‎Handel: Hercules by Marc Minkowski

Overture

Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

4:32

Menuetto

Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

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, Marc Minkowski, Anne Sofie von Otter

4:30

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

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

1:25

Aria: "I feel, I feel the god"

Musiciens du Louvre, Richard Croft, Marc Minkowski

1:33

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

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

0:58

Aria: "There in myrtle shades reclined"

Anne Sofie von Otter, Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

3:21

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

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

0:26

Aria: "Where congealed the northern streams"

Musiciens du Louvre, Richard Croft, 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!"

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

0:30

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

Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski, Anne Sofie von Otter

3:26

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

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

0:54

Aria: "The smiling hours"

Musiciens du Louvre, David Daniels, Marc Minkowski

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"

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

1:27

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

Lynne Dawson, Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

5:56

Recitative: "Now farewell, arms!"

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

0:25

Aria: "The god of battle"

Gidon Saks, Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

2:23

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

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

0:26

Aria: "Daughter of gods, bright liberty"

Musiciens du Louvre, Lynne Dawson, Marc Minkowski

5:55

Chorus: "Crown with festal pomp the day"

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

2:28

Sinfonia

Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

1:11

Recitative: "Why was I born a princess"

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

0:18

Aria: "How blest the maid ordained to dwell"

Musiciens du Louvre, Lynne Dawson, Marc Minkowski

5:56

Recitative: "It must be so"

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

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?"

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

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"

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

0:19

Recitative: "In vain you strive"

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

0:16

Chorus: "Jealousy! Infernal pest"

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

5:17

Recitative: "She knows my passion"

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

1:45

Aria: "Banish love from thy breast"

Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre, Lynne Dawson

2:17

Recitative: "Forgive a passion"

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

0:10

Aria: "From celestial seats descending"

Musiciens du Louvre, Richard Croft, Marc Minkowski

5:36

Chorus: "Wanton god of amorous fires"

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

2:03

Recitative: "Yes, I congratulate"

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

0:44

Aria: "Alcides' name in latest story"

Gidon Saks, Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

4:47

Recitative: "O glorious pattern of heroic deeds!"

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

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"

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

1:29

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

Anne Sofie von Otter, Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

3:49

Recitative: "Some kinder power inspire me to regain"

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

1:26

Aria: "As stars, that rise and disappear"

David Daniels, Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

3:54

Recitative: "But see, the princess Iole"

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

1:15

Duet: "Joys of freedom, joys of power"

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

2:32

Recitative: "Father of Hercules"

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

0:17

Chorus: "Love and Hymen"

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

3:55

Sinfonia

Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

3:53

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

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

1:26

Aria: "O scene of unexampled woe"

Musiciens du Louvre, David Daniels, Marc Minkowski

3:06

Chorus: "Tyrants now no more shall dread"

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

4:14

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

Marc Minkowski, Gidon Saks, Musiciens du Louvre

2:23

Recitative: "Great Jove! relieve his pains!"

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

2:09

Aria: "Let not fame the tidings spread"

Musiciens du Louvre, Richard Croft, 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!"

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

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

1:46

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

Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski, David Daniels

1:50

Recitative: "Words are too faint"

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

1:06

Duet: "O prince, whose virtues all admire"

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

3:26

Recitative: "Ye sons of freedom"

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

0:17

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

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

2:35

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Marc Minkowski

Conductor
Anne Sofie von Otter

Vocals, Mezzo-Soprano
Musiciens du Louvre

Orchestra, Ensemble, Choir
David Daniels

Vocals

Michel Gache

Producer
Arend Prohmann

Producer, Executive Producer
Guillaume Ledu

Recording Engineer
Michel Gache

Recording Engineer, Editing Engineer
Arend Prohmann

Recording Engineer
Yves Baudry

Recording Engineer, Editing Engineer
Gilles Pezerat

Balance 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

Marc Minkowski

Anne Sofie von Otter

Musiciens du Louvre

David Daniels

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Handel: Hercules

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