tracks

L'Allegro "Hence Loathed Melancholy" (M.Hill)
Il Penseroso "Hence Vain Deluding Joys" (P. Kwella)
L'Allegro "Come, Thou Goddess" (M. Mclaughlin)
Il Penseroso "Come, Rather, Goddess"(J. Smith)
"Haste Thee Nymph" (M. Hill)
"Haste Thee, Nymph" (Chorus)
"Come, And Trip It" (M. Davies, Chorus)
Il Penseroso "Come, Pensive Nun (J. Smith)
"Come, But Keep Thy Wonted State" (P. Kwella)
L'Allegro "Hence, Loathed Melancholy (M. Hill)
Il Penseroso "First and chief, on golden wing (P. Kwella)
L'Allegro If I Give Thee Honour Due (S. Varcoe)
Il Penseroso "Oft On A Plat Of Rising Ground" (J. Smith)
"Far From All Resort Of Mirth" (M.Mclaughlin)
L'Allegro "If I Give Thee Honour Due" (M. Davies)
"Straight Mine Eye" (M.Mclaughlin)
"Or Let The Merry Bells" (M.Ginn)
Il Penseroso "Hence, Vain Deluding Joys (J. Smith)
"Thus Night Oft See Me" (P. Kwella)
L'Allegro "Populous Cities (S. Varcoe, Chorus)
"There Let Hymen Oft Appear (M. Davies)
Il Penseroso "Me, When The Sun Begins To Fling" (P. Kwella
L'Allegro "I'll To The Well-trod Stage Anon (M. Hill)
"And Ever Against Eating Cares (M.Mclaughlin)
"Orpheus 'self May Heave His Head" (M.Mclaughlin)
"These Delights If Thou Canst Give" + Chorus (M. Hill)
Il Penseroso "But Let My Due Feet Never Fail" (P. Kwella)
"There Let The Pealing Organ Blow" (Chorus), "And Let Their Sweetness" (P. Kwella)
"May At Last My Weary Age" (J. Smith) "These Pleasures" + Chorus (P. Kwella)
Il Moderato "Hence, Boast Not (S. Varcoe) "All This Company Serene (chorus)
"Come, With Gentle Hand Restrain (J. Smith)
"No More Short Life' (M. Hill)
"As Steals The Morn Upon The Night" (P. Kwella, M. Davies)
"Ty Pleasures, Moderation, Give" (Chorus)

notes

Recorded Jan. 1980, All Saints Church Tooting Graveney, London. Soloists; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor.

This edidtion - Slimline case, small booklet in English, French and German. Sleeve notes by Simon Heighes. Published / first released 1981; remastered 1993, this release 2016.
Warner Classics release (Parlophone records hold copyright) on the Veritas x2 label from an original Erato release.

credits

Bass Vocals – Stephen Varcoe
Choir – The Monteverdi Choir
Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel
Conductor – John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestra – The English Baroque Soloists
Soprano Vocals – Jennifer Smith (3), Marie McLaughlin, Patrizia Kwella
Tenor Vocals – Maldwyn Davies, Martyn Hill
Treble Vocals [Boy Soprano] – Michael Ginn

companies

Record Company – Warner Classics
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Parlophone Records Ltd.
Recorded At – All Saints Church, Tooting, London

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