Myth and Music

FATES
Gesang der Parzen (1882), 11:30, Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897).
A work for chorus and orchestra on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Iphigenia auf Tauris about the gulf between the gods and humans who are the helpless victims of the Fates.
o DG 431790, 435791, LONDON 430281 (with his Nänie), MEMORIES 4493/4, MHS 524971 (2) (with his Nänie), ORFEO 025821 (with his Nänie), RCA 60260, 61201(with his Nänie), TELARC 80176 (with his Nänie)

Atropo (1967), 13:00, Malipiero, Gian Francesco (1882-1973).
His tenth symphony, named after the Fate who cuts the thread of life, honoring Hermann Scherchen.
o MARCO POLO 8.223697

The Three Fates (1970), 8:00, Emerson, Keith (1944-).
A work for organ (Clotho), solo piano (Lachesis), and piano trio (Atropos) for the progressive-rock group Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
o ATLANTIC 19120 ("Emerson, Lake and Palmer"), VICTORY 480016 (reissue), 484004 ("The Return of the Manticore")

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FURIES
The Furies Suite (1950), 4:00, Waxman, Franz (1906-1967).
An orchestral suite of music from the movie The Furies which has elements of Greek tragedy.
o TELARC 80141 ("Roundup")

The Furies (1995), 20:00, Mageau, Mary (1934-).
A piano concerto in three movements, one for each of the Furies.
o VIENNA MODERN MASTERS 3036 ("Music from Six Continents 1996 Series")

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GALATEA
Galathe, Wo Bist Du Doch Gewesen (between 1638 and 1651), 5:30, Albert, Heinrich (1604-1651).
A song (2.12) of dialogue between Corydon and the Nereid Galatea from his song collection Arien.
o DHM 77245 (with his Phöbus)

Acis et Galatée (1686), 107:00, Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687).
An entertainment for the Dauphin with double love affairs, Polyphemus killing Acis, Acis being restored to life through Galatea’s intercession to Neptune, and Acis transformed into a stream.
o ARCHIV 453498/9 (2)

Chaconne de Galatée (c.1686), 3:00, Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687).
Music on French theorbo for a dance from the opera.
o GLOSSA 920106 ("Pièces pour Theorbes Francaises")

Ah, How Lovely, Sweet and Dear (1700), 3:30, Eccles, John (c.1668-1735).
A masque with vocal dialogue between Acis and Galatea in Peter Motteux’s opera The Mad Lover.
o MUSICA OSCURA 070979 ("Sound the Trumpets from Shore to Shore", with Daniel Purcell’s With Horns & with Hounds [Artemis] and excerpts from his, Finger’s, Weldon’s, and D. Purcell’s music for Congreve’s The Judgment of Paris)

Azis y Galatea (1708), 59:00, de Literes, Antonio (1673-1747).
A Spanish opera-like work with spoken dialogue on the familiar story, written for the king’s birthday in 1708 or 1709.
o DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 05472, 77336 (selections from "Barroco Español vol. 2 - Zarzuelas", with his Jupiter y Semele)

Aci, Galatea, e Polifemo (1708), 84:00, Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759).
A cantata in Italian derived from Ovid's Metamorphoses 13, written for a noble's wedding.
o DYNAMIC 272 (2), HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 901253/4 (2), VIRGIN 45557 (2)

Poliphème (1710), 15:00, Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas (1676-1749).
A cantata about Polyphemus' expression of love for Galatea, an account of his killing of Acis, and a moral.
o NAXOS 8.553743 (with his La Mort d'Hercule)

Acis and Galatea (1718), 93:00, Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759).
A masque in English on John Dryden's translation of the tale in Ovid's Metamorphoses 13.
o *ARCHIV 423406 (2), 435792 (2) (Mozart arr.), 474225 (2), ATMA 2302 (2), *DELOS 3107, DORIAN 93227, *ERATO 25505 (2), *HYPERI0N 66361/2 (2), LONDON 425792 (Mozart arr.), *L'OISEAU-LYRE 430538 (2) (Mozart arr.), NAXOS 8.553188, NEWPORT CLASSIC 60045 (2), OPUS 111 9109/10 (2) (Mozart arr.), ORFEO 133 852 (2) (Mozart arr.), VOX 7502 (2), 7519 (2)

