Great Baroque Arias Part 1

Great Baroque Arias Part 1

On this CD:

1. Ode for St Cecilia's Day (Song for St Cecilia's Day) for soloists, chorus & orchestra, HWV 76 The Trumpet's Loud Clangour
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Robert King, Robert King, John Mark Ainsley, King's Consort

2. Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt," ("Hunting Cantata"), BWV 208 Schafe Können Sicher Weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze)
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Robert King, Robert King, Gillian Fisher, King's Consort

3. Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40 Ombra Maifu
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Robert King, Robert King, James Bowman, King's Consort

4. Arise, Ye Subterranean winds
Composed by John Weldon
Performed by Robert King, Robert King, Michael George, King's Consort

5. Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 Where'er You Walk
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Robert King, Robert King, John Mark Ainsley, King's Consort

6. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49 O Ruddier Than the Cherry
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Robert King, Robert King, Michael George, King's Consort

7. Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in Earth (from "Dido and Aeneas"), soprano aria, Z. 626/37 When I Am Laid in Earth
Composed by Henry Purcell
Performed by Robert King, Robert King, King's Consort, Gillian Fischer

8. Joshua, oratorio, HWV 64 Heroes, When With Glory Burning
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Robert King, Robert King, James Bowman, King's Consort

9. Jephtha, oratorio, HWV 70 Waft Her, Angels, Through the Skies
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Robert King, Robert King, John Mark Ainsley, King's Consort

10. Alexander's Feast, ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 75 Revenge, Timotheus Crise
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Robert King, Robert King, Michael George, King's Consort

11. Orlando (Orlando furioso II), opera in 3 acts, RV 728 Sol da te mio Dolce Amore
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Robert King, Robert King, Lisa Besnosiuk, James Bowman, King's Consort

12. Samson, oratorio, HWV 57 How Willing My Paternal Love
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Robert King, Robert King, Michael George, Roy Goodman, King's Consort

13. Samson, oratorio, HWV 57 Let the Bright Seraphim
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Robert King, Robert King, Gillian Fisher, King's Consort, Crispian Steele-Perkins