No. |
Title |
Length |
1. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: I. Sinfonia |
1:18 |
2. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: II. Accompagnato. See Hercules! how smiles yon myrtle plain (Pleasure) (featuring Susan Gritton) |
2:42 |
3. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: III. Air. Come, blooming boy (Pleasure) (featuring Susan Gritton) |
2:19 |
4. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: IV. Air. There the brisk sparkling nectar drain (Pleasure) (featuring Susan Gritton) |
2:36 |
5. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: V. Solo and Chorus. While for thy arms that beauty glows (Pleasure) (featuring Susan Gritton, King's Consort Choir) |
2:36 |
6. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: VI. Recitative. Away, mistaken wretch, away! (Virtue) (featuring Alice Coote) |
0:30 |
7. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: VII. Air. This manly youth's exalted mind (Virtue) (featuring Alice Coote) |
5:31 |
8. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: VIII. Recitative. Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me! (Virtue) (featuring Alice Coote) |
0:17 |
9. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: IX. Air. Go, assert thy heav'nly race (Virtue) (featuring Alice Coote) |
2:52 |
10. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: X. Recitative. In peace, in war (Virtue) (featuring Alice Coote) |
0:18 |
11. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: XI. Solo and Chorus. So shalt thou gain immortal praise (Virtue) (featuring Alice Coote, King's Consort Choir) |
1:46 |
12. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: XII. Recitative. Hearst thou, what dangers then thou must engage? (Pleasure) (featuring Susan Gritton) |
0:27 |
13. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: XIII. Solo and Chorus. Turn thee, youth, to joy and love (Pleasure) (featuring Susan Gritton, King's Consort Choir) |
2:32 |
14. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: XIV. Recitative. Short is my way, fair, easy, smooth and plain (Pleasure/Hercules) (featuring Robin Blaze, Susan Gritton) |
0:39 |
15. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: XV. Air. Yet, can I hear that dulcet lay (Hercules) (featuring Robin Blaze) |
4:19 |
16. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: XVI. Air. Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove (Attendant on Pleasure) (featuring Charlie Daniels) |
2:18 |
17. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: XVII. Recitative. Oh! whither, reason, dost thou fly? (Hercules) (featuring Robin Blaze) |
0:15 |
18. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: XVIII. Trio. Where shall I go? (Hercules/Pleasure/Virtue) (featuring Robin Blaze, Susan Gritton, Alice Coote) |
1:47 |
19. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: XIX. Recitative. Mount, mount the steep ascent (Virtue) (featuring Alice Coote) |
0:40 |
20. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: XX. Air. Mount, mount the steep ascent (Virtue) (featuring Alice Coote) |
1:02 |
21. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: XXI. Chorus. Arise! mount the steep ascent (featuring King's Consort Choir) |
2:08 |
22. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: XXII. Recitative. The sounds breathe fire celestial (Hercules) (featuring Robin Blaze) |
0:15 |
23. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: XXIII. Air. Lead, goddess, lead the way! (Hercules) (featuring Robin Blaze) |
4:49 |
24. |
The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: XXIV. Chorus. Virtue will place thee in that blest abode (featuring King's Consort Choir) |
4:34 |
25. |
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: I. Solo. Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children (featuring Robin Blaze) |
3:02 |
26. |
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: II. Chorus. Magnify His name (featuring King's Consort Choir) |
1:32 |
27. |
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: III. Chorus. And in praising Him you shall say (featuring King's Consort Choir) |
2:45 |
28. |
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: IV. Solo. To be a father to the fatherless (featuring Charlie Daniels) |
1:43 |
29. |
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: V. Duet. Therefore shall he receive a glorious kingdom (featuring Charlie Daniels, Robin Blaze) |
1:42 |
30. |
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: VI. Recitative. How is he numb'red (featuring Peter Harvey) |
0:34 |
31. |
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: VII. Solo. His name shall endure for ever (featuring Peter Harvey) |
2:18 |
32. |
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: VIII. Chorus. Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers (featuring King's Consort Choir) |
3:11 |