‎Handel: Hercules by Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

Overture

Franz Vitzthum, Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Schneider, Nicola Wemyss, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Joachim Carlos Martini, Gerlinde Sämann

4:10

Menuetto

Joachim Carlos Martini, Liselotte Kuhn, Nicola Wemyss, Franz Schneider, Franz Vitzthum, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Gerlinde Sämann

2:10

Accompagnato: See, With What Sad Dejection In Her Looks (Lichas)

Joachim Carlos Martini, Nicola Wemyss, Franz Schneider, Franz Vitzthum, Liselotte Kuhn, Gerlinde Sämann, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

1:30

Aria: No Longer, Fate, Relentless Frown (Lichas)

Franz Vitzthum, Joachim Carlos Martini, Nicola Wemyss, Franz Schneider, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Liselotte Kuhn, Gerlinde Sämann

5:35

Accompagnato: O, Hercules, Why Art Thou Absent from Me? (Dejanira)

Franz Vitzthum, Franz Schneider, Liselotte Kuhn, Nicola Wemyss, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Joachim Carlos Martini, Gerlinde Sämann

0:41

Aria: The World, When Day's Career Is Run (Dejanira)

Nicola Wemyss, Franz Schneider, Gerlinde Sämann, Joachim Carlos Martini, Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Vitzthum, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

3:16

Recitative: Princess! Be Comforted, and Hope the Best! (Lichas, Dejanira, Hyllus)

Gerlinde Sämann, Franz Schneider, Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Vitzthum, Joachim Carlos Martini, Nicola Wemyss, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

1:43

Arioso: I Feel, I Feel the God, He Swells My Breast (Hyllus)

Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Vitzthum, Joachim Carlos Martini, Nicola Wemyss, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Franz Schneider, Gerlinde Sämann

1:38

Recitative: He Said the Sacred Fury Left His Breast (Hyllus, Dejanira)

Gerlinde Sämann, Nicola Wemyss, Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Schneider, Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Vitzthum, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

0:54

Aria: There, In Myrtle Shades Reclin'd (Dejanira)

Liselotte Kuhn, Nicola Wemyss, Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Vitzthum, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Gerlinde Sämann, Franz Schneider

2:21

Recitative: Despair Not, But Let Rising Hope Suspend (Hyllus)

Franz Vitzthum, Gerlinde Sämann, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Nicola Wemyss, Franz Schneider, Joachim Carlos Martini, Liselotte Kuhn

0:39

Aria: Where Congeal'd the Northern Streams (Hyllus)

Gerlinde Sämann, Nicola Wemyss, Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Schneider, Franz Vitzthum, Liselotte Kuhn, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

2:03

O Filial Piety, O Gen'rous Love! (Chorus)

Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Gerlinde Sämann, Franz Schneider, Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Vitzthum, Joachim Carlos Martini, Nicola Wemyss

5:16

Recitative: Banish Your Fears! the Noble Hercules Lives (Lichas, Dejanira)

Nicola Wemyss, Franz Schneider, Gerlinde Sämann, Liselotte Kuhn, Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Vitzthum, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

0:31

Aria: Begone, My Fears, Fly Hence, Away (Dejanira)

Franz Vitzthum, Franz Schneider, Gerlinde Sämann, Liselotte Kuhn, Nicola Wemyss, Joachim Carlos Martini, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

3:30

Recitative: A Train of Captives, Red With Honest Wounds (Lichas, Hyllus, Dejanira)

Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Schneider, Franz Vitzthum, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Nicola Wemyss, Gerlinde Sämann, Joachim Carlos Martini

1:02

Aria: The Smiling Hours of Joyful Train (Lichas)

Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Schneider, Franz Vitzthum, Joachim Carlos Martini, Nicola Wemyss, Gerlinde Sämann, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

4:09

Let None Despair; Relief May Come Though Late (Chorus)

Franz Schneider, Nicola Wemyss, Joachim Carlos Martini, Gerlinde Sämann, Franz Vitzthum, Liselotte Kuhn, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

2:43

Recitative: Ye Faithful Followers of the Wretched Iole (Iole, First Oechalian)

Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Vitzthum, Gerlinde Sämann, Nicola Wemyss, Franz Schneider, Joachim Carlos Martini, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

1:26

Aria: Daughter of Gods, Bright Liberty! (Iole)

