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1. Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove (Alceste, Act IV)
2. Where'er you walk (Semele, Act II, 3)
3. Urne voi (Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, Part I)
4. Forte e lieto (Tamerlano, Act I, 1)
5. Oh per me lieto, avventuroso giorno! (Tamerlano, Act III, 10)
6. Figlia mia (Samson)
   
7. Tu, spietato (Samson)
   
8. Total eclipse (Samson, Act I, 2)
9. Did love constrain thee? (Samson, Act II, 2)
10. Your charms to ruin led the way … (Samson, Act III, 1)
11. Let but that spirit … (Samson,Act III, 1)
12. Then shall I make … (Samson)
    
13. Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed (Samson)
    
14. Fatto inferno … (Rodelinda, Act III, 6)
    
15. Pastorello d'un povero armento (Rodelinda)
16. Tune your harps (Esther, Act I, 2)
    
17. Heav'n smiles once more …(Jephtha, Act II, 2)
    
18. His mighty arm (Jephtha)
    
19. Waft her, angels (Jephtha, Act III, 1)
20. As steals the morn (L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato)

A dramatic collection of solo arias and scenes for tenor drawn from oratorio and opera, most of them sharing
the moral that the dire consequences of pride, ambition or lust are amended by virtue and reason. Some of
Handel's most lovely music, brilliantly performed by Mark Padmore and The English Concert, led by Andrew
Manze.

The rapturous duet As steals the morn with soprano Lucy Crowe is an added bonus.

Mark Padmore was first recognised in the early 1990s by William Christie and by Philippe Herreweghe, with
whom he sang a great deal of Bach. He has sung with the Berlin, New York and Vienna Philharmonic
Orchestras, the Royal Concergebouw, the London Symphony, and BBC Symphony Orchestras and is a regular
guest with leading period-instrument ensembles. His recording of Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito with René
Jacobs received two Grammy nominations (in the Best Opera and Best Classical Album categories).

Lucy Crowe, a Wigmore Young Artist, sang Poppea with ENO after making her debut as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier for Scottish
Opera.

Andrew Manze's leadership of The English Concert was launched in 2003 and has brought innovation and
new opportunities. They have recorded Mozart Serenades and Violin Concertos, Vivaldi Violin
Concertos, a Biber Easter Mass, and C.P.E. Bach's 4 Symphonies and a Cello Concerto, all for harmonia mundi
USA.

"This is one of the most alluring recitals of its kind that has come my way for a very long time" BBC Music Magazine, May 2007