‎Handel: Hercules by Musiciens du Louvre

Overture

Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

4:32

Menuetto

Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

2:02

Recit. acc. "See with what sad dejection"

David Daniels, Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

2:01

Aria: "No longer, Fate, relentless frown"

David Daniels, Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

5:45

Recit. acc.: "O Hercules! why art thou absent from me"

Musiciens du Louvre, Anne Sofie von Otter, Marc Minkowski

0:50

Aria: "The world, when day's career is run"

Musiciens du Louvre, Anne Sofie von Otter, Marc Minkowski

4:30

Recitative: "Princess! be comforted, and hope the best"

Marc Minkowski, Anne Sofie von Otter, David Daniels, Yvon Repérant, Richard Croft, Michel Maldonado, Mirella Giardelli, Claire Giardelli

1:25

Aria: "I feel, I feel the god"

Richard Croft, Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

1:33

Recitative: "He said, the sacred fury left his breast"

Mirella Giardelli, Michel Maldonado, Anne Sofie von Otter, Marc Minkowski, Yvon Repérant, Richard Croft, Claire Giardelli

0:58

Aria: "There in myrtle shades reclined"

Marc Minkowski, Anne Sofie von Otter, Musiciens du Louvre

3:21

Recitative: "Despair not; but let rising hope suspend"

Richard Croft, Marc Minkowski, Michel Maldonado, Yvon Repérant, Mirella Giardelli, Claire Giardelli

0:26

Aria: "Where congealed the northern streams"

Richard Croft, Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

1:53

Chorus: "O filial piety! O generous love!"

Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski, Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble

5:18

Recitative: "Banish your fears!"

Anne Sofie von Otter, Yvon Repérant, Marc Minkowski, Michel Maldonado, David Daniels, Mirella Giardelli, Claire Giardelli

0:30

Aria: "Begone, my fears, fly, hence, away"

Anne Sofie von Otter, Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

3:26

Recitative: "A train of captives, red with honest wounds"

Richard Croft, David Daniels, Yvon Repérant, Michel Maldonado, Mirella Giardelli, Marc Minkowski, Anne Sofie von Otter, Claire Giardelli

0:54

Aria: "The smiling hours"

Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski, David Daniels

1:20

Chorus: "Let none despair"

Musiciens du Louvre, Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble, Marc Minkowski

2:25

March

Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

1:49

Recitative: "Thanks to the powers above"

Lynne Dawson, Mirella Giardelli, Yvon Repérant, Gidon Saks, Marc Minkowski, Michel Maldonado, Claire Giardelli

1:27

Aria: "My father! Ah! methinks I see"

Lynne Dawson, Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

5:56

Recitative: "Now farewell, arms!"

Gidon Saks, Michel Maldonado, Mirella Giardelli, Marc Minkowski, Yvon Repérant, Claire Giardelli

0:25

Aria: "The god of battle"

Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre, Gidon Saks

2:23

Recitative: "Ah me! How soon the flatterer hope"

Lynne Dawson, Michel Maldonado, Marc Minkowski, Mirella Giardelli, Yvon Repérant, Claire Giardelli

0:26

Aria: "Daughter of gods, bright liberty"

Lynne Dawson, Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

5:55

Chorus: "Crown with festal pomp the day"

Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre, Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble

2:28

Sinfonia

Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

1:11

Recitative: "Why was I born a princess"

Mirella Giardelli, Michel Maldonado, Lynne Dawson, Marc Minkowski, Yvon Repérant, Claire Giardelli

0:18

Aria: "How blest the maid ordained to dwell"

Musiciens du Louvre, Lynne Dawson, Marc Minkowski

5:56

Recitative: "It must be so"

Michel Maldonado, Mirella Giardelli, Yvon Repérant, Anne Sofie von Otter, Lynne Dawson, Claire Giardelli, Marc Minkowski

0:38

Aria: "When beauty sorrow's liv'ry wears"

Anne Sofie von Otter, Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

2:47

Recitative: "Whence this unjust suspicion?"

Claire Giardelli, Anne Sofie von Otter, Mirella Giardelli, Marc Minkowski, Yvon Repérant, Lynne Dawson, Michel Maldonado

1:10

Aria: "Ah! Think what ills the jealous prove"

Marc Minkowski, Lynne Dawson, Musiciens du Louvre

5:52

Recitative: "It is too sure that Hercules is false"

Yvon Repérant, Mirella Giardelli, Marc Minkowski, Michel Maldonado, Anne Sofie von Otter, Claire Giardelli, David Daniels

0:19

Recitative: "In vain you strive"

Anne Sofie von Otter, Michel Maldonado, David Daniels, Mirella Giardelli, Marc Minkowski, Yvon Repérant, Claire Giardelli

0:16

Chorus: "Jealousy! Infernal pest"

Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble, Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

5:17

Recitative: "She knows my passion"

Yvon Repérant, Michel Maldonado, Marc Minkowski, Mirella Giardelli, Lynne Dawson, Richard Croft, Claire Giardelli

1:45

Aria: "Banish love from thy breast"

Lynne Dawson, Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

2:17

Recitative: "Forgive a passion"

Michel Maldonado, Mirella Giardelli, Marc Minkowski, Yvon Repérant, Richard Croft, Claire Giardelli

0:10

Aria: "From celestial seats descending"

Richard Croft, Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

5:36

Chorus: "Wanton god of amorous fires"

Marc Minkowski, Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble, Musiciens du Louvre

2:03

Recitative: "Yes, I congratulate"

Anne Sofie von Otter, Gidon Saks, Mirella Giardelli, Michel Maldonado, Marc Minkowski, Yvon Repérant, Claire Giardelli

0:44

Aria: "Alcides' name in latest story"

Gidon Saks, Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

4:47

Recitative: "O glorious pattern of heroic deeds!"