Acis et Galatea (1773 rev.), 8:00, Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809).
The overture for one of his early efforts at operatic music.
o KOCH SCHWANN 317232 (with his Philemon und Baucis)

Il Ciclope (Polifemo e Galatea) (1775), 27:30, Hasse, Johann Adolph (1699-1783).
A cantata in which Polyphemus becomes a polite suitor and graciously accepts his rejection.
o ADES 201 932 ("Cantati")

Aci e Galatea (1801), 107:00, Naumann, Johann (1741-1801).
An opera based on the traditional story, but with a happy ending.
o ORFEO 222022 (2)

Romance de Galatée (?), 3:30, Fortunati, Ferdinando (1772-1812?).
The song of a spurned lover who expresses his continuing love for Galatea.
o CRYSTAL 640 ("The Plymouth Trio")

Polyphème (1922), 160:00, Cras, Jean (1879-1932).
An opera based on Albert Semain's play about the love of Polyphemus for Galatea.
o TIMPANI 3078 (3)

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GANYMEDE
Ganymed (1817), 5:00, Schubert, Franz (1797-1828).
A song on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's poem about Ganymede's joyous ascent to Zeus.
o ARCANA 37 (with his An Schwager Kronos and Prometheus), ASTRÉE 7783 ("Goethe Lieder"), CHANT DU MONDE 278111 (with Wolf’s Ganymed), DG 431773 ("Lieder", with his Ceres), 437215 ("Schubert Lieder, Vol. 1"), 437784 ("Cheryl Studer in Salzburg"), 445294 (with his Gruppe aus demTartarus), ELEKTRA/NONESUCH 79263, EMI 56347, 764026, HYPERION 33005 ("The Hyperion Schubert Edition: Complete Songs vol. 5", with his Ceres), LONDON 452917 (with his An Schwager Kronos and Prometheus), NAXOS 8.553113, NONESUCH 79263 ("de Gaetani"), 79317 ("Upshaw: Goethe-Lieder"), OMEGA 1001 ("Elly Ameling Sings Schubert at Tanglewood", with his Iphigeneia and Die Götter Griechenlands), PAVANE 7122 ("Goethe Lieder" with his An Schwager Kronos, Prometheus and Wolf’s Ganymed), PHILIPS 412623, TELDEC 90873 ("Lieder")

Ganymed (by 1842), 3:30, Loewe, Carl (1796-1869).
A part-song based on the same poem of Goethe.
o CPO 999260

Ganymed (1889), 5:00, Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903).
One of Wolf's Goethe-Lieder on the same poem of Goethe.
o CHANT DU MONDE 278111 (with Schubert’s Ganymed), CLAVES 9517 (with his Prometheus), COLLINS 14022, DG 415192, HYPERION 66590, 67130, ORFEO 543001 (with his Prometheus), PAVANE 7122 ("Goethe Lieder", with Schubert’s Ganymed, An Schwager Kronos, and Prometheus)

Ganymede/Prometheus (1982), 8:00, Hair, Graham (1943-).
A work for contemporary music sextet in which Ganymede is an "inverse double" of Prometheus.
o CANBERRA SCHOOL OF MUSIC 1

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GIANTS (see OLYMPIAN GODS)


GLAUCUS
Scylla et Glaucus (1746), 170:00, LeClair, Jean-Marie (1697-1764).
An opera on Ovid's Metamorphoses 13, but with a twist as Glaucus seeks the aid of Circe.
o ERATO/MUSIFRANCE 45277 (3), ERATO 75339 (3) (same performance), 98518 (excerpts, 72:00)

GORGONS (see also MEDUSA)
Gorgon (1984), 17:30, Rouse, Christopher (1949-).
An orchestral work suggesting each of the Gorgons as well as Medusa's death at Perseus' hands.
o RCA 68410

