Handel: Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G Major, Op. 6, HWV 319
L’Allegro, Recitative Accompany'd "Hence! loathed melancholy"
Il Penseroso, Recitative Accompany'd "Hence! vain deluding Joys"
Gillian Webster, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players
L’Allegro, Air "Come, thou goddess, fair and free"
Il Penseroso, Air "Come rather, goddess, sage and holy"
Gillian Webster, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players
L’Allegro, Air & Chorus "Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee"
L’Allegro, Air & Chorus "Come and trip it as you go"
Il Penseroso, Recitative Accompany'd "Come, pensive nun, devout and pure"
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Gillian Webster
Il Penseroso, Air & Chorus "Come, but keep thy wonted state"
Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gillian Webster
L’Allegro, Recitative "Hence loathed Melancholy"
L’Allegro, Air "Mirth, admit me of thy crew"
Il Penseroso, Recitative Accompany'd "First, and chief, on golden wing"
Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gillian Webster
Il Penseroso, Air "Sweet bird, that shuns’t the noise of folly"
Gillian Webster, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh
L’Allegro, Recitative "If I give thee honour due"
L’Allegro, Air "Mirth, admit me of thy crew"
Il Penseroso, Air "Oft on a plat of rising ground"
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gillian Webster, Paul McCreesh
L’Allegro, Recitative "If I give thee honour due"
L’Allegro, Air "Let me wander, not unseen"
L’Allegro, Air & Chorus "Or let the merry bells ring round"
Handel: Concerto Grosso No. 3 in E Minor, Op. 6, HWV 321
Il Penseroso, Recitative Accompany'd "Hence, vain deluding Joys"
Paul McCreesh, Gillian Webster, Gabrieli Consort & Players
Il Penseroso, Air "But O! sad virgin, that thy power"
Gillian Webster, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh
Il Penseroso, Recitative "Thus, Night, oft see me in thy pale career"
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Gillian Webster
L’Allegro, Chorus "Populous cities please me then"
L’Allegro, Air "There let Hymen oft appear"
Il Penseroso, Recitative Accompany'd "Me, when the sun begins to fling"
Paul McCreesh, Gillian Webster, Gabrieli Consort & Players
Il Penseroso, Air "Hide me from day’s garish eye"
Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gillian Webster
L’Allegro, Air "I’ll to the well-trod stage anon"
L’Allegro, Air "And ever against eating cares"
L’Allegro, Air & Chorus "These delights if thou canst give"
Il Penseroso, Recitative "But let my due feet never fail"
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gillian Webster, Paul McCreesh
Il Penseroso, Chorus "There let the pealing organ blow"
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gillian Webster, Paul McCreesh
Il Penseroso, Organo ad libitum & Chorus "These pleasures, Melancholy, give"
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Gillian Webster, William Whitehead
Handel: Organ Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 7, HWV 306
Il Moderato, Recitative Accompany'd "Hence! boast not, ye profane"
Il Moderato, Recitative Accompany'd & Chorus "Come, with native lustre shine"
Il Moderato, Air "Come, with gentle hand restrain"
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Gillian Webster
Il Moderato, Recitative "No more short life they then will spend"
Il Moderato, Air "Each action will derive new grace"
L’Allegro & il Penseroso, Duet "As steals the morn upon the night"
Jeremy Ovenden, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gillian Webster, Paul McCreesh
Production
- Nicholas ParkerProducer
- Paul McCreeshEditing Engineer
- Jan WaterfieldEditing Engineer
- Christopher SucklingEditing Engineer
- Neil HutchinsonBalance Engineer, Editing Engineer
- William WhiteheadEditing Engineer
- Nicholas ParkerEditing Engineer
- Paul McCreeshLiner Notes
- Benjamin EalovegaPhotography
- Christopher SucklingLiner Notes
- William WhiteheadLiner Notes