Georg Friedrich Händel: Semele (2 CDs)

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)

English Chamber Orchestra

2 CDs

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Artists:: Diaz, M. Deller, Armstrong, Watts, Palmer, Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Somary
Label:: Alto
Year of recording ca.:: 1973
UPC/EAN:: 0894640001738
Release date:: 9.11.2012

1 Overture
2 Recitative: Priest 'Behold, Auspicious Flashes Rise...'
3 Chorus Of Priests 'Lucky Omens Bless Our Rites'
4 Cadmus, Athamas. Recitative, Arioso & Duet: Cadmus: 'Daughter, Obey'
5 Recitative & Aria: Semele 'Ah Me...'
6 Cadmus, Ino, Athamus, Semele. Recitative: Ino 'Alas! She Yields': Quartet: Response
7 Chorus Of Priests 'Avert These Omens'
8 Cadmus, Athamas, Semele, Chorus Of Priests. Rectative: Cadmus: 'Again, Auspicious Flashes...'
9 Cadmus, Athamas, Ino. Recitative & Aria: Cadmus 'Ah, Wretched Prince...'
10 Cadmus, Chorus Of Priests & Augurs. Recitative: Cadmus, Chorus 'See, See'
11 Semele, Chorus. Aria: Semale, 'Endless Pleasure'
12 Sinfonia
13 Juno, Iris, Recitative & Aria: Juno, 'Awake Saturnia'
14 Aira: Semele 'Oh Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me?'
15 Semele, Jupiter. Aria: Semele, 'Let Me Not Another Moment'
16 Jupiter; Athamus, Chorus Of Loves & Zephyrs. Recitative, Jupiter: 'You Are Mortal'
17 Jupiter, Semele. Recitative: Semele 'Ah, Me' Aria, Jupiter: 'Why Sigh'
18 Chorus Of Loves & Zephyrs 'Now Love, That Everlasting Boy Invites'
19 Jupiter, Semele. Recitative & Aria: Jupiter 'By My Command'..Where'er You Walk'
20 Recitative & Aria: Semele, Ino

1 Duet: Semele & Ino 'Preapre Then, Ye Immortal Choir'
2 Chorus Of Nymphs & Swains: 'Bless the Glad Earth'
3 Sinfonia
4 Recitative. & Aria: Juno Iris, Somnus. Juno 'Somnus Awake'
5 Iris, Juno, Somnus. Recit. Iris 'Dull God, Canst Though Attend' Aria, Juno:
6 Juno, Somnus & Iris. Recitative: Juno: 'My Will Obey'
7 Juno, Semele. Aria: Semele 'Myself I Shall Adore'
8 Recitative & Aria: Juno, Semele. Juno: 'Be Wise, As You Are Beautiful'...
9 Recitative & Aria: Juno, Semele. Juno: 'Rich Odours Fill the Fragrant Air'...
10 Recitative & Aria: Juno, Semele. Juno: 'Rich Odours Fill the Fragrant Air'...
11 Jupiter, Semele. Recitative & Aria: 'Speak, Speak Your Desire'
12 Aria: Semele 'No, No, I'll Take No Less'
13 Aria; Jupiter 'Ah, Wither Is She Gone?'
14 Aria: Juno 'Above Measure Is the Pleasure'
15 Aria: Semele 'Ah, Me! Too Late I Now Repent'
16 Cadmus, Athamus, Ino Chorus Of Priests. Recitative: Ino: 'Of My Ill-Boding Dream'
17 Sinfonia
18 Recitative & Aria: Apollo: 'Apollo Comes' Chorus: 'Happy, Happy'