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Venus and Adonis

René Jacobs, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Rosemary Joshua (Soprano), Gerald Finley (Baritone), Robin Blaze (Countertenor), María Cristina Kiehr (Soprano), Christopher Josey (Countertenor), John Bowen (Tenor), Jonathan Brown (Bass)
℗ 1999
27 Tracks, 50:58

  • Overture

    • Maestoso – Più vivace – Tempo primo
      02:40

  • Prologue

    • 1. 'Behold my arrows and my bow' (Cupid, Chorus)
      00:49
    • 2. 'Come, Shepherds all' (Shepherds, Shepherdess)
      01:59
    • 3. 'Courtiers, there is no faith in you' (Cupid)
      00:48
    • 4. 'In these sweet groves' (Chorus, Shepherds, Shepherdess)
      02:35
    • 5. Cupid's Entry
      01:16

  • Act I

    • 1. The Act Tune
      01:33
    • 2. 'Venus! Adonis!' (Venus)
      02:06
    • 3. 'Hark, hark the rural music sounds' (Venus)
      01:09
    • 4. 'Adonis will not hunt today' (Venus)
      02:27
    • 5. 'Come, follow the noblest game' (Huntsman, Adonis, Chorus)
      02:33
    • 6. A Dance by a Huntsman
      01:01

  • Act II

    • 1. The Act Tune
      02:53
    • 2. 'You place with such delightful care' (Venus)
      01:43
    • 3. 'The insolent, the arrogant' (Cupid)
      01:35
    • 4. "Choose for the formal fool" (Cupid)
      01:37
    • 5. A Dance of Cupids
      01:35
    • 6. 'Call the Graces' (Venus)
      00:53
    • 7. "Mortals below, cupids above" (Chorus of the Graces)
      01:27
    • 8. The Graces' Dance
      01:17
    • 9. Gavatt
      00:47
    • 10. Sarabrand for the Graces
      01:35
    • 11. A Ground
      01:40
    • 12. The Act Tune
      02:09

  • Act III

    • 1. 'Adonis, uncall'd-for sighs' (Venus, Adonis)
      05:05
    • 2. 'With solemn pomp let mourning cupids bear' (Venus)
      02:26
    • 3. 'Mourn for thy servant' (Chorus)
      03:20