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"
Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, 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"
Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, 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, Gillian Webster, Paul McCreesh
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"
Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gillian Webster
Il Penseroso, Recitative "Thus, Night, oft see me in thy pale career"
Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, 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"
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gillian Webster, Paul McCreesh
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, Gillian Webster, Paul McCreesh
Il Penseroso, Chorus "There let the pealing organ blow"
Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gillian Webster
Il Penseroso, Organo ad libitum & Chorus "These pleasures, Melancholy, give"
Gabrieli Consort & Players, William Whitehead, Paul McCreesh, Gillian Webster
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"
Paul McCreesh, Jeremy Ovenden, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gillian Webster
Production
- Nicholas ParkerProducer
- William WhiteheadEditing Engineer
- Nicholas ParkerEditing Engineer
- Jan WaterfieldEditing Engineer
- Christopher SucklingEditing Engineer
- Paul McCreeshEditing Engineer
- Neil HutchinsonBalance Engineer, Editing Engineer
- William WhiteheadLiner Notes
- Benjamin EalovegaPhotography
- Christopher SucklingLiner Notes
- Paul McCreeshLiner Notes