Handel - The Triumph of Time and Truth / S. Baker, D. Labelle, W. Hite, J. Gall, D. Spencer

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. Son - Aston Magna/Daniel Stepner    
2. Beauty: Mirror Most Faithful, I Delight To See My Youthful Splendor In You... - Sharon Baker    
3. Pleasure: I, None Other Than Pleasure, Swear Now: You'll Never Lose Your Beauty... - Dominique Labelle    
4. Pleasure: Gloomy Spirit And Blackest Sorrow Are Never Lonely... - Dominique Labelle    
5. Time: And I, I Who Am Time.../Truth: ...Allied With Me, The Hard Truth... - William Hite    
6. If Beauty Loses Her Charm, If She Withers Or Dies, She Will Never Return... - Aston Magna/Daniel Stepner    
7. Pleasure: Thus We Must Take Up Arms, And We Shall See Who Shall Prove Victorious... - Dominique Labelle    
8. Beauty: I Have Deployed A Platoon Of Pleasures To Guard My Thoughts... - Sharon Baker    
9. Time: The Sun And The Moon Recoil Daily At My Power!... - William Hite    
10. O Ye Tombs, Which Hide So Many 'Beauties', Open Up!... - Aston Magna/Daniel Stepner    
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Disc: 2
1. Time: If You've Seen Quite Enough Of Psuedo Pleasures, Enchanted Seeming Scenes... - William Hite    
2. Pleasure: Close, Close Your Lovely Eyes, Turn Your Thoughts Away... - Dominique Labelle    
3. Time: Now Observe How We Portion The Days Of Your Life Into Three Parts, Just So... - William Hite    
4. Beauty: I Had Hoped To Find Pleasure In Truth; I Trust It Is Still There... - Sharon Baker    
5. Pleasure: There Is No Point In Grieving: If You Want Me, Just Call For Me, For I Am Present... - Dominique Labelle    
6. You Swore Never To Forsake Me, Or Sorrow Would Be Your Reward... - Aston Magna/Daniel Stepner    
7. Time: A Feeble Gaze, When Turned Towards The Sunlight, Cannot Endure The Rays... - William Hite    
8. Beauty: Would That I Had Two Hearts In My Breast; I'd Give One To Repentance... - Sharon Baker    
9. Truth: I Could Have Sworn You Had Shut Your Eyes To The One True Mirror... - Jeffrey Gall    
10. Looking Down >From The Mountaintop One Wisely Disregards The Dark Valley... - Aston Magna/Daniel Stepner    
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Editorial Reviews
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The Triumph of Time and Truth is, paradoxically, both Handel's first and last oratorio. He originally composed this allegory on the transience of beauty and worldly pleasure (with only four singers, a chamber orchestra, and an Italian text) for his patron, a Roman cardinal, in 1707 when he was just 22. By 1758, the year Handel died, the work had become an English oratorio with five soloists, full orchestra, and choir. The final version is still available in an excellent 1982 recording (with a cast including Emma Kirkby and Ian Partridge); this release, which followed 1998 performances at the Aston Magna Festival in Massachusetts, presents the 1707 original version, but with the arias in Italian and the recitatives translated into English. (As usual, Handel fans can have fun spotting which music the composer adapted for later works.) Don't be put off by the fact that this is (nominally, at least) a piece of moralizing: the music--all of it--is consistently delightful, even by Handel's standards. The singers and players alike perform with energy, charm, taste, and imagination (particularly in their added ornaments). Soprano Dominique Labelle (Pleasure) and tenor William Hite (Time) give the most engaging performances I've ever heard from them; countertenor Jeffrey Gall (Truth) copes reasonably well with a low-lying role that would better suit a female contralto. Soprano Sharon Baker is spectacular: a tone lovely enough to suit the role of Beauty, excellent diction, and amazing breath control and coloratura--this performance ought to make her a star. --Matthew Westphal

Handel - The Triumph of Time and Truth / S. Baker, D. Labelle, W. Hite, J. Gall, D. Spencer, Music, George Frideric Handel, Sharon Baker, Dominique Labelle, Daniel Spencer, Jeffrey Gall, William Hite, Choral, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio, Oratorio
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    		Handel - The Triumph of Time and Truth / S. Baker, D. Labelle, W. Hite, J. Gall, D. Spencer
    George Frideric Handel , Sharon Baker , Dominique Labelle , Daniel Spencer , Jeffrey Gall , and William Hite
    Manufacturer: Centaur
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00000JF69
    Release Date: 1999-09-15

