Hercules (HWV 60) Handel; Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

Release: 01 Mar 2002 Germany, Language: [Multiple languages], Status: Official
Format: CD + CD + CD, Tracks: 69, Length: 2:55:49, Barcode: 028946953228
Release type: Album

Contents

CD #1
1	Overtura										4:32
2	Menuetto										2:02
3	Recitativo Accompagnato: See, with what sad dejection in her looks										2:01
4	Aria: No longer, Fate, relentless frown										5:45
5	Recitativo Accompagnato: O Hercules! why art thou absent from me?										0:50
6	Aria: The world, when day's career is run										4:30
7	Recitativo: Princess! be comforted, and hope the best ... My son! Dear image of thy absent sire!										1:25
8	Aria: I feel, I feel the god, he swells my breast!										1:33
9	Recitativo: He said, the sacred fury left his breast										0:58
10	Aria: There in myrtle shades reclined										3:21
11	Recitativo: Despair not; but let rising hope suspend										0:26
12	Aria: Where congealed the northern streams										1:53
13	Chorus: O filial piety! O gen'rous love!										5:18
14	Recitativo: Banish your fears!										0:30
15	Aria: Begone, my fears, fly, hence, away										3:26
16	Recitativo: A train of captives, red with honest wounds										0:54
17	Aria: The smiling hours, a joyful train										1:20
18	Chorus: Let none despair, relief may come though late										2:25
19	March										1:49
20	Recitativo: Thanks to the pow'rs above, but chief to thee										1:27
21	Aria: My father! Ah! methinks I see										5:56
22	Recitativo: Now farewell, arms!										0:25
23	Aria: The god of battle quits the bloody field										2:23
24	Recitativo: Ah me! How soon the flatterer hope										0:26
25	Aria: Daughter of gods, bright liberty!										5:55
26	Chorus: Crow with festal pomp the day										2:28
CD #2
1	Sinfonia										1:11
2	Recitativo: Why was I born a princess										0:18
3	Aria: How blest the maid, ordained to dwell										5:56
4	Recitativo: It must be so! fame speaks aloud my wrongs										0:38
5	Aria: When beauty sorrow's liv'ry wears										2:47
6	Recitativo: Whence this unjust suspicion?										1:10
7	Aria: Ah! Think what ills the jealous prove										5:52
8	Recitativo: It is too sure that Hercules is false ... my godlike master? - Is a traitor										0:19
9	Recitativo (cont.): In vain you strive his falsehood to disguise!										0:16
10	Chorus: Jealousy! Infernal pest										5:17
11	Recitativo: She knows my passion, and has heard me breathe										1:45
12	Aria: Banish love from thy breast										2:17
13	Recitativo: Forgive a passion, which resistless sways										0:10
14	Aria: From celestial seats descending										5:36
15	Chorus: Wanton god of amorous fires										2:03
16	Recitativo: Yes, I congratulate your titles										0:44
17	Aria: Alcides' name in latest story										4:47
18	Recitativo: O glorious pattern of heroic deeds!										0:29
19	Aria: Resign thy club and lion's spoils										4:55
20	Recitativo: You are deceived! Some villain has belied .. Dissembling, false, perfidious Hercules!										1:29
21	Aria: Cease, ruler of the day, to rise										3:49
22	Recitativo: Some kinder pow'r inspire me ... Lichas, thy hands shall to the temple bear										1:26
23	Aria: As stars, that rise and disappear										3:54
24	Recitativo: But see, the princess Iole. Retire! ... Forgive me, princess if my jealous frenzy										1:15
25	Duet: Joys of freedom, joys of pow'r										2:32
26	Recitativo: Father of Hercules, great Jove										0:17
27	Chorus: Love and Hymen, hand in hand										3:55
CD #3
1	Sinfonia										3:53
2	Recitativo: Ye sons of Trachin, mourn your valiant chief										1:26
3	Aria: Oh scene of unexampled woe										3:06
4	Chorus: Tyrants now no more shall dread										4:14
5	Recitativo accompagnato: O Jove! What land is this										2:23
6	Recitativo: Great Jove! relieve his pains!										2:09
7	Aria: Let not fame the tidings spread										4:03
8	Recitativo accompagnato: Where shall I fly?										6:13
9	Recitativo: Lo! The fair, fatal cause of all this ruin!										1:16
10	Aria: My breast with tender pity swells										6:49
11	Recitativo: Princess, rejoice! Whose heav'n-directed hand										1:46
12	Aria: He, who for Atlas prop'd the sky										1:50
13	Recitativo: Words are too faint to speak the warring passions										1:06
14	Duet: O prince, whose virtues all admire										3:26
15	Recitativo: Ye sons of freedom, now, in ev'ry clime										0:17
16	Chorus: To him your grateful notes of praise belong										2:35

Links (6)

Discography Entry

1. https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/cat/4695322

ASIN

1. https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00005YVOR

Other Databases

1. https://www.musik-sammler.de/media/1147868/

Discogs

1. https://www.discogs.com/release/9130541

Stream For Free

1. https://open.spotify.com/album/0pAnVaoN5xGG1C3ABLn1VV

Purchase For Download

1. http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=51192