| registrazioni |
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| 1946-11-02 | L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato: 13, "Sweet Bird" | | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Josef Niedermayer, Wiener Philharmoniker, Josef Krips | 7:33 |
| 1980-01-04 – 1980-01-08 | Il Penseroso - First, and chief, on golden wing | | Patrizia Kwella, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner | 8:20 |
| 1987-09 | L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Pt. I. Recitative and Aria. “First, and chief, on golden wing” - “Sweet bird” | | Kathleen Battle, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner | 11:49 |
| 1988-06 – 1988-07 | L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Pt. I. Recitative and Aria. “First, and chief, on golden wing” - “Sweet bird” | | Kathleen Battle, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner | 11:49 |
| 1991-09-23 – 1991-09-25 | Sweet Bird (L'Allegro, Il Penseroso E Il Moderato) | | Emma Kirkby, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 13:02 |
| 1999-02-05 – 1999-02-12 | L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato: Part One. Air "Sweet birg, that shun'st the noise of Folly" | | Lorna Anderson, The King’s Consort, Robert King | 14:36 |
| 2022 | L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Parte prima: Air. Sweet bird, that shun’st the noise of folly (Il Penseroso) | | Rachel Redmond, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie | 11:37 |
| First and chief - Sweet bird | | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf | 7:29 |
| Il Penseroso: “Sweet Bird That Shunn’st the Noise of Folly” | | Dame Nellie Melba | 4:50 |
| Il Penseroso: "Sweet Bird, That Shun'st The Noise Of Folly" | | Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann | ?:?? |
| Sweet Bird | dal vivo | Kathleen Battle, Myron Lutzke, Anthony Newman, Jean‐Pierre Rampal | 10:29 |
| Sweet Bird | | Beverly Hoch, The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Schermerhorn | 9:52 |
