I. Overture (Allegro - Adagio e cantabile - Allegro)

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson

4:36

II. Recitativo "Hail! Bright Aurora!"

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Philippa Hyde, Robert Rawson

0:54

III. Aria "How Pleasant Is Ranging the Fields"

Philippa Hyde, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson

3:15

IV. Recitativo "But Soft! What Nymph Is This?"

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson, Philippa Hyde

0:14

V. Aria "Ah! Sweet Adonis, Form'd for Joy!"

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson, Ciara Hendrick

3:53

VI. Recitativo "O! Bounteous Goddess!"

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson, Philippa Hyde

0:16

VII. Aria "With Her Alone I'll Live and Die"

Philippa Hyde, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson

3:08

VIII. Recitativo "Your Leave, Bright Goddess"

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson, Philippa Hyde, Ciara Hendrick

0:20

IX. Aria "Swain, Thy Foolish Sports Give Over"

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson, Ciara Hendrick

2:01

X. Recitativo "In Vain of Love You Praise the Joy"

Ciara Hendrick, Philippa Hyde, Robert Rawson, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

0:49

XI. Aria "Cease Your Vain Teazing"

Robert Rawson, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Philippa Hyde

2:47

XII. Accompagnato "Ah! Venus Lost!"

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson, Ciara Hendrick

0:32

XIII. Aria "Cupid! Cupid! Bend Thy Bow"

Ciara Hendrick, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson

2:57

XIV. Recitativo "Alas! Alas! It Will Not Be!"

Robert Rawson, Ciara Hendrick, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

0:25

XV. Recitativo "Hark! How the Cheerful Horn"

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Philippa Hyde, Robert Rawson, Ciara Hendrick

0:40

XVI. Aria "How Silly's the Heart of a Woman"

Philippa Hyde, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson

2:35

XVII. Recitativo "Such Scorn and Insult Can I Bear?"

Robert Rawson, Ciara Hendrick, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

0:41

XVIII. Aria "Farewel, Venus! Welcome Pleasures!"

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Philippa Hyde, Ciara Hendrick, Robert Rawson

4:17

I. Prelude (Allegro)

Robert Rawson, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

1:25

II. Recitativo "From War's Alarms"

Robert Rawson, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Richard Edgar-Wilson

0:25

III. Aria "Beauty Now Alone Shall Move Him"

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson, Richard Edgar-Wilson

4:02

IV. Recitativo "Down to These Woods Descending"

Philippa Hyde, Robert Rawson, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Richard Edgar-Wilson

1:27

V. Aria "Gentle Slumbers"

Robert Rawson, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Philippa Hyde

4:33

VI. Recitativo "This Way the Jolly Huntsmens Hollow"

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Ciara Hendrick, Robert Rawson

1:14

VII. Aria "Chirping Warblers"

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson, Ciara Hendrick

4:27

VIII. Recitativo "But Soft! He Moves"

Philippa Hyde, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Ciara Hendrick, Robert Rawson

2:15

IX. Aria "What Heart Could Now Refuse Thee"

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Ciara Hendrick, Robert Rawson

5:25

X. Recitativo "Ah! Ruin'd! Lost!"

Robert Rawson, Ciara Hendrick, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Philippa Hyde

0:26

XI. Aria "Thus the Brave from War Returning"

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson, Richard Edgar-Wilson

1:57

XII. Recitativo "Ah! Cruel Mars!"

Robert Rawson, Ciara Hendrick, Philippa Hyde, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Richard Edgar-Wilson

3:22

XIII. Aria "On Love What Greater Curse Can Fall"

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Philippa Hyde, Robert Rawson

2:58

XIV. Chorus of Huntsman, Recitativo "Hark! Hark! Adonis, Hark Away!"

Ciara Hendrick, Robert Rawson, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Philippa Hyde, Richard Edgar-Wilson, Tassilo Erhardt, David Wilcock, Chris Price, Jon Williams, Ian Thompson, David Wright

1:47

XV. Accompagnato "O Fading Joy!"

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson, Richard Edgar-Wilson

0:49

XVI. Recitativo "O! Mars, Unkind!"

Robert Rawson, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Ciara Hendrick, Richard Edgar-Wilson

0:38

XVII. Aria "O! Believe Me!"

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson, Ciara Hendrick, Richard Edgar-Wilson

4:02

XVIII. Recitativo "He's Gone!"

Ciara Hendrick, Philippa Hyde, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson

1:05

XIX. Aria "O! Welcome! Welcome! Gentle Death!"

Robert Rawson, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Philippa Hyde

2:41

XX. Recitativo & accompagnato "He's Gone - The Flitting Soul Is Fled!"

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Ciara Hendrick, Robert Rawson

1:43

XXI. Aria "Let Every Tender Passion"

Ciara Hendrick, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson

1:55

XXII. "No More Let Mortal Heart"

Ciara Hendrick, Robert Rawson, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Philippa Hyde, Richard Edgar-Wilson, Jon Williams, Ian Thompson, Tassilo Erhardt, Chris Price, David Wilcock, David Wright

1:45

Pepusch: Venus and Adonis

The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Ciara Hendrick, Philippa Hyde, Robert Rawson

Johann Christoph Pepusch

Composer
The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Ensemble
Philippa Hyde

Soprano
Richard Edgar-Wilson

Tenor
Robert Rawson

Conductor

Venus and Adonis

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