The choice of Hercules - Handel, Georg Friedrich 1685-1759; King's College Choir, Cambridge (Hayes EMI Records, 1975)
Side 1. Sinfonia ; See Hercules! ; Come, blooming boy ; There the brisk sparkling nectar drain ; While for Thy arms ; Away, mistaken wretch! ; This manly youth's exalted mind ; Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me ; Go, assert thy heav'nly race ; In peace, in war ; So shalt thou gain immortal praise -- Side 2. Hear'st thou, what dangers ; turn thee, thou, to joy and love ; Short is my way-Oh cease, enchanting siren! ; Yet can I hear that dulcet thou flyn ; Where shall I gon Mount, mount the steep ascent ; Arise, Arise! ; The sounds breathe fire celestial ; Lead, goddess, lead the way ; Virtue will place thee.
EMI Records: ASD 3148.
Program notes by Basil Lam & texts on slipcase.
Heather Harper, soprano ; Helen Watts, mezzo-soprano ; James Bowman, counter tenor ; Robert Tear, tenor ; Francis Grier, harpsichord continuo ; James Lancelot, organ continuo ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; King's College Choir, Cambridge.
Keywords: Music -- 16th century; Academy of St. martin-in-the-Fields.