John Eliot Gardiner - Handel: Hercules (1995)
BAND/ARTIST: The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- Title: Handel: Hercules
- Year Of Release: 1983 / 1995
- Label: ARCHIV Produktion
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, scans)
- Total Time: 2:32:58
- Total Size: 675 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
1-01 Act 1. No. 1. Overtura 6:59
1-02 Act 1. No. 2. Recitativo Accompagnato. See With What Grand Dejection 1:33
1-03 Act 1. No. 3. Aria. No Longer, Fate, Relentless Frown 5:53
1-04 Act 1. No. 4. Recitativo Accompagnato. O Hercules! Why Art Thou Absent From Me? / No. 5. Aria. 4:56
1-05 Act 1. No. 6. Recitativo. Princess! Be Comforted, And Hope The Best 1:39
1-06 Act 1. No. 7. Aria. I Feel, I Feel The God 1:30
1-07 Act 1. No. 8. Recitativo. Then I Am Lost! O Dreadful Oracle! / No. 9. Aria. There In Myrtle Shades 3:28
1-08 Act 1. No. 10. Recitativo. Despair Not! But Let Rising Hope Suspend / No. 11. Aria. Where Congealed 2:54
1-09 Act 1. No. 12. Chorus. O Filial Piety! O Generous Love! 3:37
1-10 Act 1. No. 13. Recitativo. Banish Your Fears! The Noble Hercules / No. 14. Aria. Begone, My Fears 4:12
1-11 Act 1. No. 15. Recitativo. A Train Of Captives, Red With Honest Wounds 0:58
1-12 Act 1. No. 16. March 1:39
1-13 Act 1. No. 17. Recitativo. Thanks To The Powers Above 2:04
1-14 Act 1. No. 18. Aria. My Father! Ah! Methinks I See 6:10
1-15 Act 1. No. 19. Recitativo. Now Farewell, Arms! From Hence The Tide Of Time / No. 20. Aria. The God 3:42
1-16 Act 1. No. 21. Chorus. Crown With Festal Pomp The Day 2:40
1-17 Act 2. No. 22. Aria. How Blest The Maid Ordained To Dwell 3:23
1-18 Act 2. No. 23. Recitativo. It Must Be So! Fame Speaks Aloud My Wrongs 4:13
1-19 Act 2. No. 25. Recitativo. Whence This Unjust Suspicion? 1:22
1-20 Act 2. No. 26. Aria. Ah! Think What Ills The Jealous Prove 6:03
1-21 Act 2. No. 27. Recitativo. It Is Too Sure That Hercules Is False 0:25
1-22 Act 2. No. 28. Chorus. Jealousy! Infernal Pest 5:48
2-01 Act 2. No. 29. Recitativo. She Knows My Passion, And Has Heard Me Breathe 1:17
2-02 Act 2. No. 30. Aria. From Celestial Seats Descending 6:05
2-03 Act 2. No. 31. Chorus. Wanton God Of Amorous Fires 1:50
2-04 Act 2. No. 32. Recitativo. Yes, I Congratulate Your Titles, Swelled / No. 33. Aria. Alcides' Name 5:51
2-05 Act 2. No. 34. Recitativo. O Glorious Pattern Of Heroic Deeds! / No. 35. Aria. 6:18
2-06 Act 2. No. 36. Recitativo. You Are Deceived! Some Villain Has Belied 1:34
2-07 Act 2. No. 37. Aria. Cease, Ruler Of The Day, To Rise 3:27
2-08 Act 2. No. 38. Recitativo. Some Kinder Power Inspire Me To Regain 2:30
2-09 Act 2. No. 39. Duet. Joys Of Freedom, Joys Of Power 3:06
2-10 Act 2. No. 40. Recitativo. Father Of Hercules, Great Jove, O Help / No. 41. Chorus. Love And Hymen 4:47
2-11 Act 3. No. 42. Sinfonia 2:48
2-12 Act 3. No. 43. Recitativo. Ye Sons Of Trachin, Mourn Your Valiant Chief 1:36
2-13 Act 3. No. 44. Aria. 2:54
2-14 Act 3. No. 45. Chorus. Tyrants Now No More Shall Dread 2:56
2-15 Act 3. No. 46. Recitativo Accompagnato. O Jove! What Land Is This, What Clime 2:24
2-16 Act 3. No. 47. Recitativo. Great Jove! Relieve His Pains! 2:15
