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John Eccles (c. 1668-1735)
| | The Judgment of Paris | 49:37 | | | | First performed at Dorset Gardens on 21 March 1701 | | | | | Published by John Walsh and John Hare (1702) | | | 5 | | Mercury: 'From high Olympus, and the Realms above' | 3:26 | | 6 | | Paris: 'O Ravishing Delight!' | 2:37 | | 7 | | Mercury: 'Fear not, Mortal: none shall harm thee' | 1:28 | | 8 | | Mercury: 'Happy thou of Human Race' | 1:51 | | 9 | | Symphony for Juno - | 3:45 | | | | Juno: 'Saturnia, Wife of Thundring Jove, am I' | | | 10 | | Symphony for Pallas - | 2:27 | | | | Pallas: 'This way, Mortal, bend thy Eyes' | | | 11 | | Symphony for Venus - | 4:07 | | | | Venus: 'Hither turn thee, gentle Swain' | | | 12 | | Venus, Pallas, Juno: 'Hither turn thee, gentle Swain' | 1:52 | | 13 | | Paris: 'Distracted I turn, but I cannot decide' | 2:28 | | | | Juno: 'Let Ambition fite thy Mind' | 3:31 | | 15 | | Pallas: 'Awake, awake, they Spirits raise' | 1:13 | | 16 | | Pallas: 'Hark, hark! the glorious Voice of War…' | 1:16 | | 17 | | Pallas: 'Oh what Joys does Conquest yield!' | 1:05 | | 18 | | Chorus: 'O how glorius 'tis to see…' | 1:10 | | 20 | | Venus: 'Stay, lovely Youth, delay thy Choice' | 2:59 | | 21 | | Venus: 'Nature fram'd thee sure for Loving' | 3:48 | | 22 | | Paris: 'I yield, I yield, O take the Prize' | 1:10 | | 23 | | Grand Chorus: 'Hither all ye Graces, all ye Loves' | 1:43 | | Roderick Williams baritone - Mercury | | Benjamin Hulett tenor - Paris | | Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano - Juno | | Claire Booth soprano - Pallas | | Lucy Crowe soprano - Venus | | Chorus of Early Opera Company | | | | from A Collection of Songs published by John Walsh and John Hare (1704) | | | 24 | | 'Restless in Tought disturb'd in Mind' | 4:12 | | 25 | | 'Love's but the frailty of the Mind' | 4:34 | | 26 | | 'I Burn, I burn, my Brain consumes to Ashes' | 3:26 | | Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano | | All Saints Church, East Finchley, London | |