GRACES
Les Grâces (1758), 7:30, Duphly, Jacques (1715-1789).
A work for harpsichord from Book 3 of Pieces de Clavecin suggesting the elegance of the Three Graces.
o ADDA 581097/100 (with his La Médée), ASV 108

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HADES (see also PERSEPHONE)
Charon, oh Charon (1633), 6:00, Johnson, Robert (c.1583-1633).
A song for two voices in which Charon is asked to help a dead lover find his beloved in the Elysian Fields.
o EMI 54311 ("Reflexe") (with his Orpheus I Am and The Satyrs’ Masque and Lawes’ Come, My Daphne, Come Away and Haste You Nymphs), ENSEMBLE PHOENIX PRODUCTIONS ("Orpheus I Am"), VIRGIN 59321 ("Shakespeare's Lutenist")

O Di Cocito Oscure Deità (1668), 8:30, Stradella, Alessandro (1639-1682).
A prologue for four voices and instruments on a text by Giovan Apolloni as Hades and Persephone pray to the Erinyes to destroy the world with wars.
o BONGIOVANNI 2164

An Schwager Kronos (1816), 3:00, Schubert, Franz (1797-1828).
A song on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's poem about Chronos rushing the poet through life to the Underworld.
o ARCANA 37 (with his Ganymed and Prometheus), DG 471586 (with his Die Götter Griechenlands, Memnon,  and Prometheus),  DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77342, ERATO 98493 (with his Freiwilliges Versinken and Die Götter Griechenlands), HYPERION 33024 ("The Hyperion Schubert Edition: Complete Songs vol. 24"), LONDON 452917 (with his Ganymed and Prometheus), ORFEO C140 101 (with his Prometheus), 389 951

Elysium (1817), 8:30, Schubert, Franz (1797-1828).
A song on Friedrich von Schiller’s poem describing Elysium as a happy place.
o HYPERION 33011 ("Hyperion Schubert Edition 11", with his Dithyrambe and Lied de Orpheus), NAXOS 554740

Fahrt zum Hades (1817), 4:00, Schubert, Franz (1797-1828).
A song on Johann Mayrhofer's poem about the fear of those being ferried to the land of the dead.
o DG 437215 ("Schubert Lieder, Vol. 1"), HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 911648 (with his Gruppe aus dem Tartatus), HYPERION 33002 ("The Hyperion Schubert Edition: Complete Songs vol. 2"), NAXOS 8.554738 (with other songs of mythical characters), NIMBUS 5022 ("Shura Gerhman"), ORFEO 021 821 ("Lieder for Bass", with his Prometheus, Gruppe aus dem Tartatus), TUDOR 764 ("Lieder Set to Poems by Johann Mayrhofer", with his Der Zürnenden Diana, Atys, Philoktet, Uraniens Flucht)

Gruppe aus dem Tartarus (1817), 3:00, Schubert, Franz (1797-1828).
A song on Friedrich von Schiller's poem about the condemned of Tartarus begging for an end of punishment.
o BBC 8011 ("Britten the Performer", (with his Atys, Prometheus), CPO 999510 (with his Memnon and Prometheus), DG 437225 ("Schubert Lieder, Vol. 2"), 445294 (with his Ganymed), 471586 (with his An Schwager Kronos, Memnon, and Prometheus), DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77296 (with his Die Götter Griechenlands and Hectors Abschied), DG 445294 (with his Ganymed), HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 911648 (with his Fahrt zum Hades), HYPERION 33014 ("The Hyperion Schubert Edition: Complete Songs vol. 14", songs dealing with Greek mythical figures), MDG 3210835 (with his Memnon and Prometheus), ORFEO 021 821 ("Lieder for Bass", with his Prometheus, Fahrt zum Hades), 529001 (with his Prometheus, Fahrt zum Hades), OTTAVO 19861, PHILIPS 411421 (with his Hippolits Lied), PREISER 93145 (with his Prometheus).