2-17 Act 3. No. 48. Aria. Let Not Fame The Tidings Spread 2:12
2-18 Act 3. No. 49. Recitativo Accompagnato. Where Shall I Fly? Where Hide This Guilty Head? 5:51
2-19 Act 3. No. 50. Recitativo. Lo! The Fair Fatal Cause Of All This Ruin! 1:35
2-20 Act 3. No. 51. Aria. My Breast With Tender Pity Swells 7:35
2-21 Act 3. No. 52. Recitativo. Princess, Rejoice! Whose Heaven-directed Hand George Frederick Handel 2:01
2-22 Act 3. No. 53. Recitativo. Words Are Too Faint To Speak The Warring Passions 1:07
2-23 Act 3. No. 54. Duet. O Prince, Whose Virtues All Admire 2:16
2-24 Act 3. No. 55. Recitativo. Ye Sons Of Freedom, Now, In Every Clime / No. 56. Chorus 3:12
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
1-01 Act 1. No. 1. Overtura 6:59
1-02 Act 1. No. 2. Recitativo Accompagnato. See With What Grand Dejection 1:33
1-03 Act 1. No. 3. Aria. No Longer, Fate, Relentless Frown 5:53
1-04 Act 1. No. 4. Recitativo Accompagnato. O Hercules! Why Art Thou Absent From Me? / No. 5. Aria. 4:56
1-05 Act 1. No. 6. Recitativo. Princess! Be Comforted, And Hope The Best 1:39
1-06 Act 1. No. 7. Aria. I Feel, I Feel The God 1:30
1-07 Act 1. No. 8. Recitativo. Then I Am Lost! O Dreadful Oracle! / No. 9. Aria. There In Myrtle Shades 3:28
1-08 Act 1. No. 10. Recitativo. Despair Not! But Let Rising Hope Suspend / No. 11. Aria. Where Congealed 2:54
1-09 Act 1. No. 12. Chorus. O Filial Piety! O Generous Love! 3:37
1-10 Act 1. No. 13. Recitativo. Banish Your Fears! The Noble Hercules / No. 14. Aria. Begone, My Fears 4:12
1-11 Act 1. No. 15. Recitativo. A Train Of Captives, Red With Honest Wounds 0:58
1-12 Act 1. No. 16. March 1:39
1-13 Act 1. No. 17. Recitativo. Thanks To The Powers Above 2:04
1-14 Act 1. No. 18. Aria. My Father! Ah! Methinks I See 6:10
1-15 Act 1. No. 19. Recitativo. Now Farewell, Arms! From Hence The Tide Of Time / No. 20. Aria. The God 3:42
1-16 Act 1. No. 21. Chorus. Crown With Festal Pomp The Day 2:40
1-17 Act 2. No. 22. Aria. How Blest The Maid Ordained To Dwell 3:23
1-18 Act 2. No. 23. Recitativo. It Must Be So! Fame Speaks Aloud My Wrongs 4:13
1-19 Act 2. No. 25. Recitativo. Whence This Unjust Suspicion? 1:22
1-20 Act 2. No. 26. Aria. Ah! Think What Ills The Jealous Prove 6:03
1-21 Act 2. No. 27. Recitativo. It Is Too Sure That Hercules Is False 0:25
1-22 Act 2. No. 28. Chorus. Jealousy! Infernal Pest 5:48
2-01 Act 2. No. 29. Recitativo. She Knows My Passion, And Has Heard Me Breathe 1:17
2-02 Act 2. No. 30. Aria. From Celestial Seats Descending 6:05
2-03 Act 2. No. 31. Chorus. Wanton God Of Amorous Fires 1:50
2-04 Act 2. No. 32. Recitativo. Yes, I Congratulate Your Titles, Swelled / No. 33. Aria. Alcides' Name 5:51
2-05 Act 2. No. 34. Recitativo. O Glorious Pattern Of Heroic Deeds! / No. 35. Aria. 6:18
2-06 Act 2. No. 36. Recitativo. You Are Deceived! Some Villain Has Belied 1:34
2-07 Act 2. No. 37. Aria. Cease, Ruler Of The Day, To Rise 3:27
2-08 Act 2. No. 38. Recitativo. Some Kinder Power Inspire Me To Regain 2:30
2-09 Act 2. No. 39. Duet. Joys Of Freedom, Joys Of Power 3:06
2-10 Act 2. No. 40. Recitativo. Father Of Hercules, Great Jove, O Help / No. 41. Chorus. Love And Hymen 4:47
