L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato

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Disc 1

• 1 L'Allegro - Hence loathed Melancholy 2:28
• 2 Il Penseroso - Hence vain deluding joys 0:53
• 3 L'Allegro - Come, thou Goddess 1:34
• 4 Il Penseroso - Come, rather, Goddess 3:24
• 5 L'Allegro - Haste thee, nymph 1:14
• 6 L'Allegro - Haste thee, nymph (chorus) 1:13
• 7 L'Allegro - Come, and trip it (solo, chorus) 2:33
• 8 Il Penseroso - Come, pensive nun 1:10
• 9 Il Penseroso - Come, but keep thy wonted state - Join with thee (chorus) 6:21
• 10 L'Allegro - Hence, loathed Melancholy - And if I give thee honour due 4:13
• 11 Il Penseroso - First, and chief, on golden wing 8:20
• 12 L'Allegro - If I give thee honour due 2:35
• 13 Il Penseroso - Oft on a plat of rising ground 3:24
• 14 Il Penseroso - Far from all resort of Mirth 3:47
• 15 L'Allegro - If I give thee honour due 2:23
• 16 L'Allegro - Straight mine eye 5:47
• 17 L'Allegro - Or let the merry bells - And young and old come (chorus) 4:16

Disc 2

• 1 Il Penseroso - Hence, vain deluding joys 5:33
• 2 Il Penseroso - Thus night oft see me 0:21
• 3 L'Allegro - Populous cities 3:24
• 4 L'Allegro - There let Hymen oft appear 2:30
• 5 Il Penseroso - Me, when the sun begins to fling 3:59
• 6 L'Allegro - I'll to the well-trod stage anon 1:57
• 7 L'Allegro - And ever against eating cares 3:01
• 8 L'Allegro - Orpheus 'self may heave his head 2:41
• 9 L'Allegro - These delights if thou canst give (solo, chorus) 3:17
• 10 Il Penseroso - But let my due feet never fail 0:39
• 11 Il Penseroso - There let the pealing organ blow (chorus) - And let their sweetness 2:07
• 12 Il Penseroso - May at last my weary age - These pleasures, Melancholy, give (solo, chorus) 9:43
• 13 Il Moderato - Hence, boast not - All this company serene 5:50
• 14 Il Moderato - Come, with gentle hand restrain 1:50
• 15 Il Moderato - No more short life 2:40
• 16 Il Moderato - As steals the morn upon the night 6:38
• 17 Il Moderato - Thy pleasures, Moderation, give 3:22

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