Handel: L’Allegro,  Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato – Gardiner

L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato HWV 55 (Ode)
Accompagnato: Hence loathed Melancholy (Teil 1)
Accompagnato: Hence vain deluding joys
Arie: Come, thou goddess fair and free
Arie: Come rather, goddess sage and holy
Arie: Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee
Chor: Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee
Arie – Chorus: Come, and trip it as you go
Accompagnato: Come, pensive nun, devout and pure
Arioso: Come, but keep thy wonted state – Accompagnato – Chorus: There held in holy passion still
Rezitativ: Hence, loathed melancholy – Arie: Mirth, admit me of thy crew
Accompagnato: First, and chief, on gold wing – Arie: Sweet bird, that shun’st the noise of folly
Rezitativ: If I give thee honour due – Arie: Mirth, admit me of thy crew!
Arie: Oft on a plat of rising ground
Arie: Far from all resort of mirth
Rezitativ: If I give thee honour due – Arie: Let me wander not unseen
Arie: Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures – Accompagnato: Mounrtains, on whose barren breast – …
Arie: Or let the merry bells ring around
Accompagnato: Hence, vain deluding joys – Arie: Sometimes let gorgeous tragedy (Teil 2)
Rezitativ: Thus, night, oft see me in thy pale career
Solo: Poplulous cities please me then
Arie: There let Hymen oft appear
Accompagnato: Me, when the sun begins to fling – Arie: Hide me from day’s garish eye
Arie: I’ll to the well-trod stage anon
Arie: And ever against eating cares
Arie: Orpheus self may heave his head
Arie: These delights if thou canst give
Rezitativ: But let my due feet never fail
Chor – Solo: There let the pealing organ blow
Arie: May at last my weary age – Solo: These pleasures, Melancholy, give
Accompagnato: Hence, boast not, ye profane – Arie: Come, with native lustre shine – … (Teil 3)
Arie: Come, with gentle hand restrain
Rezitativ: No more short life they then will spend – Arie: Each action will derive new grace
Duett: As steals the morn upon the night
Chorus: Thy pleasures, Moderation, give

John Eliot Gardiner The Monteverdi Choir