Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Heather Harper/Helen Watts/James Bowman/Robert Tear

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Symphony

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Accompagnato. "See, Hercules! how smiles yon myrtle plain" (Pleasure)

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Air. "There the brisk sparkling nectar drain" (Pleasure)

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Solo and Chorus. "While for thy arms that Beauty glows" (Pleasure, Chorus)

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Recitative. "Away, mistaken wretch, away" (Virtue)

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Air. "This manly youth's exalted mind" (Virtue)

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Recitative. "Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me" (Virtue)

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Air. "Go, assert thy heav'nly race" (Virtue)

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Recitative. "In peace, in war" (Virtue)

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Recitative. "Hearst thou, what dangers" (Pleasure)

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Solo and Chorus. "Turn thee, youth, to joy and love" (Pleasure, Chorus)

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Recitative. "Short is my way" (Pleasure, Hercules)

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Air. "Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove" (Attendant)

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Recitative. "Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?" (Hercules)

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Trio. "Where shall I go?" (Pleasure, Virtue, Hercules)

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Recitative. "Mount, mount the steep ascent!" (Virtue)

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Air. "Mount, mount the steep ascent" (Virtue)

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Recitative. "The sounds breathe fire celestial" (Hercules)