George Frederick Handel
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
WORKS MUSICS
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Act 2. Chorus. Wanton god of amorous fires
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Act 2. Chorus. Wanton god of amorous fires
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Act 2. Recitativo. Yes, I congratulate your titles
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Act 2. Recitativo. Yes, I congratulate your titles
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Act 2. Aria. Alcides' name in latest story
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Act 2. Aria. Alcides' name in latest story
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Act 2. Recitativo. O, glorious pattern of heroic deeds
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Act 2. Recitativo. O, glorious pattern of heroic deeds
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Act 2. Aria. Resign thy club and lion's spoils
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Act 2. Aria. Resign thy club and lion's spoils
4:48
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Act 2. Recitativo. You are deceived
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Act 2. Recitativo. You are deceived
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Act 2. Aria. Cease, ruler of the day, to rise
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Act 2. Aria. Cease, ruler of the day, to rise
2:39
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Act 2. Recitativo. Some kinder pow'r inspire me
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Act 2. Recitativo. Some kinder pow'r inspire me
1:18
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Act 2. Aria. Constant lover's never roving
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Act 2. Aria. Constant lover's never roving
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Act 2. Recitativo. But see, the princess Iöle
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Act 2. Recitativo. But see, the princess Iöle
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Act 2. Aria & Chorus. Still caressing and caress'd
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Act 2. Aria & Chorus. Still caressing and caress'd
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Act 2. Duet. Joys of freedom, joys of pow'r
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Act 2. Duet. Joys of freedom, joys of pow'r
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Act 2. Recitativo. Father of Hercules, great Jove
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Act 2. Recitativo. Father of Hercules, great Jove
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Act 2. Chorus. Love and Hymen
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Act 2. Chorus. Love and Hymen
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Act 3. Recitativo. Ye sons of Trachin, mourn
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Act 3. Recitativo. Ye sons of Trachin, mourn
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Act 3. Aria. O scene of unexampled woe
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Act 3. Aria. O scene of unexampled woe
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Act 3. Recitativo. O fatal jealousy
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Act 3. Recitativo. O fatal jealousy
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Act 3. Chorus. Tyrants now no more shall dread
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Act 3. Chorus. Tyrants now no more shall dread
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Act 3. Arioso. O Jove! What land is this?
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Act 3. Arioso. O Jove! What land is this?
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Act 3. Recitativo. Great Jove
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Act 3. Recitativo. Great Jove
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Act 3. Accompagnato. Was it for this unnumber'd toils
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Act 3. Accompagnato. Was it for this unnumber'd toils
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Act 3. Aria. Let not fame the tidings spread
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Act 3. Aria. Let not fame the tidings spread
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Act 3. Accompagnato. Where shall I fly
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Act 3. Accompagnato. Where shall I fly
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Act 3. Recitativo. Lo! The fair, fatal cause
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Act 3. Recitativo. Lo! The fair, fatal cause
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Act 3. Aria. My breast with tender pity swells
Hercules, oratorio, HWV 60
Act 3. Aria. My breast with tender pity swells
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Act 3. Recitativo & Accompagnato. Princess, rejoice
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Act 3. Recitativo & Accompagnato. Princess, rejoice
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Act 3. Aria. He, who for Atlas prop'd the sky
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Act 3. Aria. He, who for Atlas prop'd the sky
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Act 3. Recitativo & Accompagnato. Words are too faint
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Act 3. Recitativo & Accompagnato. Words are too faint
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Act 3. Recitativo. How blest is Hyllus
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Act 3. Recitativo. How blest is Hyllus
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Act 3. Duet. Oh prince, whose virtues all admire
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Act 3. Duet. Oh prince, whose virtues all admire
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Act 3. Recitativo. Ye sons of freedom
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Act 3. Recitativo. Ye sons of freedom
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Act 3. Chorus. To him your grateful notes of praise
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Act 3. Chorus. To him your grateful notes of praise
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Recitativo accompagnato: See, with what sad dejection in her looks
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Recitativo accompagnato: See, with what sad dejection in her looks
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Aria: No longer, Fate, relentless frown
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Aria: No longer, Fate, relentless frown
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Recitativo accompagnato: O Hercules! why art thou absent from me?