2-11 Act 3. No. 42. Sinfonia 2:48
2-12 Act 3. No. 43. Recitativo. Ye Sons Of Trachin, Mourn Your Valiant Chief 1:36
2-13 Act 3. No. 44. Aria. 2:54
2-14 Act 3. No. 45. Chorus. Tyrants Now No More Shall Dread 2:56
2-15 Act 3. No. 46. Recitativo Accompagnato. O Jove! What Land Is This, What Clime 2:24
2-16 Act 3. No. 47. Recitativo. Great Jove! Relieve His Pains! 2:15
2-17 Act 3. No. 48. Aria. Let Not Fame The Tidings Spread 2:12
2-18 Act 3. No. 49. Recitativo Accompagnato. Where Shall I Fly? Where Hide This Guilty Head? 5:51
2-19 Act 3. No. 50. Recitativo. Lo! The Fair Fatal Cause Of All This Ruin! 1:35
2-20 Act 3. No. 51. Aria. My Breast With Tender Pity Swells 7:35
2-21 Act 3. No. 52. Recitativo. Princess, Rejoice! Whose Heaven-directed Hand George Frederick Handel 2:01
2-22 Act 3. No. 53. Recitativo. Words Are Too Faint To Speak The Warring Passions 1:07
2-23 Act 3. No. 54. Duet. O Prince, Whose Virtues All Admire 2:16
2-24 Act 3. No. 55. Recitativo. Ye Sons Of Freedom, Now, In Every Clime / No. 56. Chorus 3:12
John Eliot Gardiner has done much over the years to set the music of Handel where it truly belongs in public opinion by the professionalism he has brought to live performances and to recordings. When his reading of Hercules appeared four years ago it was warmly received for its fine choral and solo singing and skilful playing on period instruments and, at the same time, taken to task for the extensive cuts made and Gardiner's tendency to overinterpret, particularly in the choruses. None of this has changed, nor could it have (unless the missing sections of recitative and aria had been recorded in the first place, cut and then reinstated, and the remarks of reviewers taken to heart) in the transfer to CD. The novel immediacy of the CD medium still thrills the listener: the crisp articulation Gardiner elicits from players and singers alike is particularly well served. Happily, Handel is the ultimate beneficiary. His music sounds better than ever on CD. The clarity of the choruses and orchestral ritornellos is never more evident than in "Crown with festal pomp" of Act I, with its barn-dance introduction, and "Wanton god" in Act 2, where Gardiner's quick, light style—it goes like the wind—is very successful. "Jealousy" in Act 2 serves as an example of a Handelian chorus, dramatically played and sung, that is nevertheless spoilt by overinterpretation; the mincing articulation of the upward scale on "tyrant of the human breast" is nowhere indicated in the score, though comprehensible in Gardinerian terms as foil to the melismatic Andante section ("Trifles light as floating air") that follows. Dejanira's Act 2 dramatic recitative and aria beginning "Where shall I fly!", stirringly though it is sung by Sarah Walker, suffers a similar fate. Listeners won't be put off, nor need they be. After all, Gardiner seeks here as elsewhere to illuminate the score with greater attention to nuance and detail than anyone else has ever lavished upon it. This is beautiful music, beautifully performed. -- Gramophone
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