G.F. Händel - LAllegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Christie, 2005)

L'ALLEGRO, IL PENSEROSO ED IL MODERATO (HWV 55)
Pastoral Ode in 3 parts
Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Libretto: Charles Jennens (1700–1773)
First performance: Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London (27 February 1740)

Sophie Daneman
Tristan Hambleton
Paul Agnew
Andrew Foster-Williams

Conductor: William Christie
Les Arts Florissants
Recorded live at the Theatre des Champs Élysées, Paris (30 April 2005)

Libretto available at: http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/libretti/allegro.htm

Picture: Detail from "La Primavera" by Sandro Botticelli (late 1470s or early 1480s).

PART I
00:00 Overture - Allegro (from Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 6, No. 10, HWV 328)
03:43 "Hence loathed Melancholy" (Accompagnato of L'Allegro)
06:07 "Hence vain deluding joys" (Accompagnato of Il Penseroso)
07:02 "Come, thou goddess fair and free" (Air of L'Allegro)
08:29 "Come rather, goddess sage and holy" (Air of Il Penseroso)
11:30 "Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee" (Air for L'Allegro and Chorus)
13:57 "Come, and trip it as you go" (Air for L'Allegro and Chorus)
16:34 "Come, pensive nun, devout and pure" (Accompagnato for Il Penseroso)
17:39 "Come, but keep thy wonted state" (Arioso for Il Penseroso)
20:05 "Hence, loathed Melancholy" (Recitative)
20:32 "Mirth, admit me of thy crew" (Air for L'Allegro)
24:12 "First, and chief, on golden wing" (Accompagnato for Il Penseroso)
24:58 "Sweet bird, that shun'st the noise of folly" (Air for Il Penseroso)
32:46 "If I give thee honour due" (Recitative)
32:54 "Mirth, admit me of thy crew!" (Air for L'Allegro)
35:23 "Oft on a plat of rising ground" (Air for Il Penseroso)
39:00 "If I give thee honour due" (Recitative)
39:13 "Let me wander, not unseen" (Air for L'Allegro)
41:19 "Or let the merry bells ring round" (Air for L'Allegro and Chorus)

PART II
45:37 "But oh, sad virgin, that thy pow'r" (Air for Il Penseroso)
52:00 "Hence, vain deluding joys" (Accompagnato for Il Penseroso)
53:09 "Thus night oft see me in thy pale career" (Recitative)
53:25 "Populous cities please me then" (Il Penseroso and Chorus)
56:35 "There let Hymen oft appear" (Air for L'Allegro)
58:45 "Me, when the sun begins to fling" (Accompagnato for Il Penseroso)
59:26 "Hide me from day's garish eye" (Air for Il Penseroso)
1:02:22 "I'll to the well-trod stage anon" (Air for L'Allegro)
1:04:16 "And ever against eating cares" (Air for L'Allegro)
1:07:10 "These delights if thou canst give" (Air for L'Allegro and Chorus)
1:10:23 "But let my due feet never fail" (Recitative)
1:11:04 "There let the pealing organ blow" (Chorus and Il Penseroso)
1:16:34 "These pleasures, Melancholy, give" (Il Penseroso and Chorus)

PART III
1:21:42 "Hence, boast not, ye profane" (Accompagnato for Il Moderato)
1:22:09 "Come, with native lustre shine" (Air for Il Moderato)
1:24:57 "Sweet temp'rance in thy right hand bear" (Accompagnato for Il Moderato and Chorus)
1:27:19 "Come, with gentle hand restrain" (Air for Il Moderato)
1:29:04 "No more short life they then will spend" (Recitative)
1:29:52 "Each action will derive new grace" (Air for Il Moderato)
1:32:01 "As steals the morn upon the night" (Il Moderato - Duet)
1:37:59 "Thy pleasures, Moderation, give" (Chorus)