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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

Handel Edition Volume 3 - Tamerlano, L'Allegro ed il Penseroso, etc.

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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,...

Penguin Guide3 out of 4 stars

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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

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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,...

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Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
Work length1:55:11
"Hence loathed Melancholy" (Tenor I)
Track length2:27
"Hence vain deluding joyes" (Soprano I)
Track length0:54
"Come, thou Goddess" (Soprano II)
Track length1:33
"Come, rather, Goddess" (Soprano III)
Track length3:25
"Haste thee, nymph" (Tenor I)
Track length1:14
"Haste thee, nymph" (Chorus)
Track length1:10
"Come, and trip it" (Tenor II, Chorus)
Track length2:34
"Come, pensive nun" (Soprano III)
Track length1:11
"Come, but keep thy wonted state" (Soprano I) - "Join with thee" (Chorus)
Track length6:19
"Hence, loathed Melancholy" (M. Hill) - "And if I give the honour due" (Soprano IV)
Track length4:13
"First, and chief, on golden wing" (Soprano I)
Track length8:21
"If I give thee honour due" (Bass)
Track length2:33
"Oft on a plat of rising ground" (Soprano III)
Track length3:26
"Far from all resort of Mirth" (Soprano II)
Track length3:47
"If I give thee honour due" (Tenor II)
Track length2:22
"Straight mine eye" (Soprano II)
Track length5:49
"Or let the merry bells" (Soprano IV) - "And young and old come" (Chorus)
Track length4:19
"Hence, vain deluding joys" (Soprano III)
Track length5:31
"Thus night oft see me" (Soprano I)
Track length0:23
"Populous cities" (Bass, Chorus)
Track length3:22
"There let Hymen oft appear" (Tenor II)
Track length2:30
"Me, when the sun begins to fling" (Soprano I)
Track length3:59
"I'll to the well-trod stage anon" (Tenor I)
Track length1:57
"And ever against eating cares" (Soprano II)
Track length3:01
"Orpheus' self may heave his head" (Soprano II)
Track length2:42
"These delights if thou canst give" (Tenor I, Chorus)
Track length3:17
"But let my due feet never fail" (Soprano I)
Track length0:39
"There let the pealing organ blow" (Chorus) - "And let their sweetness" (Soprano I)
Track length2:07
"May at last my weary age" (J. Smith) - "These pleasures, Melancholy, give" (Soprano I, Chorus)
Track length9:39
"Hence, boast not" (Bass) - "All this company serene" (Chorus)
Track length5:52
"Come, with gentle hand restrain" (Soprano III)
Track length1:52
"No more short life" (Tenor I)
Track length2:39
"As steals the morn upon the night" (Soprano I, Tenor II)
Track length6:38
"Thy pleasures, Moderation, give" (Chorus)
Track length3:26
Handel: Tamerlano
Work length2:59:46
Overture to Act 1
Track length3:48
Menuet
Track length1:36
Act 1 "Esci, oh Signore!" [Andronico, Bajazet]
Track length3:23
Act 1 "Forte e lieto a morte andrei" [Bajazet]
Track length5:31
Act 1 "Non si perda di vista il disperato" [Andronico, Tamerlano]
Track length1:38
Act 1 "Vo' dar pace a un alma altiera" [Tamerlano]
Track length4:30
Act 1 "Il Tartaro ama Asteria" [Andronico]
Track length0:32
Act 1 "Bella Asteria, il tuo cor mi difenda" [Andronico]
Track length5:49
Act 1 "Non è più tempo Asteria - Serve Asteria di prezzo" [Tamerlano, Asteria]
Track length1:17
Act 1 "Se non mi vuol amar" [Asteria]
Track length5:41
Act 1 "Non ascolto più nulla" [Bajazet, Andronico, Asteria]
Track length1:50
Act 1 "Ciel e terra armi di sdegno" [Bajazet]
Track length3:26
Act 1 "Asteria non parlate?" [Andronico, Asteria]
Track length0:52
Act 1 "Deh, lasciatemi il nemico" [Asteria]
Track length6:25
Act 1 "Così la sposa il Tamerlano accoglie?" [Irene, Leone, Andronico]
Track length1:42
Act 1 "Dal crudel che m'ha tradita" [Irene]
Track length3:03
Act 1 "Chi vide mai più sventurato amante?" [Andronico]
Track length1:35
Act 1 "Benchè mi sprezzi l'idol ch'adoro" [Andronico]
Track length7:18
Act 2 "Amico, tengo un testimon fedele" [Tamerlano, Andronico]
Track length1:01
Act 2 "Bella gara che faronno" [Tamerlano]
Track length4:23
Act 2 "Qui l'infedel! cogliamo" [Asteria, Andronico]
Track length1:07
Act 2 "Non è più tempo" [Asteria]
Track length2:22
Act 2 "Ah nò! dove trascorri, idolo mio?" [Andronico]