Franz Schneider, Nicola Wemyss, Joachim Carlos Martini, Gerlinde Sämann, Franz Vitzthum, Liselotte Kuhn, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

8:44

Recitative: But Hark! the Victor Comes! (Iole)

Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Vitzthum, Nicola Wemyss, Gerlinde Sämann, Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Schneider, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

0:07

March

Liselotte Kuhn, Nicola Wemyss, Joachim Carlos Martini, Gerlinde Sämann, Franz Vitzthum, Franz Schneider, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

1:47

Recitative: Thanks to the Pow'rs Above (Hercules, Iole)

Nicola Wemyss, Franz Vitzthum, Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Schneider, Gerlinde Sämann, Joachim Carlos Martini, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

1:42

Aria: My Father! Ah, Methinks I See (Iole)

Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Vitzthum, Nicola Wemyss, Joachim Carlos Martini, Gerlinde Sämann, Franz Schneider, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

5:20

Recitative: Now Farewell, Arms! from Hence, the Tide of Time (Hercules)

Nicola Wemyss, Franz Schneider, Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Vitzthum, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Joachim Carlos Martini, Gerlinde Sämann

0:28

Aria: The God of Battle Quits the Bloody Field (Hercules)

Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Schneider, Franz Vitzthum, Nicola Wemyss, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Gerlinde Sämann, Liselotte Kuhn

2:49

Crown With Festal Pomp the Day (Chorus)

Franz Schneider, Nicola Wemyss, Franz Vitzthum, Liselotte Kuhn, Joachim Carlos Martini, Gerlinde Sämann, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

3:00

Sinfonia

Franz Vitzthum, Gerlinde Sämann, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Nicola Wemyss, Franz Schneider, Liselotte Kuhn, Joachim Carlos Martini

1:18

Recitative: Why Was I Born a Princess, Rais'd On High (Iole)

Franz Schneider, Franz Vitzthum, Joachim Carlos Martini, Nicola Wemyss, Liselotte Kuhn, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Gerlinde Sämann

0:23

Aria: How Blest the Maid Ordained to Dwell (Iole)

Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Joachim Carlos Martini, Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Schneider, Franz Vitzthum, Nicola Wemyss, Gerlinde Sämann

5:24

Recitative: It Must Be So! Fame Speaks Aloud My Wrongs (Dejanira, Iole)

Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Vitzthum, Joachim Carlos Martini, Nicola Wemyss, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Franz Schneider, Gerlinde Sämann

1:33

Aria: When Beauty Sorrow's Liv'ry Wears (Dejanira)

Liselotte Kuhn, Nicola Wemyss, Gerlinde Sämann, Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Vitzthum, Franz Schneider, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

3:17

Recitative: Whence This Unjust Suspicion? (Iole, Dejanira)

Franz Vitzthum, Nicola Wemyss, Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Schneider, Gerlinde Sämann, Joachim Carlos Martini, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

1:16

Ah, Think What Ills the Jealous Prove! (Iole)

Gerlinde Sämann, Nicola Wemyss, Franz Vitzthum, Franz Schneider, Liselotte Kuhn, Joachim Carlos Martini, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

5:59

Recitative: It Is Too Sure That Hercules Is False (Dejanira)

Nicola Wemyss, Franz Vitzthum, Franz Schneider, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Liselotte Kuhn, Joachim Carlos Martini, Gerlinde Sämann

0:05

Recitative: My Godlike Master? (Lichas, Dejanira)

Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Vitzthum, Franz Schneider, Liselotte Kuhn, Gerlinde Sämann, Nicola Wemyss, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

0:15

Aria: As Stars, That Rise and Disappear (Lichas)

Nicola Wemyss, Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Schneider, Liselotte Kuhn, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Franz Vitzthum, Gerlinde Sämann

5:05

Recitative: In Vain You Strive His Falsehood to Disguise (Dejanira, Lichas)

Joachim Carlos Martini, Nicola Wemyss, Gerlinde Sämann, Franz Vitzthum, Franz Schneider, Liselotte Kuhn, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

0:16

Jealousy! Infernal Pest (Chorus)

Franz Vitzthum, Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Schneider, Nicola Wemyss, Liselotte Kuhn, Gerlinde Sämann, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

4:23

Recitative: She Knows My Passion, and Has Heard Me Breathe (Hyllus, Iole)

