L'ALLEGRO, IL PENSEROSO ED IL MODERATO - HANDEL - GARDINER

Georg Frederic Handel - "L'allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato" (HAENDEL)

1. Duetto: "As steals the morn upon the night".

As steals the morn upon the night,
And melts the shades away:
So truth does fancy's charm dissolve,
And melts the shades away:
The fumes that did the mind involve,
Restoring intellectual day.
And as the morning steals upon the night,
Melting the darkness, so their rising senses
Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle
Their clearer reason.

[William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 5, scene 1]

English Baroque Soloists.

Patrizia Kwella (soprano).
Maldwyn Davies (tenor).

Dir. Jonh Elliot Gardiner.