Track length1:11
Act 2 "Cerco in vano di placare" [Andronico]
Track length6:48
Act 2 "Signor, vergine illustre" [Leone, Tamerlano, Irene, Asteria]
Track length2:06
Act 2 "Par che mi nasce in seno un raggio di speranza" [Irene]
Track length7:09
Act 2 "Dov'è mia figlia, Andronico?" [Bajazet, Andronico]
Track length0:58
Act 2 "A suoi piedi padre esangue" [Bajazet]
Track length8:26
Act 2 "Se Asteria mi tradisce" [Andronico]
Track length0:22
Act 2 "Più d'una tigre altero" [Andronico]
Track length3:32
Act 2 "Al soglio, oh bella!" [Tamerlano, Asteria, Bajazet, Andronico, Irene]
Track length8:17
Act 2 "Ecco il cor, sarò contenta" "Voglio stragi, voglio sangue" "Ecco il petto, non mi paventa" [Asteria, Tamerlano, Bajazet]
Track length1:29
Act 2 "Padre, dimmi son più l'indegna figlia" [Asteria]
Track length0:08
Act 2 "No, il tuo sdegno mi placò" [Bajazet]
Track length1:50
Act 2 "Andronico, son più l'infida amante?" [Asteria]
Track length0:06
Act 2 "No, che del tuo gran cor" [Andronico]
Track length1:05
Act 2 "Amica, son quella superba donna?" [Asteria]
Track length0:06
Act 2 "No, che sei tanto costante nella la fede" [Irene]
Track length1:08
Act 2 "Sì, sì, son vendicata" [Asteria]
Track length0:25
Act 2 "Cor di padre, e cor d'amante" [Asteria]
Track length7:51
Act 3 "Figlia, siam rei, io di schernito sdegno" [Bajazet, Asteria]
Track length1:23
Act 3 "Sù la sponda del pigro Lete" [Bajazet]
Track length5:12
Act 3 "Andronico, il mio amore" [Tamerlano, Andronico, Asteria, Bajazet]
Track length3:11
Act 3 "A dispetto d'un volto ingrato" [Andronico]
Track length4:09
Act 3 "L'empietà de' ministri" [Leone, Andronico, Asteria]
Track length0:34
Act 3 "Vivo in te, mio caro bene!" [Asteria, Andronico]
Track length7:37
Act 3 "Eccoti Bajazete" [Tamerlano, Bajazet, Andronico]
Track length1:25
Act 3 "Eccomi, che si chiede?" [Asteria, Tamerlano, Andronico, Bajazet]
Track length2:16
Act 3 "Padre, amante" [Asteria] "Folle sei" [Asteria] "Beva dunque la rea" [Asteria, Andronico, Bajazet, Tamerlano]
Track length3:22
Act 3 "E il soffrirete" [Bajazet]
Track length0:37
Act 3 "Empio, per farti guerra" [Bajazet]
Track length3:45
Act 3 "Signor, fra tante cure" [Irene, Tamerlano]
Track length0:38
Act 3 "Vieni, Asteria" [Leono, Andronico, Tamerlano, Asteria]
Track length0:44
Act 3 "Oh per me lieto" [Bajazet, Tamerlano] ... "Sù, via, furie, e ministre" [Bajazet]
Track length8:45
Act 3 "Barbaro! al fin sei sazio ancor?" [Andronico, Asteria] "Mirami, io quella son che già due volte" [Asteria]
Track length1:11
Act 3 "Padre amato, in me riposa" [Asteria]
Track length3:28
Act 3 "Io più non posso vivere" [Andronico, Tamerlano, Irene]
Track length1:04
Act 3 "Coronata di gigli e di rose" [Andronico, Tamerlano]
Track length5:07
Act 3 "Ora invitta regina" [Tamerlano, Irene]
Track length0:35
Act 3 "D'atra notte già mirasi a scorno" [Irene, Andronico, Tamerlano, Leone]
Track length2:57
Handel: Alcina
Work length25:35
Prelude - Overture
Track length3:09
Prelude - Musette
Track length1:49
Prelude - Menuet
Track length0:54
Act 1 Ballo - Sarabande - Ballo da capo
Track length3:10
Act 1 Menuet
Track length1:48
Act 1 [Gavotte]
Track length1:10
Act 3 Sinfonia
Track length0:50
Act 3 Entrée
Track length1:54
Act 3 Tambourino
Track length1:14
Act 3 Entrée des songes agréables
Track length2:30
Act 3 Entrée des songes funestes
Track length1:47
Act 3 Entrée des songes agréables et effrayés - Combat des songes funestes et agréables
Track length2:03
Act 3 Entrée de Mori
Track length2:13
Act 3 Rondeau
Track length1:04
Handel: Terpsichore
Work length11:09
I Prelude - Chaconne
Track length4:53
II Sarabande
Track length1:45
III Gigue
Track length1:13
IV Air
Track length1:47
V Ballo
Track length1:31
Handel: Il pastor fido
Work length10:25
I A tempo di bourrée
Track length1:42
II Bourrée
Track length1:07
III Musette - Bourrée da capo
Track length2:40
IV Menuet
Track length1:05
V Menuet
Track length0:42
VI Menuet
Track length1:19
VII Gavotte
Track length1:07
VIII Gigue
Track length0:43

Awards and reviews

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, he added compromise in Il Moderato, the moderate man. The sequence of brief numbers is a delight, particularly in a performance as exhilarating as Gardiner’s, with excellent soloists, choir and orchestra. The recording is first rate.
3 out of 4 stars
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