The Choice of Hercules
Album by Handel; Susan Gritton, Alice Coote, Robin Blaze, Choir of the King’s Consort, The King’s Consort, Robert King
Released 2 April 2002
Tracklist
- 1The Choice of Hercules: SinfoniaGeorge Frideric Handel1:18
- 2The Choice of Hercules: "See Hercules! how smiles yon myrtle plain"George Frideric Handel2:42
- 3The Choice of Hercules: "Come, blooming boy"George Frideric Handel2:19
- 4The Choice of Hercules: "There the brisk sparkling nectar drain"George Frideric Handel2:36
- 5The Choice of Hercules: "While for thy arms that beauty glows"George Frideric Handel2:36
- 6The Choice of Hercules: "Away, mistaken wretch, away!"George Frideric Handel0:30
- 7The Choice of Hercules: "This manly youth's exalted mind"George Frideric Handel5:31
- 8The Choice of Hercules: "Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me!"George Frideric Handel0:17
- 9The Choice of Hercules: "Go, assert thy heav'nly race"George Frideric Handel2:52
- 10The Choice of Hercules: "In peace, in war"George Frideric Handel0:18
- 11The Choice of Hercules: "So shalt thou gain immortal praise"George Frideric Handel1:46
- 12The Choice of Hercules: "Hearst thou, what dangers then thou must engage"George Frideric Handel0:27
- 13The Choice of Hercules: "Turn thee, youth, to joy and love"George Frideric Handel2:32
- 14The Choice of Hercules: "Short is my way, fair, easy, smooth and plain"George Frideric Handel0:39
- 15The Choice of Hercules: "Yet, can I hear that dulcet lay"George Frideric Handel4:19
- 16The Choice of Hercules: "Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove"George Frideric Handel2:18
- 17The Choice of Hercules: "Oh! whither, reason, dost thou fly?"George Frideric Handel0:15
- 18The Choice of Hercules: "Where shall I go?"George Frideric Handel1:47
- 19The Choice of Hercules: Recitative "Mount, mount the steep ascent"George Frideric Handel0:40
- 20The Choice of Hercules: Air "Mount, mount the steep ascent"George Frideric Handel1:02
- 21The Choice of Hercules: "Arise! mount the steep ascent"George Frideric Handel2:08
- 22The Choice of Hercules: "The sounds breathe fire"George Frideric Handel0:15
- 23The Choice of Hercules: "Lead, goddess, lead the way!"George Frideric Handel4:49
- 24The Choice of Hercules: "Virtue will place thee in that blest abode"George Frideric Handel4:34
- 25Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: "Hearken unto me, ye holy children"Maurice Greene3:02
- 26Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: "Magnify His name"Maurice Greene1:32
- 27Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: "And in praising him you shall say"Maurice Greene2:45
- 28Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: "To be a father to the fatherless"Maurice Greene1:43
- 29Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: "Therefore shall he receive a glorious kingdom"Maurice Greene1:42
- 30Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: How is he numb'red"Maurice Greene0:34
- 31Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: "His name shall endure forever"Maurice Greene2:18
- 32Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: "Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers"Maurice Greene3:11
More by Handel, Susan Gritton, Alice Coote, Robin Blaze, Choir of the King’s Consort, The King’s Consort, Robert King
Release credits
- mezzo-soprano vocals [6-11, 18-20]
- assistant
- producer
- tenor vocals [16, 28-29]
- choir vocals [5, 11, 13, 21, 24, 26-27, 32]
- bass vocals [30-31]
- engineer
- conductor
- countertenor vocals [14-15, 17-18, 22-23, 25, 29]
- soprano vocals [2-5, 12-14, 18]
- performing orchestra
Issues
T2 April 2002