    Tracks:

    1. Son - Aston Magna/Daniel Stepner
    2. Beauty: Mirror Most Faithful, I Delight To See My Youthful Splendor In You... - Sharon Baker
    3. Pleasure: I, None Other Than Pleasure, Swear Now: You'll Never Lose Your Beauty... - Dominique Labelle
    4. Pleasure: Gloomy Spirit And Blackest Sorrow Are Never Lonely... - Dominique Labelle
    5. Time: And I, I Who Am Time.../Truth: ...Allied With Me, The Hard Truth... - William Hite
    6. If Beauty Loses Her Charm, If She Withers Or Dies, She Will Never Return... - Aston Magna/Daniel Stepner
    7. Pleasure: Thus We Must Take Up Arms, And We Shall See Who Shall Prove Victorious... - Dominique Labelle
    8. Beauty: I Have Deployed A Platoon Of Pleasures To Guard My Thoughts... - Sharon Baker
    9. Time: The Sun And The Moon Recoil Daily At My Power!... - William Hite
    10. O Ye Tombs, Which Hide So Many 'Beauties', Open Up!... - Aston Magna/Daniel Stepner
    11. Pleasure: Your Proffered Advice Is All Too Cruel. Youth's Truest Jewel Among Its Treasures... - Dominique Labelle
    12. Beauty And Pleasure: To Spend The Prime Of One's Life Amidst Cares And Worries... - Sharon Baker/Dominique Labelle
    13. Truth: One Can See In An Instant How Constricted Moral Life Is... - Jeffrey Gall
    14. Some Evil Thought Made Time Fickle And Vicious, Gving Him Wings And A Scythe... - Aston Magna/Daniel Stepner
    15. Truth: How Reckless!, Defying Time. Even As We Speak... - Jeffrey Gall
    16. Time: Man Is Born A Babe; The Year Is Born Wite-Haired. The One Is Always About To Fall... - William Hite
    17. Truth: Man Is Always Destroying Himself, While The Year Is Self-Renewing... - Jeffrey Gall
    18. Pleasure: This Is My Domain. Imagine Me Taking On Various Form... - Dominique Labelle
    19. Son. Beauty: Silence! What Sounds Are These? - Sharon Baker
    20. Pleasure: A Fair Youth Creates Perfect Delight With His Seductive Music... - Dominique Labelle
    21. Beauty: It Seems His Hands Have Wings; Miracles They Perform... - Sharon Baker
    22. Let Time Come, With It's Ghastly Wings, And Dare Steal Our Joys On These Pleasant Shores... - Aston Magna/Daniel Stepner
    23. Truth: Man Thinks That Time Sleeps, As He Spreads His Hidden Wings... - Jeffrey Gall
    24. Time: You Think Time's Remote, Yet I'm Here With You... - William Hite
    25. Is It Not Folly, Then, To Presume That Time Flies For All But You?... - Aston Magna/Daniel Stepner
    26. Truth: You've Seen The Tempting Palace Of Pleasure; So Now Come... - Jeffrey Gall
    27. Beauty: If You Cause Me No Further Pain I Shall Follow You Faithfully... - Sharon Baker

    Tracks:

