The Triumph of Time and Truth

Disc 1
1: Sonata dell'Overtura, HWV 46a: (Allegro) - Adagio - (Allegro) / Sinfonia, HWV 46b: Allegro - Adagio
2: Only to delight our heart aspires
3: When I see my image in the glass
4: Faithful mirror, in you I dream of
5: I, who am Pleasure
6: A dark spirit and black sorrow
7: And I, who am Time
8: If beauty
9: Then let us take up arms
10: One band of pleasures
11: The giants of the Sun
12: You tombs that hold
13: They are ghosts of sorrow
14: Your counsels are too cruel
15: It is vanity to wish, in the flower of one's years
16: The limit of mortal life
17: A thought inimical to peace
18: Fool, you deny Time, and now
19: Man is born, but born a child
20: Man always destroys himself

Disc 2
1:
2: To live and not to love
3: Allegro
4: This is my palace
5: Allegro - Presto
6: (Adagio-Andante)
7: Silence! What sound do I hear?
8: A graceful boy
9: In his right hand are wings
10: Let Time come and with funereal wings
11: O Time, father of sorrow
12: (Allegro, ma non troppo)
13: Man believes that Time sleeps
14: You believe him far away, and Time is with you
15: Fool, will you alone presume
16: Have you seen the Palace of Pleasure? Then come
17: If you are no longer a minister of suffering
18: If false pleasure's
19: Close, close your lovely eyes
20: Into three parts divided
21: I hoped to find Pleasure
22: It is vain to live in sorrow
23: You swore never to leave me
24: If a sick man turns his gaze to the rays of the Sun
25: I would have two hearts in my bosom
26: I would swear that you close your eyes
27: He cares no more
28: It is an obstinate error
29: Foolish is that helmsman
30: You spoke the truth and, though late, I understood
31: I want time to decide
32: Before you turn to dust

Disc 3
1: Da Capo
2: In the palace where Pleasure resides
3: Leave the thorn
4: Improvisation for Two Harpsichords (Almira, Hamburg 1704, HWV 1/4)
5: Leave the thorn, etc
6: With notes too clear
7: I want to change my intentions
8: Now that my right hand holds
9: He who once was a fair woman's
10: But what do I see? What behold?
11: A richly laden vessel
12: Yes, fair penitence
13: The fine tears of Dawn
14: Pleasure, who once lived with me
15: As a cloud that flees with the wind
16: Now if the truth of the Eternal Sun
17: This Heaven's Minister Elect
18: Concerto for Organ: Allegro - Adagio (Op.4, No.4, in F major, HWV292)
19: Alleluia

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Number of Discs: 3

Orchestra: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Producer: Junge Kantorei

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