Johann Christoph Pepusch: Venus And Adonis

Venus und Adonis (Oper in 2 Zwischenspielen) (Gesamtaufnahme)
Ouvertüre: Allegro – Adagio e cantabile – Allegro (1. Zwischenspiel)
Hail! Bright Aurora!
How pleasant is ranging the fields
But soft! What nymph is this?
Ah! Sweet Adonis, form’d for joy!
O! Bounteous Goddess!
With her alone I’ll live and die
Your leave, bright Goddess
Swain, thy foolish sports give over
In vain of love you praise the joy
Cease your vain teazing
Ah! Venus lost!
Cupid! Cupid! Bend thy bow
Alas! Alas! It will not be!
Hark! How the cheerful horn
How silly’s the heart of a woman
Such scorn and insult can I bear?
Farewel, Venus! Welcome pleasures!
Prelude: Allegro (2. Zwischenspiel)
From war’s alarms
Beauty now alone shall move him
Down to these woods descending
Gentle slumbers
This way the jolly huntsmens hollow
Chirping warblers
But soft! He moves
What heart yould now refuse thee
Ah! Ruin’d! Lost!
Thus the brave from war returning
Ah! Cruel Mars!
On love what greater curse can fall
Hark! Hark! Adonis, hark away!
O fading joy!
O! Mars, unkind!
O! Believe me!
He’s gone!
O! Welcome! Welcome! Gentle death!
He’s gone – the flitting soul is fled!
Let every tender passion
No more let mortal heart

Philippa Hyde (Adonis) & Clara Hendrick (Venus)

Reference: 0001502RAM
Barcode: 4250128515023
Length: 1:24:41
Label: Ramée