JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)

1

from Cantata BWV 30: 'Kommt ihr angefochtnen Sunder' (c. 1738)

8:46

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)

Hercules (HWV 60, 1744-5)

41:20

2

recit. O Hercules! Why art thou absent from me? (Act 1 Scene 1)

0:46

3

aria. The world when day's career is run (act 1 Scene 1)

4:38

4

recit. Then I am lost! O dreadful oracle! (Act 1 Scene 2)

0:54

5

aria. There in myrtle shades reclined (Act 1 Scene 2)

3:26

Shannon Snapp continuo cello

6

recit. Ye lying omens, hence! (Act 1 Scene 3)

0:10

7

aria. Begone, my fears, fly, hence, away (Act 1 Scene 3)

4:31

8

recit. It must be so! fame speaks alound my wrongs (Act 2 Scene 2)

0:51

with Jayne West soprano (lole)

9

aria. When beauty sorrow's liv'ry wears (act 2 Scene 2)

4:46

Danielle Maddon and Lena Wong violiins

10

recit. O glorious pattern of heroic deeds! (Act 2 Scene 5)

0:38

11

aria. Resign thy club and lion's spoils (Act 2 Scene 5)

6:06

12

aria. Cease, ruler of the day, to rise (Act 2 Scene 6)

3:59

13

duet. Joys of freedom, joys of pow'r (Act 2 Scene 8)

3:56

with Jayne West soprano (lole)

14

Mad Scene: Where shall I Fly? Where hide this guilty head? (Act 3 Scene 3)

6:39

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

15

from Cantata BWV 33: 'Wie furchtsam wankten meine Schritte' (c. 1724)

10:43

John Harbison

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson mezzo-soprano

Craig Smith (tracks 1-14)