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L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato HWV 55

Libretto: Charles Jennens, James Harris
Sir David Willcocks, Philomusica of London, St. Anthony Singers, Sir Peter Pears (Tenor), Thurston Dart (Harpsichord), Jacqueline Delman (Soprano), Elsie Morison (Soprano), Elizabeth Harwood (Soprano), Hervey Alan (Bass), Helen Watts (Alto), Thurston Dart (Organ)
℗ 1961
27 Tracks, 1:38:32

  • Part I

    • 1. Accompagnato 'Hence, loathed Melancholy' (Tenor)
      01:50
    • 2. Accompagnato 'Hence, vain deluding joys' (Soprano)
      01:00
    • 3. Air 'Come, thou Goddess fair and free' (Soprano)
      01:45
    • 4. 'Come rather, Goddess, sage and holy' (Soprano)
      03:46
    • 5. Air and Chorus 'Haste thee, nymph' (Tenor, Chorus)
      02:47
    • 6. Air and Chorus 'Come and trip it' (Tenor, Chorus)
      02:36
    • 7. 'Come, pensive nun' (Soprano) – 'Come, But Keep Thy Wanted State' (Soprano)
      02:52
    • 8. Accompagnato 'There, held in holy passion still' (Soprano) – Chorus 'Join with thee' (Chorus)
      05:01
    • 9. Recitative 'Hence, loathed Melancholy' (Tenor) – Recitative 'If I give thee honour due' (Soprano) – Air 'Mirth, admit me of thy crew' (Soprano)
      04:28
    • 10. Recitative 'First and chief, on golden wing' (Soprano) – Air 'Sweet Bird That Shunn'st the Noise of Folly' (Soprano)
      08:54
    • 11. Recitative 'If I give thee honour due' (Bass) – Air 'Mirth, admit me of thy crew' (Bass)
      02:35
    • 12. Air 'Oft, on a plat of rising ground' (Soprano)
      03:00
    • 13. 'Far From All Resort Of Mirth' (Soprano)
      04:28
    • 14. Recitative 'If I give thee honour due' (Tenor) – Air 'Let me wander not unseen' (Tenor)
      02:07
    • 15. Air 'Or let the merry bells ring round' (Soprano) – Chorus 'And young and old come forth to play' (Chorus)
      03:53

  • Part II

    • 1. Accompagnato 'Hence, vain deluding Joys' (Alto)
      05:50
    • 2. Recitative 'Thus, Night, oft see me' (Soprano) – 'Populous cities please me then' (Bass, Chorus)
      04:08
    • 3. 'There Let Hymen Oft Appear' (Tenor)
      02:50
    • 4. Accompagnato 'Me, when the Sun begins to fling' (Soprano) – Air 'Hide me from Day's garnish eye' (Soprano)
      04:02
    • 5. Air 'I'll to the well-trod stage anon' (Tenor)
      02:05
    • 6. Air 'And ever against eating cares' (Soprano)
      03:55
    • 7. 'Straight Mine Eye Hath Caught New Pleasures' (Soprano)
      02:04
    • 8. 'Mountains, On Whose Barren Breast' (Soprano)
      04:01
    • 9. Recitative 'But let my due feet never fail' (Soprano) – Chorus 'There let the pealing organ blow' (Chorus)
      04:29
    • 10. 'May At Last My Weary Age' (Soprano) – 'These Pleasures, Melancholy' (Soprano, Chorus)
      07:20
    • 11. 'Orpheus Himself May Heave His Head' (Soprano)
      02:57
    • 12. 'These delights if thou canst give' (Tenor, Chorus)
      03:49