The King'S Consort, Robert King - Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (1999)

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Title: Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
Year Of Release: 1999
Label: Hyperion
Genre: Classical
Quality: flac lossless (tracks) +Booklet
Total Time: 02:17:48
Total Size: 580 mb
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CD1
01. Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 6 No. 10
02. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 1, Accompagnato. Hence, Loathed Melancholy (L'Allegro)
03. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 2, Accompagnato. Hence, Vain Deluding Joys (Il Penseroso)
04. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 3, Air. Come, Thou Goddess Fair and Free (L'Allegro)
05. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 4, Air. Come Rather, Goddess, Sage and Holy (Il Penseroso)
06. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 5, Air & Chorus. Haste Thee, Nymph, and Bring with Thee (L'Allegro)
07. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 6, Air & Chorus. Come and Trip It as You Go (L'Allegro)
08. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 7, Accompagnato. Come, Pensive Nun, Devout and Pure (Il Penseroso)
09. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 8, Air. Come, but Keep Thy Wonted State (Il Penseroso)
10. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 9, Accompagnato & Chorus. There, Held in Holy Passion Still (Il Penseroso)
11. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 10, Recit. Hence, Loathed Melancholy! (L'Allegro)
12. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 11, Air. Mirth, Admit Me of Thy Crew (L'Allegro)
13. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 12, Accompagnato. First and Chief, on Golden Wing (Il Penseroso)
14. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 13, Air. Sweet Bird, That Shun'st the Noise of Folly (Il Penseroso)
15. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 14, Recit. If I Give Thee Honour Due (L'Allegro)
16. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 15, Air. Mirth, Admit Me of Thy Crew (L'Allegro)
17. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 16, Air. Oft on a Plat of Rising Ground (Il Penseroso)
18. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 17, Air. Far from All Resort of Mirth (Il Penseroso)
19. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 18, Recit. If I Give Thee Honour Due (L'Allegro)
20. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 19, Air. Let Me Wander Not Unseen (L'Allegro)
21. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 20, Air. Straight Mine Eye Hath Caught New Pleasures (L'Allegro)
22. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 21, Accompagnato. Mountains, on Whose Barren Breast (L'Allegro)
23. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 22, Air & Chorus. Or Let the Merry Bells Ring Round (L'Allegro)

CD2
01. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 2: No. 1, Accompagnato. Hence, Vain Deluding Joys (Il Penseroso)
02. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 2: No. 2, Air. Sometimes Let Gorgeous Tragedy (Il Penseroso)
03. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 2: No. 3, Air. But O, Sad Virgin, That Thy Pow'r (Il Penseroso)
04. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 2: No. 4, Air. Thus, Night, Oft See Me in Thy Pale Career (Il Penseroso)
05. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 2: No. 5, Chorus. Populous Cities Please Me Then (L'Allegro)
06. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 2: No. 6, Air. There Let Hymen Oft Appear (L'Allegro)
07. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 2: No. 7, Accompagnato. Me, When the Sun Begins to Fling (Il Penseroso)
08. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 2: No. 8, Air. Hide Me from Day's Garish Eye (Il Penseroso)
09. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 2: No. 9, Air. I'll to the Well-Trod Stage Anon (L'Allegro)
10. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 2: No. 10, Air. And Ever Against Eating Cares (L'Allegro)
11. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 2: No. 11, Air. Orpheus' Self May Heave His Head (L'Allegro)
12. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 2: No. 12, Air & Chorus. These Delights If Thou Canst Give (L'Allegro)
13. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 2: No. 13, Recit. But Let My Due Feet Never Fail (Il Penseroso)
14. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 2: No. 14, Chorus. There Let the Pealing Organ Blow (Il Penseroso)
15. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 2: No. 15, Air. May at Last My Weary Age (Il Penseroso)
16. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 2: No. 16, Fugue. Organo ad libitum il soggetto della fuga seguente
17. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 2: No. 17, Chorus. These Pleasures, Melancholy, Give (Il Penseroso)
18. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 3: No. 1, Accompagnato. Hence! Boast Not, Ye Profane (Il Moderato)
19. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 3: No. 2, Air. Come, with Native Lustre Shine (Il Moderato)
20. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 3: No. 3, Accompagnato & Chorus. Sweet Temp'rance in Thy Right Hand Bear (Il Moderato)
21. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 3: No. 4, Air. Come, with Gentle Hand Restrain (Il Moderato)
22. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 3: No. 5, Recit. No More Short Life They Then Will Spend (Il Moderato)
23. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 3: No. 6, Air. Each Action Will Derive New Grace (Il Moderato)
24. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 3: No. 7, Duet. As Steals the Morn upon the Night (Il Moderato)
25. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 3: No. 8, Chorus. Thy Pleasures, Moderation, Give (Il Moderato)

Ten years ago Robert King and The King's Consort made a stunning recording of Handel's Fireworks Music; now comes the turn of the Water Music, and the results are even more impressive.

George Philipp Telemann's Wassermusik (commonly known as 'Hamburger Ebb und Fluth' – an oblique reference to the local method of sewage disposal!) was composed for a grand celebration of seafaring life during 1723. The music was noted at the time for being 'uncommonly well-suited to the occasion', and not least for its subject-matter: Telemann guides his audience through a pageant of aquatic folklore and meteorology.

Six years earlier Handel had been commissioned for a directly comparable occasion: an enormous party on the river Thames given by George I. A large orchestra was present on the musicians' barge: a good-size string section and a substantial wind presence. The sound of a large baroque wind band produces a magnificent sonority. Similarly, a colourful continuo force on the river seems probable. The rhythmic impetus of a pair of baroque guitars combined with the colours of two harpsichords lends the music a vital danceband-like rhythm section, much in keeping with the King's colourful intentions for his evening's entertainment!