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"
Paul McCreesh, Gillian Webster, Gabrieli Consort & Players
L’Allegro, Air "Come, thou goddess, fair and free"
Il Penseroso, Air "Come rather, goddess, sage and holy"
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Gillian Webster
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, Gillian Webster, Paul McCreesh
Il Penseroso, Air & Chorus "Come, but keep thy wonted state"
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gillian Webster, Paul McCreesh
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, Gillian Webster, Gabrieli Consort & Players
Il Penseroso, Air "Sweet bird, that shuns’t the noise of folly"
Gillian Webster, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players
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"
Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, 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"
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gillian Webster, Paul McCreesh
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"
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Gillian Webster
Il Penseroso, Air "Hide me from day’s garish eye"
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, 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, Paul McCreesh, Gillian Webster
Il Penseroso, Chorus "There let the pealing organ blow"
Gillian Webster, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh
Il Penseroso, Organo ad libitum & Chorus "These pleasures, Melancholy, give"
Gillian Webster, Gabrieli Consort & Players, William Whitehead, Paul McCreesh
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"
Gillian Webster, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh
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"
Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gillian Webster, Jeremy Ovenden
Production
- Nicholas ParkerProducer
- Nicholas ParkerEditing Engineer
- Neil HutchinsonBalance Engineer, Editing Engineer
- William WhiteheadEditing Engineer
- Paul McCreeshEditing Engineer
- Jan WaterfieldEditing Engineer
- Christopher SucklingEditing Engineer
- William WhiteheadLiner Notes
- Paul McCreeshLiner Notes
- Benjamin EalovegaPhotography
- Christopher SucklingLiner Notes