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Duration
66 Min
Handel: The Choice of Hercules
The King's Consort, Robert King
Duration
66 Min
George Frideric Handel, Maurice Greene
1
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: I. Sinfonia
01:19
2
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 2, Accompagnato. See Hercules! How Smiles Yon Myrtle Plain (Pleasure)
Susan Gritton
02:42
3
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 3, Air. Come, Blooming Boy (Pleasure)
Susan Gritton
02:19
4
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 4, Air. There the Brisk Sparkling Nectar Drain (Pleasure)
Susan Gritton
02:36
5
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 5, Solo and Chorus. While for Thy Arms That Beauty Glows (Pleasure)
Choir of The King's Consort, Susan Gritton
02:36
6
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 6, Recit. Away, Mistaken Wretch, Away! (Virtue)
Alice Coote
00:30
7
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 7, Air. This Manly Youth's Exalted Mind (Virtue)
Alice Coote
05:32
8
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 8, Recit. Rise, Youth! Exalt Thyself and Me! (Virtue)
Alice Coote
00:17
9
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 9, Air. Go, Assert Thy Heav'nly Race (Virtue)
Alice Coote
02:53
10
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 10, Recit. In Peace, in War (Virtue)
Alice Coote
00:19
11
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 11, Solo and Chorus. So Shalt Thou Gain Immortal Praise (Virtue)
Choir of The King's Consort, Alice Coote
01:47
12
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 12, Recit. Hearst Thou, What Dangers Then Thou Must Engage? (Pleasure)
Susan Gritton
00:27
13
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 13, Solo and Chorus. Turn Thee, Youth, to Joy and Love (Pleasure)
Choir of The King's Consort, Susan Gritton
02:32
14
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 14, Recit. Short Is My Way, Fair, Easy, Smooth and Plain (Pleasure/Hercules)
Susan Gritton, Robin Blaze
00:40
15
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 15, Air. Yet, Can I Hear That Dulcet Lay (Hercules)
Robin Blaze
04:20
16
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 16, Air. Enjoy the Sweet Elysian Grove (Attendant on Pleasure)
Charles Daniels
02:18
17
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 17, Recit. Oh! Whither, Reason, Dost Thou Fly? (Hercules)
Robin Blaze
00:15
18
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 18, Trio. Where Shall I Go? (Hercules/Pleasure/Virtue)
Alice Coote, Robin Blaze, Susan Gritton
01:48
19
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 19, Recit. Mount, Mount the Steep Ascent (Virtue)
Alice Coote
00:40
20
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 20, Air. Mount, Mount the Steep Ascent (Virtue)
Alice Coote
01:03
21
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 21, Chorus. Arise! Mount the Steep Ascent
Choir of The King's Consort
02:08
22
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 22, Recit. The Sounds Breathe Fire Celestial (Hercules)
Robin Blaze
00:15
23
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 23, Air. Lead, Goddess, Lead the Way! (Hercules)
Robin Blaze
04:49
24
George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: No. 24, Chorus. Virtue Will Place Thee in That Blest Abode
Choir of The King's Consort
04:35
25
Maurice Greene
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 1, Solo. Hearken unto Me, Ye Holy Children
Robin Blaze
03:03
26
Maurice Greene
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 2, Chorus. Magnify His Name
Choir of The King's Consort
01:32
27
Maurice Greene
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 3, Chorus. And in Praising Him You Shall Say
Choir of The King's Consort
02:45
28
Maurice Greene
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 4, Solo. To Be a Father to the Fatherless
Charles Daniels
01:44
29
Maurice Greene
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 5, Duet. Therefore Shall He Receive a Glorious Kingdom
Charles Daniels, Robin Blaze
01:42
30
Maurice Greene
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 6, Recit. How Is He Numb'red
Peter Harvey
00:34
31
Maurice Greene
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 7, Solo. His Name Shall Endure for Ever
Peter Harvey
02:18
32
Maurice Greene
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: No. 8, Chorus. Blessed Be the Lord God of Our Fathers
Choir of The King's Consort
03:12
Artists
Robert King
Conductor, Work Editor, Organ, Work Arranger, Harpsichord
The King's Consort
Orchestra
Composers
Maurice Greene
Composer
George Frideric Handel
Composer
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