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"
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gillian Webster, Paul McCreesh
L’Allegro, Air "Come, thou goddess, fair and free"
Il Penseroso, Air "Come rather, goddess, sage and holy"
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gillian Webster, Paul McCreesh
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"
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gillian Webster, Paul McCreesh
Il Penseroso, Air "Sweet bird, that shuns’t the noise of folly"
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Gillian Webster
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, Paul McCreesh, Gillian Webster
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, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gillian Webster
Il Penseroso, Air "But O! sad virgin, that thy power"
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Gillian Webster
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, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gillian Webster
Il Penseroso, Air "Hide me from day’s garish eye"
Gillian Webster, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players
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"
Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gillian Webster
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, Gillian Webster, Paul McCreesh, 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"
Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, 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, Paul McCreesh, Gillian Webster, Gabrieli Consort & Players
Production
- Nicholas ParkerProducer
- Jan WaterfieldEditing Engineer
- Christopher SucklingEditing Engineer
- Nicholas ParkerEditing Engineer
- William WhiteheadEditing Engineer
- Neil HutchinsonBalance Engineer, Editing Engineer
- Paul McCreeshEditing Engineer
- Benjamin EalovegaPhotography
- Christopher SucklingLiner Notes
- William WhiteheadLiner Notes
- Paul McCreeshLiner Notes