Rhadamantus-Kläge (1851), 8:00, Strauss II, Johann (1825-1899).
A waltz inspired by one of the judges of the Underworld for the festivities organized by the law students of Vienna university for the 1851 Vienna Carnival.
o MARCO POLO 8.223223

Elysium (1914), 2:00, Burleigh, Harry T. (1866-1949).
A love song for solo voice on James Weldon Johnson’s poem about what Elysium would be for two lovers.
o CENTAUR 2252

Lethe (1941, rev. 1976-7), 3:00, Clarke, Rebecca (1886-1979).
A song on Edna St. Vincent Millay's image of the river as "the taker-away of pain, and the giver-back of beauty."
o ELEKTRA/NONESUCH 79178 ("Songs of America"), GAMUT CLASSICS 534

Styx (1968), 9:00, Logothetis, Anestis (1921-1994).
Electronic music for an orchestra of plectral instruments, using the river as a symbol of permanent transition.
o THOROFON 2201/2 (2) ("Siegfried Behrend in Memoriam")

Voices from Elysium (1979), Gideon, Miriam (1906-1996).
A song cycle based on seven ancient Greek poems reflecting on life and death for tenor and instruments.
o NEW WORLD 543 ("Voices from Elysium")

Barcarola (1979), 21:30, Henze, Hans Werner (1926-).
A musical view of a shade being ferried across the Styx and reflecting upon the important moments of his life.
o EMI 54762

Styx (1984), Mâche, Francois-Bernard (1935-).
A work for two pianos and eight hands.
o ATTACA BABEL 9481 ("Works for Two Pianos, Eight Hands", with his Lethe)

Lethe (1985), Mâche, Francois-Bernard (1935-).
A similar work.
o ATTACA BABEL 9481 ("Works for Two Pianos, Eight Hands", with his Styx)

Cerberus (1987), 14:00, Pape, Gerard (1955-).
A tone poem for organ and electronic tape evoking the characteristics of the three-headed monster.
o MODE 26 ("Music by Pape")

Crossing Styx (1995), 21:30, Nielsen, Svend Hvidtfelt (1958-).
A chamber work for wind quintet, exhibiting elements of ritual and drama as one encounters all sorts of horrors crossing the river.
o DA CAPO 8.224079

Portrait of a Man in Elysian Fields (1989), Rea, John (1944-).
.A work for piano in homage to Morton Feldman upon his death.
o CENTREDISCS 6298, 7194 ("The View from Here")

Elysium (1995), 14:00, Ocker, Marshall (1926-).
An orchestral work of the beautiful sounds rising out of orchestral tune-ups, inspired by that far-off, peaceful place.
o VIENNA MODERN MASTERS 3040 ("Music from Six Continents 1997 Series")

A Voice from Elysium (1995), 13:30, Winslow, Walter (1947-1998).
A work for soprano and instruments, inspired by an inscription on a Roman tomb and sung in Latin, taking the form of a dialogue between a recently deceased young woman and her survivor husband with a passing traveler who comments briefly after reading the inscription.
o CRI 842 (with his Mirror of Diana)

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HARPIES
The Harpies (1931), 22:00, Blitzstein, Marc (1905-1964).
A satirical opera with Phineus' story as metaphor for the composer's own experiences during the Depression.
o PREMIER 1009

HEBE (see also HERACLES)
Hébé (1708), 11:30, Campra, André (1660-1744).
A cantata about Hebe as goddess and teacher of youth.
o PIERRE VERANY 786101 (with his Achille Oisif, Arion, Daphné, Didon)

Les Fêtes d'Hébé (1739), 46:00, Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764).
Ballet music from the opera which celebrates poetry, music, and dance through Hebe's appearance in Paris.
o EMI 65732, ERATO 21064 (2), GLOSSA 921103 (suite), NEWPORT CLASSICS 85555 ("L'Amour Règne")

Hébé (1879-82), 2:00, Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899).
A song (op. 2/6) on Louise Ackermann’s poem reflecting upon Hebe’s role of bringing the drink of immortality to the gods.
o ERATO 88012, TIMPANI 2028 (2)