Gerlinde Sämann, Franz Schneider, Franz Vitzthum, Liselotte Kuhn, Nicola Wemyss, Joachim Carlos Martini, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

2:30

Aria: Banish Love from Thy Breast (Iole)

Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Nicola Wemyss, Franz Vitzthum, Franz Schneider, Liselotte Kuhn, Joachim Carlos Martini, Gerlinde Sämann

4:59

Recitative: Forgive a Passion, Which Resistless Sways (Hyllus)

Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Vitzthum, Liselotte Kuhn, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Nicola Wemyss, Franz Schneider, Gerlinde Sämann

0:14

Aria: From Celestial Seats Descending (Hyllus)

Nicola Wemyss, Liselotte Kuhn, Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Vitzthum, Franz Schneider, Gerlinde Sämann, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

4:43

Wanton God of Amorous Fires (Chorus)

Franz Schneider, Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Vitzthum, Liselotte Kuhn, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Nicola Wemyss, Gerlinde Sämann

2:18

Recitative: Yes, I Congratulate Your Titles (Dejanira, Hercules)

Franz Vitzthum, Gerlinde Sämann, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Nicola Wemyss, Franz Schneider, Liselotte Kuhn, Joachim Carlos Martini

0:40

Aria: Alcides' Name In Latest Story (Hercules)

Franz Schneider, Franz Vitzthum, Joachim Carlos Martini, Nicola Wemyss, Liselotte Kuhn, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Gerlinde Sämann

4:31

Recitative: O, Glorious Pattern of Heroic Deeds! (Dejanira)

Nicola Wemyss, Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Vitzthum, Franz Schneider, Liselotte Kuhn, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Gerlinde Sämann

0:28

Aria: Resign Thy Club and Lion's Spoils (Dejanira)

Nicola Wemyss, Franz Schneider, Joachim Carlos Martini, Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Vitzthum, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Gerlinde Sämann

4:48

Recitative: You Are Deceived! (Hercules, Dejanira)

Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Schneider, Liselotte Kuhn, Nicola Wemyss, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Gerlinde Sämann, Franz Vitzthum

1:22

Aria: Cease, Ruler of the Day, to Rise (Dejanira)

Nicola Wemyss, Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Schneider, Franz Vitzthum, Joachim Carlos Martini, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Gerlinde Sämann

2:39

Recitative: Some Kinder Pow'r Inspire Me to Regain (Dejanira, Lichas)

Franz Schneider, Joachim Carlos Martini, Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Vitzthum, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Gerlinde Sämann, Nicola Wemyss

1:18

Aria: Constant Lovers Never Roving (Lichas)

Joachim Carlos Martini, Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Vitzthum, Nicola Wemyss, Franz Schneider, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Gerlinde Sämann

2:01

Recitative: But See, the Princess Iole. Retire! (Dejanira, Iole)

Gerlinde Sämann, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Nicola Wemyss, Franz Schneider, Joachim Carlos Martini, Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Vitzthum

1:25

Aria: Still Caressing and Caress'd (Iole)

Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Vitzthum, Gerlinde Sämann, Franz Schneider, Liselotte Kuhn, Nicola Wemyss, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

2:11

Duet: Joys of Freedom, Joys of Pow'r (Dejanira, Iole)

Franz Schneider, Gerlinde Sämann, Franz Vitzthum, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Joachim Carlos Martini, Liselotte Kuhn, Nicola Wemyss

2:59

Recitative: Father of Hercules, Great Jove, Oh Help (Dejanira)

Gerlinde Sämann, Nicola Wemyss, Franz Schneider, Liselotte Kuhn, Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Vitzthum, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

0:17

Love and Hymen, Hand In Hand (Chorus)

Nicola Wemyss, Franz Vitzthum, Franz Schneider, Joachim Carlos Martini, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Liselotte Kuhn, Gerlinde Sämann

4:27

Sinfonia

Franz Vitzthum, Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Schneider, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Nicola Wemyss, Liselotte Kuhn, Gerlinde Sämann

3:02

Recitative: Ye Sons of Trachin, Mourn Your Valiant Chief (Lichas, First Trachinian)

Franz Schneider, Franz Vitzthum, Nicola Wemyss, Liselotte Kuhn, Joachim Carlos Martini, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Gerlinde Sämann

1:39

Aria: O Scene of Unexampled Woe (Lichas)

