Venus and Adonis
René Jacobs, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Rosemary Joshua (Soprano), Gerald Finley (Baritone), Robin Blaze (Countertenor), María Cristina Kiehr (Soprano), Christopher Josey (Countertenor), John Bowen (Tenor), Jonathan Brown (Bass)
℗ 1999
Overture
- 02:40Maestoso – Più vivace – Tempo primo
Prologue
- 00:491. 'Behold my arrows and my bow' (Cupid, Chorus)
- 01:592. 'Come, Shepherds all' (Shepherds, Shepherdess)
- 00:483. 'Courtiers, there is no faith in you' (Cupid)
- 02:354. 'In these sweet groves' (Chorus, Shepherds, Shepherdess)
- 01:165. Cupid's Entry
Act I
- 01:331. The Act Tune
- 02:062. 'Venus! Adonis!' (Venus)
- 01:093. 'Hark, hark the rural music sounds' (Venus)
- 02:274. 'Adonis will not hunt today' (Venus)
- 02:335. 'Come, follow the noblest game' (Huntsman, Adonis, Chorus)
- 01:016. A Dance by a Huntsman
Act II
- 02:531. The Act Tune
- 01:432. 'You place with such delightful care' (Venus)
- 01:353. 'The insolent, the arrogant' (Cupid)
- 01:374. "Choose for the formal fool" (Cupid)
- 01:355. A Dance of Cupids
- 00:536. 'Call the Graces' (Venus)
- 01:277. "Mortals below, cupids above" (Chorus of the Graces)
- 01:178. The Graces' Dance
- 00:479. Gavatt
- 01:3510. Sarabrand for the Graces
- 01:4011. A Ground
- 02:0912. The Act Tune
Act III
- 05:051. 'Adonis, uncall'd-for sighs' (Venus, Adonis)
- 02:262. 'With solemn pomp let mourning cupids bear' (Venus)
- 03:203. 'Mourn for thy servant' (Chorus)
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