Hébé (1888), 8:00, Waldteufel, Emile (1837-1915).
A waltz named after the cupbearer of the gods.
o MARCO POLO 8.223450

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HECTOR (see also ANDROMACHE, TROJAN WAR)
Hektors Abschied (Hector's Farewell) (1815), 5:00, Schubert, Franz (1797-1828).
A song on Friedrich von Schiller's poem in which Hector and Andromache meet for the last time.
o DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77296 (with his Die Götter Griechenlands and Tartarus), HYPERION 33014 ("The Hyperion Schubert Edition: Complete Songs vol. 14", songs dealing with Greek mythical figures)

Hector's Farewell to Andromache (1930), 13:00, Bliss, Arthur (1891-1975).
The first section of Morning Heroes, a symphony for orator, chorus, and orchestra, based on lines from Iliad 6.
o BBC CONCERT CLASSICS 91992, CALA 1010, EMI 63906

HECUBA (see also ACHILLES)
Ecuba (1812), 106:00, Manfroce, Nicola Antonio (1791-1813).
An opera on Dictys' and Dares' pseudo-Homeric epics of Achilles' love for Polyxena and its tragic aftermath.
o BONGIOVANNI 2119/20 (2)

Preludio, Aria e Danza Funebre (1940), Malipiero, Gian Francesco (1882-1973).
An arrangement for a segment of his opera Hecuba.
o FONIT CETRA 2033 (with Dallapiccola's 3 Episodes from Marsia)

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HELEN (see also PARIS)
La Belle Hélène (1864), 107:00, Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880).
A comic opera satirizing classical myth and the superficiality of contemporary French society.
o ACCORD 290002 (2), EMI 65366 (2), 68289 (with Waldteufel's Pomona) (2), KLAVIER 11007 (2), PREISER PAPERBACK OPERA 20026 (2), VIRGIN 45477 (2)

Helenen-Quadrille, Strauss, Eduard (1835-1916).
A quadrille based on a theme from Offenbach's work.
o INTERCORD CONCERTO COLLECTION 820.748

Hymn to Thais (1909), 2:00, Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957).
Music for Arthur Borgström's text addressed to Helen in her Egyptian re-incarnation.
o BIS 657

Faust et Hélène (1913), 30:00, Boulanger, Lili (1893-1918).
A choral work for the Prix de Rome competition on Eugène Adénis’ "lyric episode", mistakenly believed to be based on Goethe’s Faust, on the ill-fated love between Faust and Helen who is reclaimed by the shades of the dead warriors of Troy.
o CHANDOS 9745

Die Ägyptische Helena (1928), 135:00, Strauss, Richard (1864-1939).
An opera on Stesichorus' speculation that Helen's image was at Troy as the real Helen was in Egypt.
o DYNAMIC 374 (2), LONDON 430381 (2), KOCH SCHWANN 6533 (symphonic fragment, with his Die Liebe der Danaë symphonic fragment), MELODRAM 27066 (2), ORFEO D'OR 424 962 (2), RCA 69429 (2), 60398 (excerpts), TELARC 80605 (2)

Song of the Argive Helen (1932), 2:30, Foulds, John (1880-1939).
Part of the suite Hellas for double string orchestra, harp, and percussion, inspired by Helen of Troy.
o LYRITA 212 (with his Corybantes and Dirge for a Hero)

Elegy (1965), 8:00, Corigliano, John (1938-).
Orchestral music for a love scene between Helen and Telemachus in Wallace Grey's play Helen.
o CBC 5050, RCA 68100, TELARC 80421

A Hélène (1977), 11:30, Xenakis, Iannis (1922-2001).
A choral work on based on lines 1107-1164 and 1494-1511 of Euripides’ play.
o CHANDOS 9663 ("Pupils of Messiaen"), COL LEGNO 20030 (2)

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HERA/JUNO
Giunone (1816), 11:30, Rossini, Gioacchino (1792-1868).
A cantata for tenor, chorus, and orchestra, recorded here for the first time.
o CBC 5148 ("Rarities by Rossini and Verdi")