Nicola Wemyss, Joachim Carlos Martini, Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Vitzthum, Franz Schneider, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Gerlinde Sämann

2:52

Recitative: O Fatal Jealousy (First Trachinian)

Franz Schneider, Franz Vitzthum, Liselotte Kuhn, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Joachim Carlos Martini, Nicola Wemyss, Gerlinde Sämann

0:16

Tyrants Now No More Shall Dread (Chorus)

Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Nicola Wemyss, Franz Vitzthum, Liselotte Kuhn, Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Schneider, Gerlinde Sämann

3:04

Aria: O Jove, What Land Is This, What Clime Accurst (Hercules)

Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Vitzthum, Franz Schneider, Liselotte Kuhn, Gerlinde Sämann, Nicola Wemyss, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

2:25

Recitative: Great Jove, Relieve His Pains! (Hyllus)

Joachim Carlos Martini, Liselotte Kuhn, Nicola Wemyss, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Gerlinde Sämann, Franz Vitzthum, Franz Schneider

0:06

Accompagnato: Was It for This Unnumber'd Toils I Bore? (Hercules, Hyllus)

Franz Vitzthum, Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Schneider, Nicola Wemyss, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Joachim Carlos Martini, Gerlinde Sämann

2:06

Aria: Let Not Fame the Tidings Spread (Hyllus)

Nicola Wemyss, Franz Vitzthum, Franz Schneider, Joachim Carlos Martini, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Liselotte Kuhn, Gerlinde Sämann

4:36

Accompagnato: Where Shall I Fly? Where Hide This Guilty Head? (Dejanira)

Joachim Carlos Martini, Liselotte Kuhn, Gerlinde Sämann, Franz Vitzthum, Nicola Wemyss, Franz Schneider, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

5:59

Recitative: Lo! the Fair Fatal Cause of All This Ruin! (Dejanira, Iole)

Franz Schneider, Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Vitzthum, Gerlinde Sämann, Liselotte Kuhn, Nicola Wemyss, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

1:13

Aria: My Breast With Tender Pity Swells (Iole)

Nicola Wemyss, Liselotte Kuhn, Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Vitzthum, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Franz Schneider, Gerlinde Sämann

7:01

Recitative - Accompagnato: Princess, Rejoice, Whose Heav'n-directed Hand (Priest of Jupiter, Dejanira)

Liselotte Kuhn, Nicola Wemyss, Franz Vitzthum, Gerlinde Sämann, Franz Schneider, Joachim Carlos Martini, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

1:55

Aria: He, Who for Atlas Prop'd the Sky (Lichas)

Nicola Wemyss, Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Schneider, Joachim Carlos Martini, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Gerlinde Sämann, Franz Vitzthum

2:04

Recitative - Accompagnato: Words Are Too Faint to Speak the Warring Passions (Dejanira, Priest of Jupiter)

Joachim Carlos Martini, Nicola Wemyss, Franz Vitzthum, Franz Schneider, Gerlinde Sämann, Liselotte Kuhn, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

0:47

Recitative: How Blest Is Hyllus, If the Lovely Iole (Hyllus, Iole)

Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Vitzthum, Gerlinde Sämann, Liselotte Kuhn, Franz Schneider, Nicola Wemyss, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

0:20

Duet: Oh Prince, Whose Virtues All Admire (Iole, Hyllus)

Franz Schneider, Liselotte Kuhn, Nicola Wemyss, Gerlinde Sämann, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Vitzthum

3:28

Recitative: Ye Sons of Freedom, Now, In Every Clime (Priest of Jupiter)

Franz Vitzthum, Joachim Carlos Martini, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Franz Schneider, Liselotte Kuhn, Nicola Wemyss, Gerlinde Sämann

0:19

To Him Your Grateful Notes of Praise Belong (Chorus)

Franz Vitzthum, Liselotte Kuhn, Joachim Carlos Martini, Franz Schneider, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Nicola Wemyss, Gerlinde Sämann

3:34

Joachim Carlos Martini

Editing Engineer
Joachim Carlos Martini

Liner Notes
Keith Anderson

Liner Notes
Francisco de Zurbarán

Cover Art

Handel: Hercules

RECORD LABEL

George Frideric Handel

Joachim Carlos Martini

Franz Vitzthum

Nicola Wemyss

Gerlinde Sämann

Production