Yvon Repérant, Mirella Giardelli, Marc Minkowski, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michel Maldonado, Claire Giardelli

0:29

Aria: "Resign thy club and lion's spoils"

Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre, Anne Sofie von Otter

4:55

Recitative: "You are deceived! Some villain has belied"

Anne Sofie von Otter, Yvon Repérant, Claire Giardelli, Gidon Saks, Michel Maldonado, Marc Minkowski, Mirella Giardelli

1:29

Aria: "Cease, ruler of the day, to rise"

Marc Minkowski, Anne Sofie von Otter, Musiciens du Louvre

3:49

Recitative: "Some kinder power inspire me to regain"

Marc Minkowski, Yvon Repérant, Michel Maldonado, Anne Sofie von Otter, David Daniels, Mirella Giardelli, Claire Giardelli

1:26

Aria: "As stars, that rise and disappear"

Musiciens du Louvre, David Daniels, Marc Minkowski

3:54

Recitative: "But see, the princess Iole"

Anne Sofie von Otter, Mirella Giardelli, Lynne Dawson, Marc Minkowski, Michel Maldonado, Yvon Repérant, Claire Giardelli

1:15

Duet: "Joys of freedom, joys of power"

Anne Sofie von Otter, Lynne Dawson, Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

2:32

Recitative: "Father of Hercules"

Mirella Giardelli, Marc Minkowski, Michel Maldonado, Yvon Repérant, Anne Sofie von Otter, Claire Giardelli

0:17

Chorus: "Love and Hymen"

Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble, Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

3:55

Sinfonia

Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

3:53

Recitative: "Ye sons of Trachin, mourn you valiant chief"

Yvon Repérant, Marc Minkowski, David Daniels, Michel Maldonado, Marcos Pujol, Mirella Giardelli, Claire Giardelli

1:26

Aria: "O scene of unexampled woe"

Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski, David Daniels

3:06

Chorus: "Tyrants now no more shall dread"

Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre, Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble

4:14

Recit. acc: "O Jove! what land is this"

Gidon Saks, Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

2:23

Recitative: "Great Jove! relieve his pains!"

Richard Croft, Mirella Giardelli, Gidon Saks, Yvon Repérant, Marc Minkowski, Michel Maldonado, Claire Giardelli

2:09

Aria: "Let not fame the tidings spread"

Richard Croft, Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

4:03

Recit. acc: "Where shall I fly?"

Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre, Anne Sofie von Otter

6:13

Recitative: "Lo! The fair fatal cause of all this ruin!"

Mirella Giardelli, Yvon Repérant, Marc Minkowski, Claire Giardelli, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michel Maldonado

1:16

Aria: "My breast with tender pity swells"

Lynne Dawson, Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

6:49

Recitative: "Princess, rejoice! whose heaven-directed hand"

Mirella Giardelli, Marc Minkowski, Marcos Pujol, Yvon Repérant, Michel Maldonado, Anne Sofie von Otter, Claire Giardelli

1:46

Aria: "He, who for Atlas prop'd the sky"

Musiciens du Louvre, David Daniels, Marc Minkowski

1:50

Recitative: "Words are too faint"

Yvon Repérant, Mirella Giardelli, Michel Maldonado, Lynne Dawson, Marc Minkowski, Richard Croft, Marcos Pujol, Anne Sofie von Otter, Claire Giardelli

1:06

Duet: "O prince, whose virtues all admire"

Marc Minkowski, Richard Croft, Lynne Dawson, Musiciens du Louvre

3:26

Recitative: "Ye sons of freedom"

Michel Maldonado, Marcos Pujol, Marc Minkowski, Mirella Giardelli, Yvon Repérant, Claire Giardelli

0:17

Chorus: "To him your grateful notes of praise belong"

Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble, Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

2:35

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Musiciens du Louvre

Orchestra, Ensemble, Choir
Marc Minkowski

Conductor
Anne Sofie von Otter

Vocals, Mezzo-Soprano
David Daniels

Vocals

Arend Prohmann

Producer, Executive Producer
Michel Gache

Producer
Yves Baudry

Recording Engineer, Editing Engineer
Arend Prohmann

Recording Engineer
Gilles Pezerat

Balance Engineer
Michel Gache

Recording Engineer, Editing Engineer
Guillaume Ledu

Recording Engineer
Donald Burrows

Liner Notes
Daniel Fesquet

Booklet Editor
Jim Four

Photography
Lillian Birnbaum

Photography
Alvaro Yanez

Photography
Brian Tarr

Photography
Dorothea Schroeder

Liner Notes
Sheila Rock

Photography
Lutz Bode

Creative Director
Ivan A. Alexandre

Liner Notes
Dan Hansson

Photography

Handel: Hercules

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George Frideric Handel

Musiciens du Louvre

Marc Minkowski

Anne Sofie von Otter

David Daniels

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Handel: Hercules

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