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HERACLES/HERCULES (see also ALCESTIS)
Lamento di Iole, Peri, Jacopo (1561-1633).
A lament by Iole as she is deserted by Heracles.
o ALIA VOX 9815 ("Battaglie & Lamenti")

Ercole Amante (1662), 165:00, Cavalli, Pier Francesco (1602-1676).
An opera on Ovid's Metamorphoses 9 of Heracles' pursuit of Iole and Deianeira's attempt to retain his love.
o ERATO 12980 (3)

La Lotte d'Ercole con Acheloo (1689), Steffani, Agostino (1645-1728).
A dramatic divertissement on Ovid's Metamorphoses 9.
o BNL 112823 (also contains his Apollon et Doris, Léandre et Héro, Pirame et Tisbe)

Omphale (1701), 24:00, Destouches, André (1672-1749).
A selection from an opera in which Juno causes Heracles to compete with a friend for Omphale's love.
o ADÈS 141782

Le Mort d'Hercule (1716), 14:00, Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas (1676-1749).
A cantata for bass in which the singer narrates the action and provides a moral for the audience.
o HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 901329 (with his La Muse de l'Opéra, Orphée, Pyrame et Tisbé), MUSIQUE D'ABORD 1329 (same performance), NAXOS 8.553743 (with his Poliphème [Galatea])

Hercules auf dem Scheidewege (BWV 213) (1733), 52:00, Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750).
A cantata about this examplar of virtue for the birthday celebration of the crown prince elect of Saxony.
o BERLIN CLASSICS 9227, ERATO 17578 (4) (with his BWV 205 - Aeolus), HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 901544/5 (2) (with his BWV 201 - Midas and BWV 205 - Aeolus), MUSICAPHON 51356, PHILIPS 442779

Hercules, A Musical Drama (1744), 153:00, Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759).
A musical drama on Sophocles' Trachiniae and Ovid's Metamorphoses 9 dominated by Deianeira's jealousy.
o ARCHIV 423137 (3), 469532 (3), BERLIN 9113 (3), MELODRAM 50022 (2) (abridged Italian adaptation)

Die Wahl des Herakles (The Choice of Hercules) (1751), 54:00, Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759).
An oratorio from incidental music for Tobias Smollett's Alceste on Heracles' choice between Virtue and Pleasure.
o CAPRICCIO 10019, HYPERION 67298

The Choice of Hercules (17??), 4:30, Stanley, John (1712-1786).
A work for two trumpets on the familiar theme.
o NIMBUS 5155 ("Rule Britannia", with Eccles' The Judgment of Paris)

Alkid (1778), 98:00, Bortnyansky, Dmitri (1751-1825).
An opera about Heracles’ choice between pleasure and virtue from Metastasio's Alcide al Bivio.
o EROL 98001 (2), ARTS AND ELECTRONICS 10370 (selections on "Concertino", with Fomin's Orfey i Evridika), RUSSIAN COMPACT DISC 10301 (suite)

Alcide al Bivio (1790), 87:00, Righini, Vincenzo (1756-1812).
An opera about Heracles at the crossroads, written for the marriage of the Hapsburg Archduke Joseph.
o BONGIOVANNI 2157/8 (2)

Pensa, Che Questo Istante (1813), 2:30, Schubert, Franz (1797-1828).
A song from text by Pietro Metastasio in which Heracles is reminded that his life must be marked by courage.
o *LONDON 440297 ("The Impatient Lover", with his Vedi Quanto Adoro (Dido) and Haydn's Arianna auf Naxos)

Le Rouet d'Omphale (1869), 9:00, Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921).
A tone poem on Victor Hugo's poem of feminine seduction as a weapon of the weak against the strong.
o DENON 75024 (with his Phaéton), DG 400070, EMI 47477, 69112, ENIGMA 74652, ERATO 55001, LONDON 414460 (with his Phaéton), 425021 (with his Heracles and Phaéton), 433087, MASTERSOUND O17, NAXOS 8.550138, RCA 61400, 68978

