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.