Handel / Gabrieli Consort & Players / Mccreesh L'Allegro Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato CD

Following in their series of Gramophone Award and BBC Music Magazine Award winning recordings, Gabrieli's first Handel recording in over a decade is particularly special - recreating in painstaking detail the very first performance of L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, given in 1740, with additional instrumental repertoire including a Handel organ concerto and two concerti grossi. With a reputation as peerless Handelians, Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort & players bring meticulous research to every performance and recording project, and are joined on this disc by a stunning selection of soloists.

1. A Tempo Giusto 2. Allegro 3. Adagio 4. Allegro 5. Allegro 6. Hence! Loathed Melancholy 7. Hence! Vain Deluding Joys 8. Come, Thou Goddess, Fair and Free 9. Come Rather, Goddess, Sage and Holy 10. Haste Thee, Nymph, and Bring with Thee 11. Come and Trip It As You Go 12. Come, Pensive Nun, Devout and Pure 13. Come, But Keep Thy Wonted State 14. Hence Loathed Melancholy 15. Mirth, Admit Me of Thy Crew 16. First, and Chief, on Golden Wing 17. Sweet Bird, That Shuns't the Noise of Folly 18. If I Give Thee Honour Due 19. Mirth, Admit Me of Thy Crew 20. Oft on a Plat of Rising Ground 21. If I Give Thee Honour Due 22. Let Me Wander, Not Unseen 23. Or Let the Merry Bells Ring Round 24. Larghetto 25. Andante 26. Allegro 27. Polonaise - Andante 28. Allegro, Ma Non Troppo 29. Hence, Vain Deluding Joys 30. But O! Sad Virgin, That Thy Power 31. Thus, Night, Oft See Me in Thy Pale Career 32. Populous Cities Please Me Then 33. There Let Hymen Oft Appear 34. Me, When the Sun Begins to Fling 35. Hide Me from Day's Garish Eye 36. I'll to the Well-Trod Stage Anon 37. And Ever Against Eating Cares 38. These Delights If Thou Canst Give 39. But Let My Due Feet Never Fail 40. There Let the Pealing Organ Blow 41. These Pleasures, Melancholy, Give 42. Andante 43. Largo E Piano 44. Fuga 45. Adagio - Organo Ad Libitum 46. Bour?e 47. Hence! Boast Not, Ye Profane 48. Come, with Native Lustre Shine 49. Come, with Gentle Hand Restrain 50. No More Short Life They Then Will Spend 51. Each Action Will Derive New Grace 52. As Steals the Morn Upon the Night 53. Thy Pleasure, Moderation Give