La Jeunesse d'Hercule (1877), 18:00, Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921).
A symphonic poem depicting Heracles at the crossroads, choosing between Pleasure and Virtue.
o ERATO 45696, HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 905197, LONDON 425021 (with his Omphale and Phaéton), 433087

Les Travaux d'Hercule (1901), 96:00, Terrasse, Claude (1867-1923).
A comic operetta in which Augeas completes the labors of a diffident Hercules who gets the credit.
o GAITE LYRIQUE 201 792 (2), MUSIDISC 20179 (2)

Atlántida (1928-1972), 106:00, Falla, Manuel de (1876-1946).
A cantata on Verdaguer's poem in which Parts 1 and 2 deal with Heracles saving Spain from destruction.
o CASCAVELLE 2005 (selections), MEMORIES 4464/5 (2), VALOIS 4685 (2)

Overture to The Women of Trachis (1960), 13:00, Sapp, Allen (1922-1999).
A work for chamber orchestra in three sections, the first evoking Deianeira’s lament over her loss of Heracles, the second recalling the deceptions of Heracles and Deianeira, and the last suyggesting Heracles’ cursing of Zeus..
o CRI 765 (with his Imaginary Creatures [centaurs])

Hydra (1981), 10:00, Brophy, Gerard (1953-).
An ensemble piece for various tuned and untuned percussion instruments.
CANBERRA SCHOOL OF MUSIC 2 ("Synergy")

Les Travaux d'Hercule (1981), 61:00, Duhamel, Antoine (1925-).
An opera for children about the mythical hero and his labors.
o ERATO 9248

the CIVIL warS (Rome Section) (1983), 77:37, Glass, Philip (1937-) & Wilson, Robert (1941-).
A vocal and orchestral work intended for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games using, among others things, excerpts from Seneca’s two tragedies about Heracles.
o NONESUCH 79487

Hydra (1988), 11:30, Zappa, Enric Andrew (1953-).
A sonata for flute and piano, inspired by the mythical monster slain by Heracles.
o CRS 9257 ("Excursions")

Herakles 2 (1992), 15:00, Goebbels, Heiner (1952-).
A work for five brass players, drums, and sampler in fusion big-band sound on Heiner Müller's play Zement describing Heracles' second labor against the Hydra.
o ECM 1483

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HERMAPHRODITUS
The Fountain of Salmacis (1971), 8:00, Gabriel, Peter (1950-).
A song for the rock group Genesis about the water-nymph Salmacis' love for Hermaphroditus.
o ATLANTIC 2000 ("Three Sides Live"), 80030 ("Nursery Cryme"), Buddah 56592

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HERMES/MERCURY (see also OLYMPIAN GODS)
Symphony for Mercury (1701), 6:00, Eccles, John (c.1668-1735).
The Trumpet Sonata in D for The Judgment of Paris on William Congreve's poem about the well-known episode.
o CRYSTAL 512 ("Treasures for Horn and Trumpet"), HYPERION 66108 ("Purcell's London")

Aventures de Mercure (1924), 14:00, Satie, Erik (1866-1925).
Music for a ballet in which Mercury engages in a lot of comic adventures.
o HYPERION 66365, LONDON 421395, 443897, NAXOS 8.554279, VANGUARD 4030, VIRGIN 62877 (2)

Mercury Concerto (1978), 14:00, Sapieyevski, Jerzy (1945-).
A work for trumpet and wind ensemble.
o AM CAM 10305

Mercury Dream (1994), Pöntinen, Roland (1963-).
A work using jazz motives for clarinet and piano.
o BIS 693 ("French Beauties and Swedish Beasts")

Hermes-Dance Images (Piano Concerto #6), 51:00, Heiniö, Mikko (1948-).
A ballet-concerto for soprano, piano, and strings about the Jungian implications of Hermes' divine/human duality.
o ONDINE 870

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HERMIONE (see ANDROMACHE)

