Richard Croft sings I Must With Speed Amuse Her, Jupiter’s
aria from Act II of Handel’s Semele.
(He’s Jupiter! See, I told you he was god-like!) This clip also
includes the chorus: Now love that
everlasting boy invites.
Bonus track: Where’er you Walk, also from Semele (lightly and tastefully ornamented).
Both clips feature Les
Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset from a performance at the Théâtre des
Champs-Elysées, Paris, 07/02/2010.
This performance is among my Road Tunes of Choice. Though you have to watch the pedal on Genaux's Iris, hence, away. "Well, officer, there's this goddess..."
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