Handel: The Choice of Hercules

The King's Consort, George Frideric Handel, Robert King & Maurice Greene

32 SONGS • 1 HOUR AND 5 MINUTES • APR 01 2002

1

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: I. Sinfonia

Robert King, The King's Consort & George Frideric Handel

01:19

2

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 2, Accompagnato. See Hercules! How Smiles Yon Myrtle Plain (Pleasure)

Robert King, Susan Gritton, The King's Consort & George Frideric Handel

02:42

3

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 3, Air. Come, Blooming Boy (Pleasure)

Robert King, The King's Consort, Susan Gritton & George Frideric Handel

02:19

4

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 4, Air. There the Brisk Sparkling Nectar Drain (Pleasure)

Susan Gritton, Robert King, The King's Consort & George Frideric Handel

02:36

5

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 5, Solo and Chorus. While for Thy Arms That Beauty Glows (Pleasure)

Choir of The King's Consort, The King's Consort, Susan Gritton, Robert King & George Frideric Handel

02:36

6

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 6, Recit. Away, Mistaken Wretch, Away! (Virtue)

Alice Coote, Robert King, The King's Consort & George Frideric Handel

00:30

7

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 7, Air. This Manly Youth's Exalted Mind (Virtue)

Alice Coote, The King's Consort, Robert King & George Frideric Handel

05:32

8

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 8, Recit. Rise, Youth! Exalt Thyself and Me! (Virtue)

The King's Consort, Robert King, Alice Coote & George Frideric Handel

00:17

9

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 9, Air. Go, Assert Thy Heav'nly Race (Virtue)

Robert King, Alice Coote, The King's Consort & George Frideric Handel

02:53

10

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 10, Recit. In Peace, in War (Virtue)

Robert King, Alice Coote, The King's Consort & George Frideric Handel

00:19

11

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 11, Solo and Chorus. So Shalt Thou Gain Immortal Praise (Virtue)

The King's Consort, Robert King, Choir of The King's Consort, Alice Coote & George Frideric Handel

01:47

12

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 12, Recit. Hearst Thou, What Dangers Then Thou Must Engage? (Pleasure)

Susan Gritton, The King's Consort, Robert King & George Frideric Handel

00:27

13

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 13, Solo and Chorus. Turn Thee, Youth, to Joy and Love (Pleasure)

Robert King, Choir of The King's Consort, Susan Gritton, The King's Consort & George Frideric Handel

02:32

14

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 14, Recit. Short Is My Way, Fair, Easy, Smooth and Plain (Pleasure/Hercules)

Susan Gritton, Robin Blaze, Robert King, The King's Consort & George Frideric Handel

00:40

15

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 15, Air. Yet, Can I Hear That Dulcet Lay (Hercules)

Robert King, Robin Blaze, The King's Consort & George Frideric Handel

04:20

16

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 16, Air. Enjoy the Sweet Elysian Grove (Attendant on Pleasure)

Charles Daniels, Robert King, The King's Consort & George Frideric Handel

02:18

17

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 17, Recit. Oh! Whither, Reason, Dost Thou Fly? (Hercules)

Robert King, Robin Blaze, The King's Consort & George Frideric Handel

00:15

18

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 18, Trio. Where Shall I Go? (Hercules/Pleasure/Virtue)

Alice Coote, Robert King, Robin Blaze, Susan Gritton, The King's Consort & George Frideric Handel

01:48

19

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 19, Recit. Mount, Mount the Steep Ascent (Virtue)

Robert King, The King's Consort, Alice Coote & George Frideric Handel

00:40

20

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 20, Air. Mount, Mount the Steep Ascent (Virtue)

The King's Consort, Robert King, Alice Coote & George Frideric Handel

01:03

21

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 21, Chorus. Arise! Mount the Steep Ascent

Choir of The King's Consort, The King's Consort, Robert King & George Frideric Handel

02:08

22

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 22, Recit. The Sounds Breathe Fire Celestial (Hercules)

Robert King, Robin Blaze, The King's Consort & George Frideric Handel

00:15

23

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 23, Air. Lead, Goddess, Lead the Way! (Hercules)

The King's Consort, Robert King, Robin Blaze & George Frideric Handel

04:49

24

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 24, Chorus. Virtue Will Place Thee in That Blest Abode

The King's Consort, Choir of The King's Consort, Robert King & George Frideric Handel

04:35

25

Greene: Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 1, Solo. Hearken unto Me, Ye Holy Children

Robert King, Robin Blaze, The King's Consort & Maurice Greene

03:03

26

Greene: Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 2, Chorus. Magnify His Name

Choir of The King's Consort, Robert King, The King's Consort & Maurice Greene

01:32

27

Greene: Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 3, Chorus. And in Praising Him You Shall Say

Choir of The King's Consort, Robert King, The King's Consort & Maurice Greene

02:45

28

Greene: Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 4, Solo. To Be a Father to the Fatherless

The King's Consort, Charles Daniels, Robert King & Maurice Greene

01:44

29

Greene: Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 5, Duet. Therefore Shall He Receive a Glorious Kingdom

Charles Daniels, Robert King, Robin Blaze, The King's Consort & Maurice Greene

01:42

30

Greene: Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 6, Recit. How Is He Numb'red

Robert King, Peter Harvey, The King's Consort & Maurice Greene

00:34

31

Greene: Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 7, Solo. His Name Shall Endure for Ever

Peter Harvey, Robert King, The King's Consort & Maurice Greene

02:18

32

Greene: Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 8, Chorus. Blessed Be the Lord God of Our Fathers

The King's Consort, Choir of The King's Consort, Robert King & Maurice Greene

03:12

℗© 2002 Hyperion Records Limited