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Il Penseroso - May at last my weary age - These pleasures, Melancholy, give (solo, chorus)

Patrizia Kwella, Monteverdi Choir, Jennifer Smith, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Length 9:43Song: L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part II, no. 37. Air “May at Last My Weary Age” (Il Penseroso)Song: L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part II, no. 38. Fugue. Organo ad libitumSong: L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Part II, no. 39. Chorus “These Pleasures, Melancholy, Give” (Il Penseroso, Chorus)

Who played and sang

Pierre LavoixbalanceJohn Eliot GardinerconductorEnglish Baroque Soloistsperforming orchestraMichel GarcinproducerJennifer SmithvocalMonteverdi ChoirvocalPatrizia Kwellavocal

On these albums

L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il ModeratoHandel; Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner · 1990
The Complete Recordings on Erato
The Complete Recordings on EratoSir John Eliot Gardiner · 2023

Source: MusicBrainz recording c3bc8060-eecf-4c25-8beb-b861b4e70f78 (CC0).