ヘンデル：快活の人、沈思の人、温和の人ガーディナー＆イングリッシュ・バロック・ソロイスツオラトリオという名はついていますが、オペラでもオラトリオでもなくストーリーもない独特な「パストラル・オード」とも呼ばれている作品。人間の感情の両曲をなす「快活」と「沈思」の気分を多角的に描いたミルトンの詩に基づいた第1部と第2部。中庸の美徳を描いたジェネンズ作の「温和」を第3部として作曲されたものです。とにかくどのアリアも、ヘンデルならではの極上の音楽であり、ガーディナーがそれぞれの役柄に応じた感情が表現している名盤です。（ERATO）【収録情報】● ヘンデル：オラトリオ『快活の人、沈思の人、温和の人』全曲　パトリシア・クヴェッラ（ソプラノ）　マリー・マクローリン（ソプラノ）　ジェニファー・スミス（ソプラノ）　マイケル・ギン（ボーイ・ソプラノ）　マーティン・ヒル（テノール）　マルドウィン・デイヴィス（テノール）　スティーヴン・ヴァーコー（バス）　モンテヴェルディ合唱団　イングリッシュ・バロック・ソロイスツ　サー・ジョン・エリオット・ガーディナー（指揮）　録音時期：1980年　録音方式：ステレオDisc11 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Hence Loathed Melancholy" (Tenor I)2 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Hence Vain Deluding Joyes" (Soprano I)3 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Come, Thou Goddess" (Soprano II)4 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Come, Rather, Goddess" (Soprano III)5 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Haste Thee, Nymph" (Tenor I)6 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Haste Thee, Nymph" (Chorus)7 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Come, and Trip It" (Tenor II, Chorus)8 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Come, Pensive Nun" (Soprano III)9 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Come, But Keep Thy Wonted State" (Soprano I) - "Join with Thee" (Chorus)10 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Hence, Loathed Melancholy" (M. Hill) - "And If I Give the Honour Due" (Soprano IV)11 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "First, and Chief, on Golden Wing" (Soprano I)12 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "If I Give Thee Honour Due" (Bass)13 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Oft on a Plat of Rising Ground" (Soprano III)14 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Far from All Resort of Mirth" (Soprano II)15 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "If I Give Thee Honour Due" (Tenor II)16 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Straight Mine Eye" (Soprano II)17 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 1: "Or Let the Merry Bells" (Soprano IV) - "And Young and Old Come" (Chorus)Disc21 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "Hence, Vain Deluding Joys" (Soprano III)2 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "Thus Night Oft See Me" (Soprano I)3 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "Populous Cities" (Bass, Chorus)4 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "There Let Hymen Oft Appear" (Tenor II)5 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "Me, When the Sun Begins to Fling" (Soprano I)6 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "I'll to the Well-Trod Stage Anon" (Tenor I)7 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "And Ever Against Eating Cares" (Soprano II)8 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "Orpheus' Self May Heave His Head" (Soprano II)9 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "These Delights If Thou Canst Give" (Tenor I, Chorus)10 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "But Let My Due Feet Never Fail" (Soprano I)11 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "There Let the Pealing Organ Blow" (Chorus) - "And Let Their Sweetness" (Soprano I)12 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 2: "May at Last My Weary Age" (J. Smith) - "These Pleasures, Melancholy, Give" (Soprano I, Chorus)13 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 3: "Hence, Boast Not" (Bass) - "All This Company Serene" (Chorus)14 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 3: "Come, with Gentle Hand Restrain" (Soprano III)15 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 3: "No More Short Life" (Tenor I)16 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 3: "As Steals the Morn Upon the Night" (Soprano I, Tenor II)17 : L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, HWV 55, Part 3: "Thy Pleasures, Moderation, Give" (Chorus)Powered by HMV