Der vorliegende Mitschnitt von den Händel-Festspielen Göttingen 2018 präsentiert mit The Choice of Hercules eines der leider eher selten aufgeführten Oratorien Händels, was womöglich an dessen relativer Kürze und dem weltlichen Sujet liegt. Jedoch scheint auch hier immer wieder der erfahrene Musikdramatiker Händel durch. Ihm zur Seite steht mit dem pompösen Dettingen Te Deum (zur Feier des Sieges bei Dettingen im Rahmen des Österreichischen Erbfolgekrieges im Jahr 1743) eines der populärsten geistlichen Werke des Komponisten. Für musikalische Feierlaune sorgen Laurence Cummings, das Händel-Festspielorchester, exzellente Solisten sowie der berühmte Christ Church Cathedral Choir Oxford.
CD 1 | |||
1 | The Choice of Hercules | ||
2 | See Hercules! how smiles yon myrtle plain | 00:02:43 | |
3 | Come, blooming boy | 00:01:38 | |
4 | There the brisk sparkling nectar drain | 00:02:26 | |
5 | While for thy arms that beauty glows | 00:02:03 | |
6 | Away, mistaken wretch, away! | 00:00:28 | |
7 | This manly youth`s exalted mind | 00:06:31 | |
8 | Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me | 00:00:17 | |
9 | Go, assert thy heav`nly race | 00:02:53 | |
10 | In peace, in war | 00:00:16 | |
11 | So shalt thou gain immortal praise | 00:01:57 | |
12 | Hearst thou, what dangers then thou must engage? | 00:00:29 | |
13 | Turn thee, youth, to joy and love | 00:02:34 | |
14 | Short is my way, fair, easy, smooth and plain | 00:00:41 | |
15 | Yet, can I hear that dulcet lay | 00:04:09 | |
16 | Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove | 00:02:27 | |
17 | Oh! whither, reason, dost thou fly? | 00:00:13 | |
18 | Where shall I go? | 00:01:51 | |
19 | Mount, mount the steep ascent | 00:00:48 | |
20 | Mount, mount the steep ascent | 00:01:14 | |
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21 | Arise! mount the steep ascent | 00:01:57 | |
22 | The sounds breathe fire | 00:00:17 | |
23 | Lead, goddess, lead the way! | 00:04:55 | |
24 | Virtue will place thee in that blest abode | 00:04:39 | |
CD 2 | |||
1 | Dettingen Te Deum HWV 283 | ||
2 | All the earth doth worship thee | 00:00:17 | |
3 | To thee all angels cry aloud | 00:04:55 | |
4 | To thee Cherubim and Seraphim | 00:04:39 | |
5 | The glorious company of the Apostels | 00:02:32 | |
6 | Thou art the King of Glory | 00:02:35 | |
7 | When thou tookest upon thee | 00:02:52 | |
8 | When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death | 00:01:46 | |
9 | Thou sittest at the right hand of God | 00:03:22 | |
10 | Symphony | 00:00:34 | |
11 | We therefore pray thee | 00:01:26 | |
12 | Make them to be number`d | 00:01:26 | |
13 | Day by day we magnify thee | 00:03:09 | |
14 | Vouchsafe, O Lord | 00:02:04 | |
15 | O Lord, in thee have I trusted | 00:04:25 |