Aria: He, who for Atlas prop'd the sky

~ Recording by David Daniels, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
3.12Aria: He, who for Atlas prop'd the sky1:50George Frideric HandelHercules (HWV 60)Handel; Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc MinkowskiAlbum
  • DE2002-03-01
Archiv Produktion469 532-2
26.12Hercules, HWV 60: Act Three, Scene 5. No. 41 Air: "He, who for Atlas prop'd the sky" (Lichas)1:50George Frideric HandelHandel: The Great OratoriosGeorge Frideric HandelAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2016-07-01
Decca Classics (“DECCA” in white uppercase on a blue‐over‐red rectangular block; until 1999, for use outside of North America only)4830142

Relationships

recording engineer:Yves Baudry
Guillaume Ledu
executive producer:Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
producer:Michel Gache
Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
editor:Yves Baudry
Michel Gache
alto vocals [Lichas]:David Daniels (American countertenor) (in 2000-04)
orchestra:Les Musiciens du Louvre (in 2000-04)
conductor:Marc Minkowski (bassoonist and conductor) (in 2000-04)
balance engineer:Gilles Pézerat (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Deutsche Grammophon (in 2002)
recorded at:Salle Molière, Théâtre de Poissy, Poissy, France in Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (in 2000-04)
recording of:Hercules, HWV 60: Act III (in 2000-04: partial)

Hercules, HWV 60: Act III

composer:George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:Hercules, HWV 60 (order: 3)
parts:Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 42: Sinfonia
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 43: Recitativo "Ye sons of Trachin, mourn your valiant chief" (Lichas)
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 44: Aria "O scene of unexampled woe" (Lichas)
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 45: Chorus "Tyrants now no more shall dread"
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 46: Recitativo accompagnato "O Jove! What land is this, what clime accurst" (Hercules)
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 47: Recitativo "Great Jove! Relieve his pains!" (Hyllus, Hercules)
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 48: Aria "Let not fame the tidings spread" (Hyllus)
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 49: Recitativo accompagnato "Where shall I fly? Where hide this quilty head?" (Dejanira)
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 50: Recitativo "Lo! The fair fatal cause of all this ruin! (Dejanira, Iole)
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 51: Aria "My breast with tender pity swells" (Iole)
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 52: Recitativo "Princess, rejoice! Whose heaven heaven-directed hand" (Priest of Jupiter, Dejanira)
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 53: Recitativo "Words are too faint to speak the warring passions" (Dejanira, Priest, Hyllus, Iole)
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 54: Duet "O prince, whose virtues all admire" (Iole, Hyllus)
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 55: Recitativo "Ye sons of freedom, now in every clime" (Priest)
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 56: Chorus "To him your grateful notes of praise belong"