Album lyrics Great Handel by Ian Bostridge

Great Handel

Ian Bostridge

2007 16 songs

1. Semele, HWV 58, Act 2 Scene 3: No. 29, Air, "Where'er you walk, cool gales shall fan the glade" (Jupiter)

2. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 2, Recitative accompanied, "Comfort ye, my people" (Tenor)

3. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 3, Air, "Every valley shall be exalted" (Tenor)

4. Serse, 'Xerxes', HWV 40: Fronde Tenere

5. Serse 'Xerxes', HWV 40: Ombra Mai Fu (Largo)

6. La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Pt. 1: No. 13, Aria, "Cosi la tortorella talor piange" (San Giovanni)

7. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a, Act 2: No. 15, Air, "Love sounds th'alarm" (Acis)

8. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a, Act 1: No. 7, Air, "Love in her eyes sits playing" (Acis)

9. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a, Act 1: No. 9a, Duet, "Happy we!" (Acis, Galatea)

10. Ariodante, HWV 33, Act 2 Scene 3: No. 23, Aria, "Scherza infida! in grembo al drudo" (Ariodante)

11. Ariodante, HWV 33, Act 3 Scene 8: No. 47, Aria, "Dopo notte, atra e funesta" (Ariodante)

12. Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 2: No. 8, Air, "Total eclipse!" (Samson)

13. L'allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato (Pastoral Ode): III. Il Moderato - Duet: As Steals the Morn

14. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act 3: No. 30, Arioso, "Hide thou thy hated beams (Jephtha)

15. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act 3: No. 31, Recitative, "A father, off'ring up his only child" (Jephtha)

16. Jephtha, HWV 70, Act 3: No. 32, Air, "Waft her, angels, through the skies" (Jephtha)

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