Handel Edition Volume 3 - Tamerlano, L'Allegro ed il Penseroso, etc.
Derek Lee Ragin (Tamerlano), Nigel Robson (Bajazet), Nancy Argenta (Asteria), Michael Chance (Andronico), Jane Findlay (Irene), René Schirrer (Leone)
English Baroque Soloists & Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
Taking Milton as his starting point, Handel illustrated in music the contrasts of mood and character between the cheerful and the thoughtful. Then, prompted by his librettist, Charles Jennens,... — More…
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Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
- Martyn Hill (tenor), Patrizia Kwella (soprano), Marie McLaughlin (soprano), Jennifer Smith (soprano), Maldwyn Davies (tenor), Michael Ginn (soprano), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Michael Ginn (countertenor)
- Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
"Hence loathed Melancholy" (Tenor I)
"Hence vain deluding joyes" (Soprano I)
"Come, thou Goddess" (Soprano II)
Handel: Tamerlano
- Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor), Jane Findlay (soprano), Michael Chance (countertenor), Nigel Robson (tenor), Nancy Argenta (soprano), René Schirrer (baritone)
- English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Overture to Act 1
Menuet
Act 1 "Esci, oh Signore!" [Andronico, Bajazet]
Handel: Alcina
- English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Prelude - Overture
Prelude - Musette
Prelude - Menuet
Handel: Terpsichore
- English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
I Prelude - Chaconne
II Sarabande
III Gigue
IV Air
V Ballo
Handel: Il pastor fido
- English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
I A tempo di bourrée
II Bourrée
III Musette - Bourrée da capo