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Recitativo accompagnato: O Hercules! why art thou absent from me?
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Aria: The world, when day's career is run
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Aria: The world, when day's career is run
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Recitativo: Princess! be comforted, and hope the best...My son! dear image of thy absent sire!
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Recitativo: Princess! be comforted, and hope the best...My son! dear image of thy absent sire!
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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
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Recitativo: He said, the sacred fury left his breast
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Aria: There in myrtle shades reclined
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Aria: There in myrtle shades reclined
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Recitativo: Despair not; but let rising hope suspend
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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
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Chorus: O filial piety! O gen'rous love!
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Chorus: O filial piety! O gen'rous love!
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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!
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Aria: Begone, my fears, fly, hence, away!
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Recitativo: A train of captives, red with honest wounds
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Recitativo: A train of captives, red with honest wounds
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Aria: The smiling hours, a joyful train
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Aria: The smiling hours, a joyful train
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Chorus: Let none despair, relief may come though late
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Chorus: Let none despair, relief may come though late
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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
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Aria: My father! Ah! methinks I see
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Aria: My father! Ah! methinks I see
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Recitativo: Now farewell, arms!
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Recitativo: Now farewell, arms!
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Aria: The god of battle quits the bloody field
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Aria: The god of battle quits the bloody field
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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!
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Aria: Daughter of gods, bright liberty!
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Chorus: Crown with festal pomp the day
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Chorus: Crown with festal pomp the day
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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
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Aria: How blest the maid, ordained to dwell
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Recitativo: It must be so! fame speaks aloud my wrongs
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Recitativo: It must be so! fame speaks aloud my wrongs
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Aria: When beauty sorrow's liv'ry wears
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Aria: When beauty sorrow's liv'ry wears
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Recitativo: Whence this unjust suspicion?
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Recitativo: Whence this unjust suspicion?
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Aria: Ah! think what ills the jealous prove
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Aria: Ah! think what ills the jealous prove
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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!
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Recitativo (cont.): In vain you strive his falsehood to disguise!
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Chorus: Jealousy! Infernal pest
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Chorus: Jealousy! Infernal pest
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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
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Aria: Banish love from thy breast
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Aria: Banish love from thy breast
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Recitativo: Forgive a passion, which resistless sways
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Recitativo: Forgive a passion, which resistless sways
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Aria: From celestial seats descending
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Aria: From celestial seats descending
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Chorus: Wanton god of amorous fires
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Chorus: Wanton god of amorous fires
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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
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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
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Recitativo: You are deceived! Some villain has belied/Dissebling, false, perfidious Hercules!
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Recitativo: You are deceived! Some villain has belied/Dissebling, false, perfidious Hercules!
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Aria: Cease, ruler of the day, to rise
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Aria: Cease, ruler of the day, to rise
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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
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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
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Duet: Joys of freedom, joys of pow'r
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Recitativo: Father of Hercules, great Jove
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Recitativo: Father of Hercules, great Jove
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Chorus: Love and Hymen, hand in hand
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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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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
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Chorus: Tyrants now no more shall dread
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Recitativo accompagnato: O Jove! what land is this
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Recitativo accompagnato: O Jove! what land is this
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Recitativo: Great Jove! relieve his pains!
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Recitativo: Great Jove! relieve his pains!
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Aria: Let not fame the tidings spread
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Aria: Let not fame the tidings spread
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Recitativo accompagnato: Where shall I fly?
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Recitativo accompagnato: Where shall I fly?
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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
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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
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Aria: He, who for Atlas prop'd the sky
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Recitativo: Words are too faint to speak the warring passions
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Recitativo: Words are too faint to speak the warring passions
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Duet: O prince, whose virtues all admire
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Duet: O prince, whose virtues all admire
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