    1. Time: If You've Seen Quite Enough Of Psuedo Pleasures, Enchanted Seeming Scenes... - William Hite
    2. Pleasure: Close, Close Your Lovely Eyes, Turn Your Thoughts Away... - Dominique Labelle
    3. Time: Now Observe How We Portion The Days Of Your Life Into Three Parts, Just So... - William Hite
    4. Beauty: I Had Hoped To Find Pleasure In Truth; I Trust It Is Still There... - Sharon Baker
    5. Pleasure: There Is No Point In Grieving: If You Want Me, Just Call For Me, For I Am Present... - Dominique Labelle
    6. You Swore Never To Forsake Me, Or Sorrow Would Be Your Reward... - Aston Magna/Daniel Stepner
    7. Time: A Feeble Gaze, When Turned Towards The Sunlight, Cannot Endure The Rays... - William Hite
    8. Beauty: Would That I Had Two Hearts In My Breast; I'd Give One To Repentance... - Sharon Baker
    9. Truth: I Could Have Sworn You Had Shut Your Eyes To The One True Mirror... - Jeffrey Gall
    10. Looking Down >From The Mountaintop One Wisely Disregards The Dark Valley... - Aston Magna/Daniel Stepner
    11. Time: It's But A Headstrong Blunder To Leave A Trusted Guide Who Leds You Aright... - William Hite
    12. A Fool, The Helmsman Who Refuses To Change Course, Knowing The Winds Are Against Him... - Aston Magna/Daniel Stepner
    13. Beauty: You Spoke The Truth; Belatedly I Heard It, And Yet, To My Sorrow, In My Anguished Thoughts.. - Sharon Baker
    14. I Need Time To Decide..../Time: Time Is Here With You.../Truth: And Truth... - William Hite
    15. Beauty: Near The Palace Where Pleasure Of Old Resides, Is An Elegant Garden... - Sharon Baker
    16. Pleasure: Forgo The Thorn, Pick The Rose! You Go Looking For Sorrow!... - Dominique Labelle
    17. Beauty: With Tones All Too Clear, The Truth Bids Me To Follow. O Courteous Truth... - Sharon Baker
    18. I Would Change My Desires, And Say 'I Repent' Rather Than 'I Shall Repent'. - Aston Magna/Daniel Stepner
    19. Now You Stand There Before Me, Indestructible Mirror... - Aston Magna/Daniel Stepner
    20. The Old 'Counselor' Of The Blond Beauty Shall Be Cast To The Ground... - Aston Magna/Daniel Stepner
    21. Beauty: What, Alas, Do I See? I Had Thought I Was Beautiful, But I Am Disfigured... - Sharon Baker
    22. A Ship Laden With Riches, Will Through Even Gold And Jewels Overboard... - Aston Magna/Daniel Stepner
    23. Yes, Exquisite Repentance, Give, As I Shed Now These Bitter Tears Of Penance... - Aston Magna/Daniel Stepner
    24. Truth And Time: The Sparkling Tears Of Dawn, Are Golden Pearls On Every Flower... - Jeffrey Gall/William Hite
    25. Beauty: Pleasure, Dare Now, My Old Companion, To See The Truth Once More, In This Mirror... - Sharon Baker
    26. Pleasure: Like A Cloud Chased By The Wind, I Flee You, Enraged And Scornful... - Dominique Labelle
    27. Beauty: Pure And Eternal, O Great Spirit Of Heaven Who Truly Shows Us An Opening To Love... - Sharon Baker
    28. You, Chosen Minister Of Heaven, Will See Now In My Heart... - Aston Magna/Daniel Stepner

    Amazon.com

    The Triumph of Time and Truth is, paradoxically, both Handel's first and last oratorio. He originally composed this allegory on the transience of beauty and worldly pleasure (with only four singers, a chamber orchestra, and an Italian text) for his patron, a Roman cardinal, in 1707 when he was just 22. By 1758, the year Handel died, the work had become an English oratorio with five soloists, full orchestra, and choir. The final version is still available in an excellent 1982 recording (with a cast including Emma Kirkby and Ian Partridge); this release, which followed 1998 performances at the Aston Magna Festival in Massachusetts, presents the 1707 original version, but with the arias in Italian and the recitatives translated into English. (As usual, Handel fans can have fun spotting which music the composer adapted for later works.) Don't be put off by the fact that this is (nominally, at least) a piece of moralizing: the music--all of it--is consistently delightful, even by Handel's standards. The singers and players alike perform with energy, charm, taste, and imagination (particularly in their added ornaments). Soprano Dominique Labelle (Pleasure) and tenor William Hite (Time) give the most engaging performances I've ever heard from them; countertenor Jeffrey Gall (Truth) copes reasonably well with a low-lying role that would better suit a female contralto. Soprano Sharon Baker is spectacular: a tone lovely enough to suit the role of Beauty, excellent diction, and amazing breath control and coloratura--this performance ought to make her a star. --Matthew Westphal

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