Disc. 1

1. Handel : Terpsichore: ballet music

2. Semele : O, Sleep Why Dost Thou Leave Me?

3. Where'er you walk (from Semele)

4. Semele : Endless Pleasure

5. Care Selve (Atalanta)

6. V' adoro, pupille (Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II)

7. E pur cosi in un giorno ... Piangero, la sorte mia (from Guilio Cesare in Egitto)

8. Giulio Cesare: Da tempeste il legno infranto

9. Purcell : Music for a while, Z583

10. Sweeter than Roses

11. If music be the food of love

12. From Rosy Bowers (From Don Quixote)

13. Lord what is man?

14. Thy hand, Belinda … When I am laid in earth

"Hendricks' slender, sweet-toned soprano, with its distinctive quick vibrato, is still in fine shape." Gramophone, Awards issue


“There can be no complaint that these performances lack colour and commitment, but the soprano seems to have scant regard for the poetry, and blasts through "Music for a while" as if it were a dress rehearsal for the immolation scene in Götterdämmerung.” Gramophone Magazine, February 2008


“The American-Swedish soprano Barbara Hendricks hits 50 this year, and her voice, though mature, remains rich and lovely, with a full range and some attractive half tones.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2008 ***