Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) - Semele (3 CD)

1 Semele: Overtura
2 Semele, Act I: Accompagnato: Behold! auspicious flashes rise (Priest)
3 Semele, Act I: Chorus: Lucky omens bless our rites (Chorus of Priests)
4 Semele, Act I: Recitativo: Daughter, obey, hear and obey! (Cadmus, Athamas)
5 Semele, Act I: Accompagnato: Ah me! what refuge now is left me? (Semele)
6 Semele, Act I: Air (Larghetto andante): Oh Jove! in pity teach me (Semele)
7 Semele, Act I: Air (Andante): The morning lark to mine accords (Semele)
8 Semele, Act I: Recitativo: See, she blushing turns her eyes (Athamas)
9 Semele, Act I: Air (Allegro): Hymen, haste! (Athamas)
10 Semele, Act I: Recitativo: Alas! she yields (Ino, Athamas, Semele)
11 Semele, Act I: Air (Andante larghetto): Why dost thou thus untimely grieve (Semele, Ino, Athamas, Cadmus)
12 Semele, Act I: Chorus: Avert these omens (Chorus of Priests)
13 Semele, Act I: Recitativo accompagnato: Again auspicious flashes rise (Cadmus)
14 Semele, Act I: Recitativo: Thy aid, pronubial Juno, Athamas implores! (Athamas, Semele)
15 Semele, Act I: Chorus: Cease, cease your vow's (Chorus of Priests)
16 Semele, Act I: Recitativo: O Athamas; what torture hast thou borne! (Ino)
17 Semele, Act I: Air (Larghetto): Turn, hopeless lover (Ino)
18 Semele, Act I: Recitativo: She weeps! the gentle maid in tender pity (Athamas)
19 Semele, Act I: Air (Largo): Your tuneful voice my tale would tell (Athamas)
20 Semele, Act I: Recitativo: Too well I see, thou wilt not understand me! (Ino, Athamas)
21 Semele, Act I: Air (Andante larghetto):You've undone me, look not on me (Ino, Athamas)
22 Semele, Act I: Recitativo: Ah, wretched prince (Cadmus, Athamas)
23 Semele, Act I: Accompagnato: Wing'd with our fears and pious haste (Cadmus)
24 Semele, Act I: Recitativo: O prodigy, to me of dire portent! (Athamas, Ino)
25 Semele, Act I: Recitativo: See, see! Jove's Priests and holy Augurs come (Cadmus)
26 Semele, Act I: Chorus: Hail Cadmus, hail! (Chorus of Priests and augurs)
27 Semele, Act I: Air (Alla Gavotta): Endless pleasure, endless love (Semele)
28 Semele, Act I: Chorus: Endless pleasure, endless love (Chorus of Priests and augurs)
1 Semele, Act II: Recitativo: Iris, impatient of thy stay (Juno, Iris)
2 Semele, Act II: Air (Allegro): There, from mortal cares retiring (Iris)
3 Semele, Act II: Recitativo: No more! I'll hear no more! (Juno)
4 Semele, Act II: Air (Allegro concitato, ma pomposo): Awake, Saturnia, from thy lethargy! (Juno, Iris)
5 Semele, Act II: Air (Allegro): Hence, hence, Iris, hence away (Juno)
6 Semele, Act II: Air (Largo): O sleep, why dost thou leave me? (Semele)
7 Semele, Act II: Air (Larghetto): Come, Zephyrs, come (Cupid)
8 Semele, Act II: Recitativo: Let me not another moment (Semele)
9 Semele, Act II: Air (Andante): Lay your doubts and fears aside (Jupiter)
10 Semele, Act II: Recitativo: You are mortal (Jupiter)
11 Semele, Act II: Air (Allegro): With fond desiring (Semele)
12 Semele, Act II: Chorus: How engaging, how endearing (Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs)
13 Semele, Act II: Recitativo: Ah me! Why sighs my Semele? (Semele, Jupiter)
14 Semele, Act II: Air (Allegro, ma non troppo): I must with speed amuse her (Jupiter)
15 Semele, Act II: Chorus (Alla Hornpipe): Now Love that everlasting boy invites (Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs)
16 Semele, Act II: Recitativo: By my command now (Jupiter, Semele)
17 Semele, Act II: Air (Largo e pianissimo): Where'er you walk, cool gales shall fan the glade (Jupiter)
18 Semele, Act II: Recitativo: Dear sister, how was your passage hither? (Semele, Ino)
19 Semele, Act II: Air (Larghetto e pianissimo): But hark! the heav'nly sphere turns round (Ino)
20 Semele, Act II: Accompagnato & Air (Andante): Prepare then, ye immortal choir! (Ino, Semele)
21 Semele, Act II: Chorus: Bless the glad earth with heav'nly lays (Chorus of Nymphs)
1 Semele, Act Iii: Larghetto E Piano Per Tutto
2 Semele, Act Iii: Accompagnato: Somnus, Awake! (Juno, Iris)
3 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Andante): Leave Me, Loathsome Light! (Somnus)
4 Semele, Act Iii: Recitativo: Dull God, Canst Thou Attend The Water's Fall (Iris, Juno)
5 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Allegro): More Sweet Is That Name (Somnus)
6 Semele, Act Iii: Recitativo: My Will Obey, She Shall Be Thine (Juno, Somnus)
7 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Andante): Obey My Will, Thy Rod Resign (Juno, Somnus)
8 Semele, Act Iii: Recitativo: Thus Shap'd Like Ino, With Ease I Shall Deceive Her (Juno, Semele)
9 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Allegro): Behold In This Mirrour (Juno)
10 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Allegro): Myself I Shall Adore (Semele)
11 Semele, Act Iii: Recitativo: Be Wise, As You Are Beautiful (Juno, Semele)
12 Semele, Act Iii: Accompagnato: Conjure Him By His Oath (Juno)
13 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Alla Siciliana): Thus Let My Thanks Be Paid (Semele)
14 Semele, Act Iii: Recitativo: Rich Odours Fill The Fragrant Air (Juno, Semele)
15 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Larghetto): Come To My Arms, My Lovely Fair (Jupiter)
16 Semele, Act Iii: Recitativo: O Semele! Why Art Thou Thus Insensible? (Jupiter)
17 Semele, Act Iii: Accompagnato: By That Tremendous Flood (Jupiter)
18 Semele, Act Iii: Recitativo: You'll Grant What I Require? (Semele, Jupiter)
19 Semele, Act Iii: Accompagnato: Then Cast Off This Human Shape (Semele)
20 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Allegro): Ah! Take Heed What You Press! (Jupiter)
21 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Allegro): No, No, I'll Take No Less (Semele)
22 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Largo E Piano): Ah, Whither Is She Gone! (Jupiter)
23 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Andante Moderato): Above Measure Is The Pleasure (Juno)
24 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Larghetto Assai E Piano): Ah Me! Too Late I Now Repent (Semele)
25 Semele, Act Iii: Recitativo: Of My Illiboding Dream (Ino)
26 Semele, Act Iii: Chorus: Oh Terror And Astonishment! (Chorus Of Priests)
27 Semele, Act Iii: Recitativo: How I Was Hence Remov'd (Ino, Cadmus, Athamas)
28 Semele, Act Iii: Recitativo: See From Above (Cadmus)
29 Semele, Act Iii: Accompagnato: Apollo Comes (Apollo)
30 Semele, Act Iii: Chorus: Happy, Happy Shall We Be (Chorus Of Priests)