George Frederick Handel
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
WORKS MUSICS
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Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: I feel, I feel the god, he swells my breast!
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: I feel, I feel the god, he swells my breast!
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Recitativo: He said, the sacred fury left his breast
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: He said, the sacred fury left his breast
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Aria: There in myrtle shades reclined
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: There in myrtle shades reclined
3:21
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Recitativo: Despair not; but let rising hope suspend
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: Despair not; but let rising hope suspend
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Aria: Where congealed the northern streams
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: Where congealed the northern streams
1:53
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Chorus: O filial piety! O gen'rous love!
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Chorus: O filial piety! O gen'rous love!
5:18
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Recitativo: Banish your fears!
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: Banish your fears!
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Aria: Begone, my fears, fly, hence, away!
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: Begone, my fears, fly, hence, away!
3:26
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Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: A train of captives, red with honest wounds
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: A train of captives, red with honest wounds
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Aria: The smiling hours, a joyful train
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: The smiling hours, a joyful train
1:20
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Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Chorus: Let none despair, relief may come though late
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Chorus: Let none despair, relief may come though late
2:25
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Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: Thanks to the pow'rs above, but chief to thee
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: Thanks to the pow'rs above, but chief to thee
1:27
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Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: My father! Ah! methinks I see
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: My father! Ah! methinks I see
5:56
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Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: Now farewell, arms!
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: Now farewell, arms!
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Aria: The god of battle quits the bloody field
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: The god of battle quits the bloody field
2:23
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Recitativo: Ah me! How soon the flatterer hope
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: Ah me! How soon the flatterer hope
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Aria: Daughter of gods, bright liberty!
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: Daughter of gods, bright liberty!
5:55
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Chorus: Crown with festal pomp the day
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Chorus: Crown with festal pomp the day
2:28
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Recitativo: Why was I born a princess
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: Why was I born a princess
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Aria: How blest the maid, ordained to dwell
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: How blest the maid, ordained to dwell
5:56
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Recitativo: It must be so! fame speaks aloud my wrongs
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: It must be so! fame speaks aloud my wrongs
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Aria: When beauty sorrow's liv'ry wears
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: When beauty sorrow's liv'ry wears
2:47
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Recitativo: Whence this unjust suspicion?
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: Whence this unjust suspicion?
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Aria: Ah! think what ills the jealous prove
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: Ah! think what ills the jealous prove
5:52
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Recitativo: It is too sure that Hercules is false/My godlike master? - Is a traitor
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: It is too sure that Hercules is false/My godlike master? - Is a traitor
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Recitativo (cont.): In vain you strive his falsehood to disguise!
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo (cont.): In vain you strive his falsehood to disguise!
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Chorus: Jealousy! Infernal pest
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Chorus: Jealousy! Infernal pest
5:17
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Recitativo: She knows my passion, and has heard me breathe
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: She knows my passion, and has heard me breathe
1:45
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Aria: Banish love from thy breast
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: Banish love from thy breast
2:17
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Recitativo: Forgive a passion, which resistless sways
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: Forgive a passion, which resistless sways
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Aria: From celestial seats descending
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: From celestial seats descending
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Chorus: Wanton god of amorous fires
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Chorus: Wanton god of amorous fires
2:3
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Recitativo: Yes, I congratulate your titles
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: Yes, I congratulate your titles
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Aria: Alcides' name in latest story
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: Alcides' name in latest story
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Recitativo: O glorious pattern of heroic deeds!
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: O glorious pattern of heroic deeds!
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Aria: Resign thy club and lion's spoils
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: Resign thy club and lion's spoils
4:55
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Recitativo: You are deceived! Some villain has belied/Dissebling, false, perfidious Hercules!
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: You are deceived! Some villain has belied/Dissebling, false, perfidious Hercules!
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Aria: Cease, ruler of the day, to rise
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: Cease, ruler of the day, to rise
3:49
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Recitativo: Some kinder pow'r inspire me/Lichas, thy hands shall to the temple bear
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: Some kinder pow'r inspire me/Lichas, thy hands shall to the temple bear
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Aria: As stars, that rise and disappear
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: As stars, that rise and disappear
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Recitativo: But see, the princess Iole, Retire!/Forgive me, princess if my jealous frenzy
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: But see, the princess Iole, Retire!/Forgive me, princess if my jealous frenzy
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Duet: Joys of freedom, joys of pow'r
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Duet: Joys of freedom, joys of pow'r
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Recitativo: Father of Hercules, great Jove
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: Father of Hercules, great Jove
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Chorus: Love and Hymen, hand in hand
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Chorus: Love and Hymen, hand in hand
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Recitativo: Ye sons of Trachin, mourn your valiant chief
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: Ye sons of Trachin, mourn your valiant chief
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Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: Oh scene of unexampled woe
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: Oh scene of unexampled woe
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Chorus: Tyrants now no more shall dread
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Chorus: Tyrants now no more shall dread
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Recitativo accompagnato: O Jove! what land is this
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo accompagnato: O Jove! what land is this
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Recitativo: Great Jove! relieve his pains!
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: Great Jove! relieve his pains!
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Aria: Let not fame the tidings spread
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: Let not fame the tidings spread
4:3
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Recitativo accompagnato: Where shall I fly?
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo accompagnato: Where shall I fly?
6:13
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Recitativo: Lo! the fair, fatal cause of all this ruin!
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: Lo! the fair, fatal cause of all this ruin!
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Aria: My breast with tender pity swells
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: My breast with tender pity swells
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Recitativo: Princess, rejoice! whose heav'n-directed hand
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: Princess, rejoice! whose heav'n-directed hand
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Aria: He, who for Atlas prop'd the sky
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Aria: He, who for Atlas prop'd the sky
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Recitativo: Words are too faint to speak the warring passions
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: Words are too faint to speak the warring passions
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Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Duet: O prince, whose virtues all admire
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Duet: O prince, whose virtues all admire
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Recitativo: Ye sons of freedom, now, in ev'ry clime
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Recitativo: Ye sons of freedom, now, in ev'ry clime
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Chorus: To him your grateful notes of praise belong
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Chorus: To him your grateful notes of praise belong
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My father! Ah, methinks I see
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
My father! Ah, methinks I see
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Act I: Recitative: Now farewell, arms! From hence, the tide of time
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Act I: Recitative: Now farewell, arms! From hence, the tide of time
3:8
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Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Act III: 'Where shall I fly'
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Act III: 'Where shall I fly'
06:38
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O Hercules!...The world when day's career...
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
O Hercules!...The world when day's career...
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Where shall I fly?...See! See they come!...
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Where shall I fly?...See! See they come!...
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Jealousy! Infernal Pest!
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Jealousy! Infernal Pest!
6:1
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Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Act I: Crown With Festal Pomp the Day
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Act I: Crown With Festal Pomp the Day
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Act III: To Him Your Grateful Notes of Praise Belong
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Act III: To Him Your Grateful Notes of Praise Belong
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