Weldon: The Judgment of Paris

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Label
Academy of Ancient Music
Release Date
March 7, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      John Weldon
    • PERFORMER
      Academy of Ancient Music, Thomas Walker, Jonathan Brown, Helen Charlston, Kitty Whately, Anna Dennis
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 07, 2025
    • UPC
      5060340150211
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AAM046
    • LABEL
      Academy of Ancient Music
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Baroque Era
    Works ⌄

    1. Sonata

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    2. Canon 4 in 1

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    3. From high Olympus and the realms above (Mercury)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Thomas Walker

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    4. Forbear thy woolly flock to feed (Chorus)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music Choir, Academy of Ancient Music

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    5. O Hermes, I thy godhead know (Paris)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Jonathan Brown

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    6. This radiant fruit behold (Mercury)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Thomas Walker

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    7. O ravishing delight (Paris)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Jonathan Brown

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    8. Fear not, mortal, none shall harm thee (Mercury)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Thomas Walker

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    9. Happy thou of human race (Mercury, Paris)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Thomas Walker, Jonathan Brown

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    10. Happy thou of human race (Chorus)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music Choir, Academy of Ancient Music

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    11. Symphony for Juno

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    12. Saturnia, wife of thund'ring Jove, am I (Juno)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Helen Charlston

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    13. Symphony for Pallas

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    14. This way, mortal, bend thy eyes (Pallas)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Kitty Whately

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    15. Hither turn thee, gentle swain (Venus)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Anna Dennis

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    16. Trio: Hither turn thee, gentle swain (Venus, Pallas, Juno)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Anna Dennis, Kitty Whately, Helen Charlston

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    17. Distracted I turn, but I cannot decide (Paris)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Jonathan Brown

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    18. Apart let me view then each heavenly fair (Paris)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Jonathan Brown

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    19. Let ambition fire thy mind (Juno)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Helen Charlston

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    20. Let ambition fire thy mind (Chorus)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music Choir, Academy of Ancient Music

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    21. Crowns I'll throw beneath thy feet (Juno)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Helen Charlston

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    22. Let ambition fire thy mind (Chorus)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music Choir, Academy of Ancient Music

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    23. Let not toils of empire fright (Juno)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Helen Charlston

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    24. Let ambition fire thy mind (Chorus)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music Choir, Academy of Ancient Music

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    25. Awake, awake, thy spirits raise (Pallas)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Kitty Whately

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    26. Hark, hark! The glorious voice of war (Pallas)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Kitty Whately

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    27. Symphony for Pallas

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    28. O what joys does conquest yield (Pallas, Attendants)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Anna Dennis, Anna Cavaliero, Aksel Rykkvin

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    29. O how glorious 'tis to see (Chorus)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music Choir, Academy of Ancient Music

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    30. To me, kind swain, the prize resign (Pallas)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Kitty Whately

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    31. O how glorious 'tis to see (Chorus)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music Choir, Academy of Ancient Music

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    32. Symphony for Venus

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    33. Stay, lovely youth, delay thy choice (Venus)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Anna Dennis

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    34. Far from thee be anxious care (Venus)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Anna Dennis

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    35. One only joy mankind can know (Chorus)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music Choir, Academy of Ancient Music

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    36. Nature fram'd thee sure for loving (Venus)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Anna Dennis

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    37. Fairest she, all nymphs transcending (Venus)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Anna Dennis

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    38. Nature fram'd thee sure for loving (Venus)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Anna Dennis

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    39. Fairest she, all nymphs transcending (Venus)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Anna Dennis

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    40. I yield, I yield, O take the prize (Paris)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

      Performer: Jonathan Brown

      Conductor: Julian Perkins

    41. Hither all ye Graces, all ye Loves (Chorus)

      Composer: John Weldon

      Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music Choir, Academy of Ancient Music

      Conductor: Julian Perkins


Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) and Cambridge Handel Opera Company (CHOC) follow their Gramophone-nominated recording of Eccles' Semele with a world-premiere recording of John Weldon's masque The Judgment of Paris. In 1700 the Earl of Halifax decided England needed all- sung opera. He offered a 'Musick Prize' of �210 for the best setting of the libretto of The Judgement of Paris by William Congreve, with entries by composers like John Eccles and Daniel Purcell. Weldon's setting, which won the competition but was never published, is recorded here for the first time. Released as a hardback mediabook, the CD is accompanied by a host of fascinating essays written specially by historians, musicologists and other experts - finally giving this winning masque the attention it deserves.