Ode For St Cecilia's Day / L'Allegro Ed Il Penseroso
By Georg Friedrich Händel, Elsie Morison, Jacqueline Delman, Elizabeth Harwood, April Cantelo, Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Ian Partridge, Hervey Alan, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, and David Willcocks
Tracklist
- L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato (Pastoral Ode), Oratorio, Hwv 55
- Part I
- 1. Recitative: Hence, Loathed Melancholy
- 2. Recitative: Hence, Vain Deluding Joys
- 3: Air: Come, Thou Goddess Fair And Free
- 4. Air: Come Rather, Goddess, Sage And Holy
- 5. Air And Chorus: Haste Thee, Nymph
- 6. Air And Chorus: Come, And Trip It As You Go
- 7. Recitative: Come, Pensive Nun
- 8. Air: Come, But Keep Thy Wonted State
- 9. Recitative: There; Held In Holy Passion Still
- Chorus: Join With Thee Calm Peace And Quiet
- 10. Recitative: Hence, Loathed Melancholy!
- 11. Air: Mirth, Admit Me Of Thy Crew
- 12. Recitative: First And Chief, On Golden Wing
- 13. Sweet Bird, That Shun'st The Noise Of Folly
- 14. Recitative: If I Give Thee Honour Due
- 15. Air: Mirth, Admit Me Of Thy Crew
- 16. Air: Oft, On A Plat Of Rising Ground
- 17. Air: Far From All Resort Of Mirth
- 18. Recitative: If I Give Thee Honour Due
- 19. Air: Let Me Wander Not Unseen
- 22. Air And Chorus: Or Let The Merry Bells Ring Round
- Part II
- 23. Recitative: Hence, Vain Deluding Joys
- 24. Air: Sometimes Let Gorgeous Tragedy
- 26. Recitative: Thus, Night, Oft See Me
- 27. Solo And Chorus: Populous Cities Please Me Then
- 28. Air: There Let Hymen Oft Appear
- 29. Recitative: Me, When The Sun Begins To Fling
- 30. Air: Hide Me From Day's Garish Eye
- 31. Air: I'll To The Well-trod Stage Anon
- 32. Air: And Ever, Against Eating Cares
- 20. Air: Straight Mine Eye Hath Caught New Pleasures
- 21. Recitative: Mountains, On Whose Barren Breast
- 20: Air: Straight Mine Eye Hath Caught, Etc.
- 35. Recitative: But Let My Due Fet Never Fail
- 36. Solo And Chorus: There Let The Pealing Organ Blow
- 37. Air: May At Last My Weary Age
- 38. Chorus: These Pleasures, Melancholy, Give
- 33. Air: Orpheus Himself May Heave His Head
- 34. Air And Chorus: These Delights If Thou Canst Give
- Song (Ode) For St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76