Secular oratorio in 3 parts. Title from disc label. Libretto by James Harris and Charles Jennens after poems by John Milton. Performing edition by Christopher Suckling and Paul McCreesh. Program notes by Ruth Smith, Christopher Suckling, and William Whitehead, biographical notes on the performers, and libretto (84 unnumbered pages : portraits) bound in container. Incorporates the Concerti grossi op. 6, no. 1 and no. 3, and the Organ concerto op. 7 no. 1, as in the first performance in 1740. Recorded. 2013 May 11. Henry Wood Hall; 2014 June 18-20. St. Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town; 2014 December 9-10. St. Paul's Deptford. Gillian Webster, soprano ; Laurence Kilsby, treble ; Jeremy Ovenden, tenor ; Peter Harvey, baritone ; Ashley Riches, bass ; William Whitehead, organ ; Gabrieli Consort ; Gabrieli Players ; Paul McCreesh, conductor.