L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato

Album by George Frideric Handel & Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists & Sir John Eliot Gardiner

L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato is a pastoral ode by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1740. The work sets texts adapted from John Milton to contrasting choruses and arias that portray cheerful and contemplative moods, and it exemplifies Handel's mature English vocal writing by blending Italianate virtuosity with English choral and pastoral elements.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    L'Allegro - Hence loathed Melancholy
    2:28
  2. 2.
    Il Penseroso - Hence vain deluding joys
    0:53
  3. 3.
    L'Allegro - Come, thou Goddess
    1:34
  4. 4.
    Il Penseroso - Come, rather, Goddess
    3:24
  5. 5.
    L'Allegro - Haste thee, nymph
    1:14
  6. 6.
    L'Allegro - Haste thee, nymph (chorus)
    1:13
  7. 7.
    L'Allegro - Come, and trip it (solo, chorus)
    2:33
  8. 8.
    Il Penseroso - Come, pensive nun
    1:10
  9. 9.
    Il Penseroso - Come, but keep thy wonted state - Join with thee (chorus)
    6:21
  10. 10.
    L'Allegro - Hence, loathed Melancholy - And if I give thee honour due
    4:13
  11. 11.
    Il Penseroso - First, and chief, on golden wing
    8:20
  12. 12.
    L'Allegro - If I give thee honour due
    2:35
  13. 13.
    Il Penseroso - Oft on a plat of rising ground
    3:24
  14. 14.
    Il Penseroso - Far from all resort of Mirth
    3:47
  15. 15.
    L'Allegro - If I give thee honour due
    2:23
  16. 16.
    L'Allegro - Straight mine eye
    5:47
  17. 17.
    L'Allegro - Or let the merry bells - And young and old come (chorus)
    4:16

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Il Penseroso - Hence, vain deluding joys
    5:33
  2. 3.
    Il Penseroso - Thus night oft see me
    0:21
  3. 4.
    L'Allegro - Populous cities
    3:24
  4. 5.
    L'Allegro - There let Hymen oft appear
    2:30
  5. 6.
    Il Penseroso - Me, when the sun begins to fling
    3:59
  6. 7.
    L'Allegro - I'll to the well-trod stage anon
    1:57
  7. 8.
    L'Allegro - And ever against eating cares
    3:01
  8. 9.
    L'Allegro - Orpheus 'self may heave his head
    2:41
  9. 10.
    L'Allegro - These delights if thou canst give (solo, chorus)
    3:17
  10. 11.
    Il Penseroso - But let my due feet never fail
    0:39
  11. 12.
    Il Penseroso - There let the pealing organ blow (chorus) - And let their sweetness
    2:07
  12. 13.
    Il Penseroso - May at last my weary age - These pleasures, Melancholy, give (solo, chorus)
    9:43
  13. 14.
    Il Moderato - Hence, boast not - All this company serene
    5:50
  14. 15.
    Il Moderato - Come, with gentle hand restrain
    1:50
  15. 16.
    Il Moderato - No more short life
    2:40
  16. 17.
    Il Moderato - As steals the morn upon the night
    6:38
  17. 18.
    Il Moderato - Thy pleasures, Moderation, give
    3:22

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