Royal, Bostridge - Handel - As Steals the Morn

George Frideric Handel ’As Steals the Morn’ from L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (HWV 55), 1740 Kate Royal, soprano Ian Bostridge, tenor Freiburg baroque orchestra & Orchestra of the age of enlightenment Directed from the keyboard by Stephen Devine As steals the morn upon the night, And melts the shades away: So Truth does Fancy’s charm dissolve, And rising Reason puts to flight The fumes that did the mind involve, Restoring intellectual day.