Artaxerxes (1996), CD, on Hyperion. Music by Thomas Arne, performed by Roy Goodman; 58 tracks.
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Tracklist
Disc 1
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 1. Overture. Poco più che andante – Larghetto – Gavotta
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 2. Recitative: Still silence reigns around (Mandane/Arbaces)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Still silence reigns around
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 3. Duettino: Fair Aurora, pr'ythee stay (Mandane/Arbaces)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 1. Duettino: Fair Aurora, prithee stay
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 4. Recitative: Alas, thou know'st that for my Love of thee (Arbaces/Mandane)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Alas, thou know’st that for my love to thee
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 5. Air: Adieu, thou lovely Youth (Mandane)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 2. Air: Adieu, thou lovely youth
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 6. Recitative: O cruel parting! (Arbaces/Artabanes)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: O cruel parting! How can I survive?
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 7. Air: Amid a thousand racking Woes (Arbaces)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 3. Air: Amid a thousand racking woes
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 8. Recitative: Be firm my Heart (Artabanes/Artaxerxes)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Be firm, my heart
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 9. Air: Behold, on Lethe's dismal Strand (Artabanes)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 4. Air: Behold, on Lethe’s dismal strand
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 10. Recitative: Stay, Artaxerxes, stay (Semira/Artaxerxes)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Stay, Artaxerxes, stay
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 11. Air: Fair Semira, lovely Maid (Artaxerxes)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 5. Air: Fair Semira, lovely maid
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 12. Recitative: I fear some dread Disaster (Semira/Rimenes)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: I fear some dread disaster…
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 13. Air: When real Joys we miss (Rimenes)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 6. Air: When real joy we miss
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 14. Recitative: Ye Gods, Protectors of the Persian Empire (Semira)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Ye Gods, protectors of the Persian Empire
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 15. Air: How hard is the Fate (Semira)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 7. Air: How hard is the fate
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 17. Air: Thy Father! away, I renounce the soft Claim (Artabanes)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 8. Air: Thy father! Away, I renounce the soft claim
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 18. Recitative: Ye cruel Gods, what Crime have I committed? (Arbaces)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Ye cruel Gods, what crime have I committed
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 19. Air: Acquit thee of this foul Offence (Semira)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 9. Air: Acquit thee of this foul offence
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 21. Air: O too lovely, too unkind (Arbaces)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 10. Air: O too lovely, too unkind
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 22. Recitative: Dear and beloved Shade of my dead Father (Mandane)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: Accompanied recitative: Dear and beloved shade
Artaxerxes: Act 1: No. 23. Air: Fly, soft Ideas, fly (Mandane)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 11. Air: Fly, soft ideas, fly
Artaxerxes: Act 2: No. 1. Recitative: Guards, speed ye to the Tower (Artaxerxes/Artabanes)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: Recitative: Guards, speed ye to the tower
Artaxerxes: Act 2: No. 2. Air: In Infancy, our Hopes and Fears (Artaxerxes)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: No. 12. Air: In infancy, our hopes and fears
Artaxerxes: Act 2: No. 3. Recitative: So far my great Resolve succeeds (Artabanes/Arbaces)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: Recitative: So far my great resolve succeeds
Artaxerxes: Act 2: No. 4. Air: Disdainful you fly me (Arbaces)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: No. 13. Air: Disdainful you fly me
Artaxerxes: Act 2: No. 6. Air: To sigh and complain (Rimenes)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: No. 14. Air: To sigh and complain
Artaxerxes: Act 2: No. 7. Recitative: How many Links to dire Misfortune's Chain! (Semira/Mandane)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: Recitative: How many links to dire misfortune’s chain
Artaxerxes: Act 2: No. 8. Air: If o'er the cruel Tyrant Love (Mandane)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: No. 15. Air: If o’er the cruel tyrant love
Disc 2
Artaxerxes: Act 2: No. 12. Air: By that belov'd Embrace (Arbaces)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: No. 17. Air: By that belov’d embrace
Artaxerxes: Act 2: No. 13. Recitative: Ah me! at poor Arbaces parting (Mandane/Artabanes)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: Recitative: Ah me, at poor Arbaces’ parting
Artaxerxes: Act 2: No. 14. Air: Monster, away! (Mandane)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: No. 18. Air: Monster, away
Artaxerxes: Act 2: No. 15. Recitative: See, lov'd Semira! (Artaxerxes/Semira/Artabanes)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: Accompanied recitative: At last my soul has room
Artaxerxes: Act 2: No. 16. Air: Thou, like the glorious Sun (Artabanes)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: No. 19. Air: Thou, like the glorious sun
Artaxerxes: Act 3: No. 1. Arietta: Why is Death for ever late (Arbaces)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: No. 20. Air: Why is death for ever late
Artaxerxes: Act 3: No. 2. Recitative: Arbaces! (Artaxerxes/Arbaces)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: Recitative: Arbaces! Gracious Heav’n, what’s this I see?
Artaxerxes: Act 3: No. 3. Air: Water parted from the Sea (Arbaces)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: No. 21. Air: Water parted from the sea
Artaxerxes: Act 3: No. 4. Recitative: That Front, secure in conscious Innocence (Artaxerxes)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: Recitative: That face, secure in conscious innocence
Artaxerxes: Act 3: No. 5. Air: Tho' oft a Cloud, with envious Shade (Artaxerxes)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: No. 22. Air: Though oft a cloud with envious shade
Artaxerxes: Act 3: No. 6. Recitative: My Son, Arbaces – where art thou retir'd? (Artabanes/Rimenes)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: Recitative: My son, Arbaces... where art thou retir’d?
Artaxerxes: Act 3: No. 7. Air: O let the Danger of a Son (Rimenes)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: No. 23. Air: O let the danger of a son
Artaxerxes: Act 3: No. 8. Recitative: Ye adverse Gods! (Artabanes)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: Accompanied recitative: Ye adverse Gods!
Artaxerxes: Act 3: No. 9. Air: O, much lov'd Son, if Death (Artabanes)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: No. 24. Air: O, much lov’d son, if death
Artaxerxes: Act 3: No. 10. Recitative: Perhaps the King releas'd Arbaces (Mandane/Semira)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: Recitative: Perhaps the King releas’d Arbaces
Artaxerxes: Act 3: No. 11. Air: Let not Rage thy Bosom firing (Mandane)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: No. 25. Air: Let not rage, thy bosom firing
Artaxerxes: Act 3: No. 12. Recitative: What have I done! alas, I vainly thought (Semira)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: Recitative: What have I done? Alas, I vainly thought
Artaxerxes: Act 3: No. 13. Air: 'Tis not true, that in our Grief (Semira)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: No. 26. Air: ’Tis not true that in our grief
Artaxerxes: Act 3: No. 14. Recitative: Nor here my searching Eyes can find Mandane (Arbaces/Mandane)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: Recitative: Nor here my searching eyes can find Mandane
Artaxerxes: Act 3: No. 15. Duetto: For thee I live, my Dearest (Arbaces/Mandane)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: No. 27. Duetto: For thee I live, my dearest
Artaxerxes: Act 3: No. 17. Air: The Soldier, tir'd of War's Alarms (Mandane)
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III, No. 28. Air: The soldier, tir’d of war’s alarms