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.
First released: 1990

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    L'Allegro - Hence loathed Melancholy
    2:28
  2. 2.
    Il Penseroso - Hence, vain deluding joys
    5:33
  3. 3.
    Il Penseroso - Hence vain deluding joys
    0:53
  4. 4.
    Il Penseroso - Thus night oft see me
    0:21
  5. 5.
    L'Allegro - Come, thou Goddess
    1:34
  6. 6.
    L'Allegro - Populous cities
    3:24
  7. 7.
    Il Penseroso - Come, rather, Goddess
    3:24
  8. 8.
    L'Allegro - There let Hymen oft appear
    2:30
  9. 9.
    Il Penseroso - Me, when the sun begins to fling
    3:59
  10. 10.
    L'Allegro - Haste thee, nymph
    1:14
  11. 11.
    L'Allegro - I'll to the well-trod stage anon
    1:57
  12. 12.
    L'Allegro - Haste thee, nymph (chorus)
    1:13
  13. 13.
    L'Allegro - Come, and trip it (solo, chorus)
    2:33
  14. 14.
    L'Allegro - And ever against eating cares
    3:01
  15. 15.
    Il Penseroso - Come, pensive nun
    1:10
  16. 16.
    L'Allegro - Orpheus 'self may heave his head
    2:41
  17. 17.
    Il Penseroso - Come, but keep thy wonted state - Join with thee (chorus)
    6:21
  18. 18.
    L'Allegro - These delights if thou canst give (solo, chorus)
    3:17
  19. 19.
    L'Allegro - Hence, loathed Melancholy - And if I give thee honour due
    4:13
  20. 20.
    Il Penseroso - But let my due feet never fail
    0:39
  21. 21.
    Il Penseroso - First, and chief, on golden wing
    8:20
  22. 22.
    Il Penseroso - There let the pealing organ blow (chorus) - And let their sweetness
    2:07
  23. 23.
    Il Penseroso - May at last my weary age - These pleasures, Melancholy, give (solo, chorus)
    9:43
  24. 24.
    L'Allegro - If I give thee honour due
    2:35
  25. 25.
    Il Moderato - Hence, boast not - All this company serene
    5:50
  26. 26.
    Il Penseroso - Oft on a plat of rising ground
    3:24
  27. 27.
    Il Penseroso - Far from all resort of Mirth
    3:47
  28. 28.
    Il Moderato - Come, with gentle hand restrain
    1:50
  29. 29.
    L'Allegro - If I give thee honour due
    2:23
  30. 30.
    Il Moderato - No more short life
    2:40
  31. 31.
    L'Allegro - Straight mine eye
    5:47
  32. 32.
    Il Moderato - As steals the morn upon the night
    6:38
  33. 33.
    L'Allegro - Or let the merry bells - And young and old come (chorus)
    4:16
  34. 34.
    Il Moderato - Thy pleasures, Moderation, give
    3:22

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