CD 69 tracks, 175:37
Opera
George Friedric Händel - Hercules
Archiv (2002)
#809
Hercules Act 1 63:58
01  Act I - Overtura 04:32
02  Menuetto 02:02
03  Scene 1 - Recitativo - See, whith what sad dejection in her looks (Lichas) 02:01
04  Aria - No longer, Fate, relentless, frown (Lichas) 05:45
05  Recitativo- O Hercules why art thous absent from me (Dejanira) 00:50
06  Aria - The world when day's career is run (Dejanira) 04:30
07  Recitativo - Princess be comfoted and hope the best (Lichas, Dejanira) 01:25
08  Scene 2 - Aria - I feel I feel the god, he swells my breast (Hyllus) 01:33
09  Recitativo - He said the sacred fury left his breast (Hyllus, Dejanira) 00:58
10  Aria - There in myrtle shades reclined (Dejanira) 03:21
11  Recitativo - Despair not, but let rising hope suspend (Hyllus) 00:26
12  Aria - Where congealed the northern streams (Hyllus) 01:53
13  Chorus - O filial piety! O gen'rous love! 05:18
14  Scene 3 - Recitativo - Banish your fears! (Lichas, Dejanira) 00:30
15  Aria - Begone my fears fly hence away (Dejanira) 03:26
16  Recitativo - A train of captives, red with honest wounds (Lichas, Hyllus, Dejanira) 00:54
17  Aria - The smiling hours, a joyful train (Lichas) 01:20
18  Chorus - Let non despair, relief may come tough late 02:25
19  Scene 4 - March 01:49
20  Recitativo - Thanks to the pow'rs above, but chief to thee (Hercules, Iole) 01:27
21  Aria - My father! Ah! methinks i see (Iole) 05:56
22  Scene 5 - Recitativo - Now farewell, arms! (Hercules) 00:25
23  Aria - The god of battle quits the bloody field (Hercules) 02:23
24  Recitattivo - Ah me! how soon the flatterer hope (Iole) 00:26
25  Aria - Daughter of gods, bright liberty! (Iole) 05:55
26  Chorus - Crown with festal pomp the day 02:28
Hercules Act 2 65:07
01  Acte II - Sinfonia 01:11
02  Scene 1 - Recitavo : Why was I born a princess (Iole) 00:18
03  Aria : How blest the maid, ordained to dwell (Iole) 05:56
04  Scene 2 - Recitativo : It must be so! fame speaks aloud my wrongs (Dejanira, Iole) 00:38
05  Aria : When beauty sorrow's liv'ry wears (Dejanira) 02:47
06  Recitativo : Whence this unjust suspicion (Iole, Dejanira) 01:10
07  Aria : Ah! think what ills the jealous prove (Iole) 05:52
08  Recitativo : It is too sure that Hercules is false (Dejanira) 00:19
09  Scene 3 - Recitativo : In vain you strive his falsehood to disguise (Dejanira, Lichas) 00:16
10  Chorus : Jealousy! Infernal pest 05:17
11  Scene 4 - Recitativo : She knows my passion, and has heard me breathe (Hyllus, Iole) 01:45
12  Aria : Banish love from thy breast (Iole) 02:17
13  Recitativo : Forgive a passion, which resistless sways (Hyllus) 00:10
14  Aria : From celestial seats descending (Hyllus) 05:36
15  Chorus : Wanton god of amorous fires 02:03
16  Scene 5 - Recitativo : Yes, I congratulate your titles (Dejanira, Hercules) 00:44
17  Aria : Alcides' name in latest story (Hercules) 04:47
18  Recitativo : O glorious pattern of heroic deeds! (Dejanira) 00:29
19  Aria : Resign thy club and lion's spoils (Dejanira) 04:55
20  Recitativo : You are deceived! Some villain has belied (Hercules, Dejanira) 01:29
21  Scene 6 - Aria : Cease, ruler of the day, to rise (Dejanira) 03:49
22  Recitativo : Some kinder pow'r inspire me (Dejanira) 01:26
23  Aria : As stars, that rise and disappear (Lichas) 03:54
24  Recitativo : But see, the princess Iole, Retire! (Dejanira) 01:15
25  Scene 8 - Duet : Joys of freedom, joys of pow'r (Dejanira, Iole) 02:32
26  Recitativo : Father of Hercules, great Jove (Dejanira) 00:17
27  Chorus : Love and Hymen, hand in hand 03:55
Hercules Act 3 46:32
01  Act III, Sinfonia 03:53
02  Act III, Scene 1, Recitativo : Ye sons of Trachin, mourn your valiant chief 01:26
03  Act III, Scene 1, Aria : Oh scene of unexampled woe 03:06
04  Act III, Scene 1, Chorus : Tyrants now no more shall dread 04:14
05  Act III, Scene 2, Reci acc : O Jove ! what land is this 02:23
06  Act III, Scene 2, Recitativo : Great Jove ! Relieve his pains ! 02:09
07  Act III, Scene 2, Aria : Let not fame the tidings spread 04:03
08  Act III, Scene 3, Reci acc : Where shall I fly ? 06:13
09  Act III, Scene 4, Recitativo : Lo ! the fair, fatal cause of all this ruin ! 01:16
10  Act III, Scene 2, Aria : My breast with tender pity swells 06:49
11  Act III, Scene 5, Recitativo : Princess, rejoice ! whose heav'n-directed hand 01:46
12  Act III, Scene 5, Aria : He, who for Atlas prop'd the sky 01:50
13  Act III, Scene 5, Recitativo : Words are too faint to speak the warring passions 01:06
14  Act III, Scene 5, Duet : O prince, whose virtues all admire 03:26
15  Act III, Scene 5, Recittativo : Ye sons of freedom, now, in ev'ry clime 00:17
16  Act III, Scene 5, Chorus : To him your grateful notes of praise belong 02:35
Muzikanten
Bas Gidon Saks
Mezzo-sopraan Anne Sofie Von Otter
Tenor Richard Croft
Sopraan Lynne Dawson
Counter-tenor David Daniels
Solisten Marcus Pucol
Medewerkers
Dirigent Marc Minkowski
Orkest Les Musicien Du Louvre