‎Handel: Hercules by Anne Sofie von Otter

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, Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

2:01

Aria: "No longer, Fate, relentless frown"

Musiciens du Louvre, David Daniels, Marc Minkowski

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"

Marc Minkowski, Anne Sofie von Otter, Musiciens du Louvre

4:30

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

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

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

0:58

Aria: "There in myrtle shades reclined"

Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre, Anne Sofie von Otter

3:21

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

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

0:26

Aria: "Where congealed the northern streams"

Richard Croft, Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

1:53

Chorus: "O filial piety! O generous love!"

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

5:18

Recitative: "Banish your fears!"

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

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"

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

0:54

Aria: "The smiling hours"

Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski, David Daniels

1:20

Chorus: "Let none despair"

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

2:25

March

Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

1:49

Recitative: "Thanks to the powers above"

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

1:27

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

Musiciens du Louvre, Lynne Dawson, Marc Minkowski

5:56

Recitative: "Now farewell, arms!"

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

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

0:26

Aria: "Daughter of gods, bright liberty"

Lynne Dawson, Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

5:55

Chorus: "Crown with festal pomp the day"

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

2:28

Sinfonia

Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

1:11

Recitative: "Why was I born a princess"

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

0:18

Aria: "How blest the maid ordained to dwell"

Marc Minkowski, Lynne Dawson, Musiciens du Louvre

5:56

Recitative: "It must be so"

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

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

1:10

Aria: "Ah! Think what ills the jealous prove"

Musiciens du Louvre, Lynne Dawson, Marc Minkowski

5:52

Recitative: "It is too sure that Hercules is false"

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

0:19

Recitative: "In vain you strive"

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

0:16

Chorus: "Jealousy! Infernal pest"

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

5:17

Recitative: "She knows my passion"

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

1:45

Aria: "Banish love from thy breast"

Musiciens du Louvre, Lynne Dawson, Marc Minkowski

2:17

Recitative: "Forgive a passion"

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

0:10

Aria: "From celestial seats descending"

Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre, Richard Croft

5:36

Chorus: "Wanton god of amorous fires"

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

2:03

Recitative: "Yes, I congratulate"

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

0:44

Aria: "Alcides' name in latest story"

Gidon Saks, Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

4:47

Recitative: "O glorious pattern of heroic deeds!"

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

0:29

Aria: "Resign thy club and lion's spoils"

Musiciens du Louvre, Anne Sofie von Otter, Marc Minkowski

4:55

Recitative: "You are deceived! Some villain has belied"

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

1:29

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

Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre, Anne Sofie von Otter

3:49

Recitative: "Some kinder power inspire me to regain"

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

1:26

Aria: "As stars, that rise and disappear"

David Daniels, Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

3:54

Recitative: "But see, the princess Iole"

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

1:15

Duet: "Joys of freedom, joys of power"

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

2:32

Recitative: "Father of Hercules"

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

0:17

Chorus: "Love and Hymen"

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

3:55

Sinfonia

Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

3:53

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

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

1:26

Aria: "O scene of unexampled woe"

Marc Minkowski, David Daniels, Musiciens du Louvre

3:06

Chorus: "Tyrants now no more shall dread"

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

4:14

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

Musiciens du Louvre, Gidon Saks, Marc Minkowski

2:23

Recitative: "Great Jove! relieve his pains!"

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

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

1:16

Aria: "My breast with tender pity swells"

Marc Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre, Lynne Dawson

6:49

Recitative: "Princess, rejoice! whose heaven-directed hand"

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

1:46

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

Musiciens du Louvre, David Daniels, Marc Minkowski

1:50

Recitative: "Words are too faint"

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

1:06

Duet: "O prince, whose virtues all admire"

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

3:26

Recitative: "Ye sons of freedom"

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

0:17

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

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

2:35

Michel Gache

Producer
Arend Prohmann

Producer, Executive Producer
Michel Gache

Recording Engineer, Editing Engineer
Yves Baudry

Recording Engineer, Editing Engineer
Gilles Pezerat

Balance Engineer
Guillaume Ledu

Recording Engineer
Arend Prohmann

Recording 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

RECORD LABEL

George Frideric Handel

Anne Sofie von Otter

Marc Minkowski

Musiciens du Louvre

David Daniels

Production

Handel: Hercules

RECORD LABEL

On This Album

George Frideric Handel

Anne Sofie von Otter

Marc Minkowski

Musiciens du Louvre

David Daniels

Production