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The Choice of Hercules
classical · 2002 · 32 tracks

The Choice of Hercules

George Frideric Handel

April 2, 2002 · Pro Arte

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Tracklist · 32 Tracks
01
The Choice of Hercules: Sinfonia
1:19
02
The Choice of Hercules: "See Hercules! how smiles yon myrtle plain"
2:42
03
The Choice of Hercules: "Come, blooming boy"
2:19
04
The Choice of Hercules: "There the brisk sparkling nectar drain"
2:36
05
The Choice of Hercules: "While for thy arms that beauty glows"
2:36
06
The Choice of Hercules: "Away, mistaken wretch, away!"
0:30
07
The Choice of Hercules: "This manly youth's exalted mind"
5:32
08
The Choice of Hercules: "Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me!"
0:17
09
The Choice of Hercules: "Go, assert thy heav'nly race"
2:53
10
The Choice of Hercules: "In peace, in war"
0:19
11
The Choice of Hercules: "So shalt thou gain immortal praise"
1:47
12
The Choice of Hercules: "Hearst thou, what dangers then thou must engage"
0:27
13
The Choice of Hercules: "Turn thee, youth, to joy and love"
2:32
14
The Choice of Hercules: "Short is my way, fair, easy, smooth and plain"
0:40
15
The Choice of Hercules: "Yet, can I hear that dulcet lay"
4:20
16
The Choice of Hercules: "Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove"
2:18
17
The Choice of Hercules: "Oh! whither, reason, dost thou fly?"
0:15
18
The Choice of Hercules: "Where shall I go?"
1:48
19
The Choice of Hercules: Recitative "Mount, mount the steep ascent"
0:40
20
The Choice of Hercules: Air "Mount, mount the steep ascent"
1:03
21
The Choice of Hercules: "Arise! mount the steep ascent"
2:08
22
The Choice of Hercules: "The sounds breathe fire"
0:15
23
The Choice of Hercules: "Lead, goddess, lead the way!"
4:49
24
The Choice of Hercules: "Virtue will place thee in that blest abode"
4:35
25
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: "Hearken unto me, ye holy children"
3:03
26
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: "Magnify His name"
1:32
27
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: "And in praising him you shall say"
2:45
28
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: "To be a father to the fatherless"
1:44
29
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: "Therefore shall he receive a glorious kingdom"
1:42
30
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: How is he numb'red"
0:34
31
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: "His name shall endure forever"
2:18
32
Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children: "Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers"
3:12

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