnato “First, and Chief, on Golden Wing” (Il Penseroso)
L'Allegro - If I give thee honour due
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part I, no. 14. Recitative “If I Give Thee Honour Due” (L’Allegro)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe
Il Penseroso - Oft on a plat of rising ground
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part I, no. 16. Air “Oft on a Plat of Rising Ground” (Il Penseroso)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith
Il Penseroso - Far from all resort of Mirth
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part I, no. 17. Air “Far From All Resort of Mirth” (Il Penseroso)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Marie McLaughlin
L'Allegro - If I give thee honour due
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part I, no. 18. Recitative “If I Give Thee Honour Due” (L’Allegro)
Disc 2
Il Penseroso - Hence, vain deluding joys
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part II, no. 23. Accompagnato “Henve, Vain Deluding Joys” (Il Penseroso)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith
Il Penseroso - Thus night oft see me
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part II, no. 26. Air “Thus, Night, Oft See Me in Thy Pale Career” (Il Penseroso)
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part II, no. 27. Chorus “Populous Cities Please Me Then” (L’Allegro, Chorus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
L'Allegro - There let Hymen oft appear
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part II, no. 28. Air “There Let Hymen Oft Appear” (L’Allegro)
Il Penseroso - Me, when the sun begins to fling
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part II, no. 29. Accompagnato “Me, When the Sun Begins to Fling” (Il Penseroso)
L'Allegro - I'll to the well-trod stage anon
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part II, no. 31. Air “I’ll to the Well-Trod Stage Anon” (L’Allegro)
L'Allegro - And ever against eating cares
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part II, no. 32. Air “And Ever Against Eating Cares” (L’Allegro)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Marie McLaughlin
L'Allegro - Orpheus 'self may heave his head
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part II, no. 33. Air “Orpheus’ Self May Heave His Head” (L’Allegro)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Marie McLaughlin
L'Allegro - These delights if thou canst give (solo, chorus)
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part II, no. 34. Air & Chorus “These Delights If Thou Canst Give” (L’Allegro, Chorus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Il Penseroso - But let my due feet never fail
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part II, no. 35. Recitative “But Let My Due Feet Never Fail” (Il Penseroso)
Il Penseroso - There let the pealing organ blow (chorus) - And let their sweetness
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part II, no. 36. Chorus “There Let the Pealing Organ Blow” (Chorus, Il Penseroso)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Il Penseroso - May at last my weary age - These pleasures, Melancholy, give (solo, chorus)
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part II, no. 37. Air “May at Last My Weary Age” (Il Penseroso)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Il Moderato - Hence, boast not - All this company serene
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part III, no. 40. Accompagnato “Hence! Boast Not, Ye Profane” (Il Moderato)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Il Moderato - Come, with gentle hand restrain
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part III, no. 43. Air “Come, With Gentle Hand Restrain” (Il Moderato)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith
Il Moderato - No more short life
George Frideric Handel - L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part III, no. 45. Air “Each Action Will Derive New Grace” (Il Moderato)