L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato HWV 55 (Sung in German)
Rolf Reuter, Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Michael Rabsilber (Tenor), Dagmar Schellenberger (Soprano), Franz Josef Kapellmann (Bass), Jochen Kowalski (Tenor), Věnceslava Hrubá-Freiberger (Soprano), Peter Meyer (Piano)
℗ 1990
- 06:26Overture (Alessandro Severo)
- 01:24Hence, loathed Melancholy (Tenor)
- 01:00Hence, vain deluding joys (Alto)
- 01:35Come, thou Goddess fair and free (Soprano II)
- 02:16Come rather, Goddess, sage and holy (Alto)
- 02:36Haste thee, nymph (Tenor, Chorus)
- 02:52Come and trip it as you go (Soprano II, Chorus)
- 00:47Come, pensive Nun (Soprano I)
- 01:12Come, but keep thy wonted state (Soprano I)
- 03:11There, held in holy passion still - Join with theer (Alto, Chorus)
- 00:33Hence, loathed Melancholy (Tenor, Soprano II)
- 03:59Mirth, admit me of thy crew (Soprano II)
- 00:48First and chief, on golden wing (Soprano I)
- 08:01Sweet bird (Soprano I)
- 00:11If I give thee honour due (Bass)
- 02:22Mirth, admit me of thy crew (Bass)
- 02:55Oft, on a plat of rising ground (Soprano I)
- 03:03Far from all resort of mirth (Soprano I)
- 00:11If I give thee honour due (Tenor)
- 01:26Let me wander not unseen (Tenor)
- 02:03Straight mine eye (Soprano II)
- 01:11Mountains, on whose barren breast (Bass)
- 04:02Or let the merry bells ring round - And young and old come forth to play (Soprano II, Chorus)
- 01:12Hence, vain deluding Joys (Alto)
- 03:07Sometimes let gorgeous Tragedy (Alto)
- 05:34But oh, sad virgin (Soprano I)
- 00:17Thus, Night, oft see me (Soprano II)
- 03:15Populous cities please me then (Bass, Chorus)
- 02:22There let Hymen oft appear (Tenor)
- 00:33Me, when the Sun begins to fling (Alto)
- 02:19Hide me from Day's garnish eye (Alto)
- 01:59I'll to the well-trod stage anon (Tenor)
- 02:22And ever against eating cares (Soprano II)
- 02:48Orpheus self may have his head (Bass)
- 03:31These delights if thou canst give (Tenor, Chorus)
- 00:39But let my due feet never fail (Soprano I)
- 01:52There let the pealing organ blow (Soprano I, Chorus)
- 03:17May at last my weary age (Alto)
- 05:30These pleasures, Melancholy, give (Soprano I, Chorus)
- 00:24Hence! Boast not, ye profane (Bass)
- 02:42Come, with native lustre shine (Bass)
- 02:18Sweet Temp'rance (Bass, Chorus)
- 01:44Come, with gentle hand restrain (Soprano I)
- 00:34No more short life they then will spend in straying (Soprano II)
- 02:20Each action will derive new grace (Soprano II)
- 05:36As steals the morn upon the night (Soprano I, Tenor)
- 02:18Thy pleasures, Moderation, give (Chorus)
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