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HERO
Léandre e Héro (1713), 17:00, Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas (1676-1749).
A cantata about the star-crossed lovers, ending with a rebuke of Eros for his cruelty.
o ANALEKTA FLEUR DE LYS 3018, ERASMUS 071, MERIDIAN 84182 (with his Zéphire et Flore and Orphée), NAXOS 8.553744 (with his Orphée), OPUS 111 9103 (with his l'Isle de Délos, Apollon et Doris, Pirame et Tisbé)

Ero e Leandro (1725), 9:30, Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725).
A cantata on the same subject.
o PIERRE VERANY 790013 (with his Diana ed Endimione)

Ero e Leandro (1879), 5:00, Bottesini, Giovanni (1821-1889).
The prelude to the opera with libretto by Arrigo Boito.
o ASV 907, BONGIOVANNI 2141

Ero e Leandro (1885), 16:00, Catalani, Alfredo (1854-1893).
A symphonic poem adapted from Boito's libretto.
o BONGIOVANNI 2097

Hero and Leander (1901), 28:00, Herbert, Victor (1859-1924).
A symphonic poem in two parts describing the familiar story musically.
o BRIDGE 9124 (3), SONY 52491

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HESPERUS
Hesperus-Waltz (1858), 8:30, Lumbye, Hans Christian (1810-1874).
A waltz for the ball of the Vienna Artists' Association "Hesperus", named after the evening star.
o DANACORD 497, UNICORN-KANCHANA 9089

Hesperus-Polka (1861), 2:30, Strauss II, Johann (1825-1899).
A polka for a ball of the same group.
o MARCO POLO 8.223205 (with his Musen-Polka)

Hesperus-Ländler (1867), 6:00, Strauss, Josef (1827-1870).
A work for the ball of the same group.
o MARCO POLO 8.223575

Hesperus-Bahnen (Hesperus’ Path) (1870), 10:00, Strauss, Josef (1827-1870).
A waltz for the ball of the renowned Vienna Artists’ Association Hesperus.
o MARCO POLO 8.223567 (with his Minerva Polka)

HIPPODAMIA
Hippodamia (1888-1891), 405:00, Fibich, Zdenk (1850-1900).
An opera trilogy emphasizing not her wooing by Pelops, but her destruction of three generations of her family.
o SUPRAPHON 3037 (6)

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HIPPOLYTUS (see PHAEDRA)

HYACINTHUS
Apollo et Hyacinthus (1767), 81:00, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791).
An opera as intermezzo between the acts of a Latin play with Zephyrus as a human rival of Apollo.
o BERLIN CLASSICS 1010 (2), BRILLIANT 99714 1/5 (5), PAVANE 7236 (2), *PHILIPS 422526 (2)

Apollo et Hyazinthus (1948), 16:00, Henze, Hans Werner (1926-).
A symphonic poem (and harpsichord concerto) on Georg Trakl's poem about Hyacinthus' death.
o LONDON 430347

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HYPERION
Hyperion (1975), 17:30, Wuorinen, Charles (1938-).
A concerto grosso for twelve instruments allowing the audience to draw its own conclusion about the title.
o KOCH INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS 7110, 7614 (same recording)

Hyperion (1977), 20:00, Hamilton, Iain (1922-2000).
A work for five instruments in six sections inspired by John Keats’ The Fall of Hyperion describing the final attempt to defend the Titans against the Olympians.
o NEW YORK PHILOMUSICA 3 (2) ("Our Living Composers")

Hyperion (1981), Mâche, Francois-Bernard (1935-).
An all-electronic score.
o JADE 015 (with his Tithon)

Hyperion or The Rhetoric of Fire (1988), 25:30, Guillou, Jean (1930-).
A work in four movements for organ with fire as its theme.
o DORIAN 90134 ("The Great Organ of Saint Eustace")

Hyperion (1992), 49:30, Crispell, Marilyn (1947-), Brötzmann, Peter (1941-), Drake, Hamid.
A free jazz improvisation inspired by the Titan and radiant sun.
o MUSIC AND ARTS 852