The Masterworks

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Tracklist

CD 1: Music for the Royal Fireworks / Water Music
CD 2: Concerti grossi, op. 6 nos. 1-6
CD 3: Concerti grossi, op. 6, nos. 7-11
CD 4: Concerto grosso, op. 6 no. 12 / Concerti grossi, op. 3
CD 5: Organ Concerti, op.7, nos. 1-5
CD 6: Organ Concerti, op. 4
CD 7: Organ Concerti
CD 8: Concerti a due cori
CD 9: Trio Sonatas
CD 10: Trio Sonatas
CD 11: Flute Sonatas
CD 12: Messiah
CD 13: Messiah
CD 14: Israel In Egypt
CD 15: Israel In Egypt
CD 16: Coronation Anthems
CD 17: Dixit Dominus / Nisi Dominus
CD 18: Dettingen Te Deum / Dettingen Anthem
CD 19: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
CD 20: Hercules
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1Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 1: Overtura
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 1: Overtura
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
George Frideric Handel6:59
2Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 2: Recitativo accompagnato "See with what sad dejection" (Lichas)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Catherine Denley (contralto, mezzo‐soprano)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 2: Recitativo accompagnato "See with what sad dejection" (Lichas)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
George Frideric Handel1:32
3Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 3: Aria "No longer, Fate, relentless frown" (Lichas)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Catherine Denley (contralto, mezzo‐soprano)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 3: Aria "No longer, Fate, relentless frown" (Lichas)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
George Frideric Handel5:54
4Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 4: Recitativo accompagnato "O Hercules! Why art thou absent from me" (Dejanira) / no. 5: Aria "The world, when day's career is run" (Dejanira)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 4: Recitativo accompagnato "O Hercules! Why art thou absent from me" (Dejanira)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 5: Aria "The world, when day's career is run" (Dejanira)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
George Frideric Handel4:56
5Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 6: Recitativo "Princess! Be comforted, and hope the best" (Lichas, Dejanira, Hyllys)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Catherine Denley (contralto, mezzo‐soprano) and Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 6: Recitativo "Princess! Be comforted, and hope the best" (Lichas, Dejanira, Hyllys)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
George Frideric Handel1:39
6Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 7: Aria "I feel, I feel the god" (Hyllus)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 7: Aria "I feel, I feel the god" (Hyllus)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
George Frideric Handel1:30
7Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 8: Recitativo "Then I am lost! O dreadful oracle!" (Dejanira) / no. 9: Aria "There in myrtle shades reclined" (Dejanira)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 8: Recitativo "Then I am lost! O dreadful oracle!" (Dejanira)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 9: Aria "There in myrtle shades reclined" (Dejanira)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
George Frideric Handel3:27
8Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 10: Recitativo "Despair not! But let rising hope suspend" (Hyllus) / no. 11: Aria "Where congealed the northern streams" (Hyllus)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 10: Recitativo "Despair not! But let rising hope suspend" (Hyllus)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 11: Aria "Where congealed the northern streams" (Hyllus)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
George Frideric Handel2:55
9Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 12: Chorus: "O filial piety! O generous love!"
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 12: Chorus: "O filial piety! O generous love!"
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
George Frideric Handel3:38
10Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 13: Recitativo "Banish your fears! The noble" (Hercules, Lichas, Dejanira) / no. 14: Aria "Begone my fears, fly hence, away" (Dejanira)
bass vocals:
John Tomlinson (English operatic bass)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Catherine Denley (contralto, mezzo‐soprano) and Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 13: Recitativo "Banish your fears! The noble" (Hercules, Lichas, Dejanira)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 14: Aria "Begone my fears, fly hence, away" (Dejanira)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
George Frideric Handel4:12
11Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 15: Recitativo "A train of captives, red with honest wounds" (Lichas, Hyllus, Dejanira)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Catherine Denley (contralto, mezzo‐soprano) and Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 15: Recitativo "A train of captives, red with honest wounds" (Lichas, Hyllus, Dejanira)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
George Frideric Handel0:58
12Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 16: March
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 16: March
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
George Frideric Handel1:39
13Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 17: Recitativo "Thanks to the powers above" (Hercules, Iole)
bass vocals:
John Tomlinson (English operatic bass)
soprano vocals:
Jennifer Smith (soprano)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 17: Recitativo "Thanks to the powers above" (Hercules, Iole)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
George Frideric Handel2:04
14Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 18: Aria "My father! Ah! Methinks I see" (Iole)
soprano vocals:
Jennifer Smith (soprano)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 18: Aria "My father! Ah! Methinks I see" (Iole)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
George Frideric Handel6:12
15Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 19: Recitativo "Now farewell, arms! From hence the tide of time" (Hercules) / no. 20: Aria "The god of battle quits the bloody field" (Hercules)
bass vocals:
John Tomlinson (English operatic bass)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 19: Recitativo "Now farewell, arms! From hence the tide of time" (Hercules)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 20: Aria "The god of battle quits the bloody field" (Hercules)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
George Frideric Handel3:43
16Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 21: Chorus "Crown with festal pomp the day"
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I, no. 21: Chorus "Crown with festal pomp the day"
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act I
George Frideric Handel2:43
17Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 22: Aria "How blest the maid ordained to dwell" (Iole)
soprano vocals:
Jennifer Smith (soprano)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 22: Aria "How blest the maid ordained to dwell" (Iole)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act II
George Frideric Handel3:21
18Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 23: Recitativo "It must be so! Fame speaks aloud my wrongs" (Dejanira, Iole) / no. 24: Aria "When beauty sorrow's livery wears" (Dejanira)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
soprano vocals:
Jennifer Smith (soprano)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 23: Recitativo "It must be so! Fame speaks aloud my wrongs" (Dejanira, Iole)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act II
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 24: Aria "When beauty sorrow's livery wears" (Dejanira)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act II
George Frideric Handel4:12
19Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 25: Recitavio "Whence this unjust suspicion?" (Iole)
soprano vocals:
Jennifer Smith (soprano)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 25: Recitavio "Whence this unjust suspicion?" (Iole)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act II
George Frideric Handel1:22
20Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 26: Aria "Ah! I think what ills the jealous prove" (Iole)
soprano vocals:
Jennifer Smith (soprano)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 26: Aria "Ah! I think what ills the jealous prove" (Iole)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act II
George Frideric Handel6:03
21Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 27: Recitativo "It is too sure that Hercules is false" (Dejanira, Lichas)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Catherine Denley (contralto, mezzo‐soprano) and Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 27: Recitativo "It is too sure that Hercules is false" (Dejanira, Lichas)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act II
George Frideric Handel0:25
22Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 28: Chorus "Jealousy! Infernal pest"
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
performer:
English Baroque Soloists
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 28: Chorus "Jealousy! Infernal pest"
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act II
George Frideric Handel5:50
CD 21: Hercules
CD 22: Judas Maccabaeus
CD 23: Judas Maccabaeus
CD 24: Judas Maccabaeus
CD 25: Solomon
CD 26: Solomon
CD 27: Solomon
CD 28: Giulio Cesare
CD 29: Giulio Cesare
CD 30: Giulio Cesare