Handel - Kirkby, Nelson, Kwella, Cable, Elliott, Thomas, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood - Alceste / Comus FLAC download

Tracklist

Alceste	57:03
1	Overture	5:42
2	Grand Entrée	2:09
3	Ye Happy People	0:23
4	Triumph, Hymen, In The Pair	2:32
5	Still Caressing, And Caress'd	2:37
6	Ye Swift Minutes As Ye Fly	3:23
7	O Bless, Ye Powers Above	1:49
8	Gentle Morpheus, Son Of Night	7:20
9	Ye Fleeting Shades, I Come	4:27
10	Thrice Happy Who In Life Excel	1:52
11	Enjoy The Sweet Elysian Grove	5:45
12	Thrice Happy	1:51
13	Come Fancy, Empress Of The Brain	5:45
14	Symphony / He Comes, He Rises From Below	1:30
15	All Hail, Thou Mighty Son Of Jove!	2:15
16	Symphony	1:50
17	From High Olympus' Top	0:44
18	Tune Your Harps, All Ye Nine / First Dance	3:02
19	The Last Dance / Triumph, Thou Glorious Son Of Jove	2:05
Comus	16:45
20	There In Blissful Shades And Bow'rs	3:44
21	Happy, Happy, Happy Plains!	1:37
22	There Sweetest Flowers Of Mingled Hue	5:16
23	Happy, Happy, Happy Plains!	1:36
24	There Youthful Cupid, High Advanc'd	2:55
25	Happy, Happy, Happy Plains!	1:37

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Decca Record Company Limited
• Copyright (c) – The Decca Record Company Limited
• Made By – PMDC, Germany
• Recorded At – Church Of St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead

Credits

• Art Direction – David Smart
• Bass Vocals – Christopher Keyte (tracks: 1 to 19), David Thomas
• Booklet Editor – Anne Schneider
• Conductor – Christopher Hogwood
• Cover [Painting] – Louis Galloche
• Design – Hyland/Cantrill
• Engineer – John Dunkerley, Stanley Goodall
• Liner Notes – Anthony Hicks
• Liner Notes [German Translation] – Bernd Müller
• Liner Notes [Italian Translation] – Luca Tutino
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Catherine Denly* (tracks: 1 to 19), Margaret Cable
• Orchestra – The Academy Of Ancient Music
• Producer – Peter Wadland
• Soprano Vocals – Christina Pound (tracks: 1 to 19), Emma Kirkby (tracks: 1 to 19), Judith Nelson (tracks: 1 to 19), Patrizia Kwella (tracks: 20 to 25)
• Tenor Vocals – Paul Elliott (tracks: 1 to 19), Rogers Covey-Crump (tracks: 1 to 19)

Notes

Recording: St Jude's, London, July 1979 (Alceste), September 1980 (Comus)
22-pages booklet, French liner notes translator uncredited
Total timing: 73:57

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 028944318326
• Rights Society: BIEM/Stemra
• Label Code: LC 0171
• SPARS Code: ADD

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
421 479-2	Handel*, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood	Handel*, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood - Alceste • Comus ‎(CD, Album)	L'Oiseau-Lyre	421 479-2	UK & Europe	1989