Artaxerxes (2011), CD, on Linn Records. Music by Thomas Arne, performed by Ian Page; 59 tracks.
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Tracklist
Disc 1
Artaxerxes: Overture (Poco più che andante – Larghetto – Gavotta)
Artaxerxes: Recitative: Still silence reigns around
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Still silence reigns around
Artaxerxes: No. 1. Duettino: Fair Aurora, prithee stay
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 1. Duettino: Fair Aurora, prithee stay
Artaxerxes: Recitative: Alas, thou know’st that for my love to thee
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Alas, thou know’st that for my love to thee
Artaxerxes: No. 2. Air: Adieu, thou lovely youth
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 2. Air: Adieu, thou lovely youth
Artaxerxes: Recitative: O cruel parting! How can I survive?
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: O cruel parting! How can I survive?
Artaxerxes: No. 3. Air: Amid a thousand racking woes
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 3. Air: Amid a thousand racking woes
Artaxerxes: Recitative: Be firm, my heart
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Be firm, my heart
Artaxerxes: No. 4. Air: Behold, on Lethe’s dismal strand
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 4. Air: Behold, on Lethe’s dismal strand
Artaxerxes: Recitative: Stay, Artaxerxes, stay
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Stay, Artaxerxes, stay
Artaxerxes: No. 5. Air: Fair Semira, lovely maid
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 5. Air: Fair Semira, lovely maid
Artaxerxes: Recitative: I fear some dread disaster…
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: I fear some dread disaster…
Artaxerxes: No. 6. Air: When real joy we miss
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 6. Air: When real joy we miss
Artaxerxes: Recitative: Ye Gods, protectors of the Persian Empire
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Ye Gods, protectors of the Persian Empire
Artaxerxes: No. 7. Air: How hard is the fate
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 7. Air: How hard is the fate
Artaxerxes: Recitative: Whither do I fly?
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Whither do I fly?
Artaxerxes: No. 8. Air: Thy father! Away, I renounce the soft claim
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 8. Air: Thy father! Away, I renounce the soft claim
Artaxerxes: Recitative: Ye cruel Gods, what crime have I committed
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Ye cruel Gods, what crime have I committed
Artaxerxes: No. 9. Air: Acquit thee of this foul offence
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 9. Air: Acquit thee of this foul offence
Artaxerxes: Recitative: Appearance, I must own, is strong against me
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Appearance, I must own, is strong against me
Artaxerxes: No. 10. Air: O too lovely, too unkind
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 10. Air: O too lovely, too unkind
Artaxerxes: Accompanied recitative: Dear and beloved shade
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: Accompanied recitative: Dear and beloved shade
Artaxerxes: No. 11. Air: Fly, soft ideas, fly
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 11. Air: Fly, soft ideas, fly
Artaxerxes: Recitative: Guards, speed ye to the tower
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: Recitative: Guards, speed ye to the tower
Artaxerxes: No. 12. Air: In infancy, our hopes and fears
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: No. 12. Air: In infancy, our hopes and fears
Artaxerxes: Recitative: So far my great resolve succeeds
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: Recitative: So far my great resolve succeeds
Artaxerxes: No. 13. Air: Disdainful you fly me
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: No. 13. Air: Disdainful you fly me
Artaxerxes: Recitative: Why, my dear friend, so pensive, so inactive?
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: Recitative: Why, my dear friend, so pensive, so inactive?
Artaxerxes: No. 14. Air: To sigh and complain
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: No. 14. Air: To sigh and complain
Disc 2
Artaxerxes: Recitative: Which fatal evil shall I first oppose?
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: Recitative: Which fatal evil shall I first oppose?
Artaxerxes: No. 16. Air: If the river’s swelling waves
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: No. 16. Air: If the river’s swelling waves
Artaxerxes: Recitative: Ye solid pillars of the Persian Empire
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: Recitative: Ye solid pillars of the Persian Empire
Artaxerxes: No. 17. Air: By that belov’d embrace
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: No. 17. Air: By that belov’d embrace
Artaxerxes: Recitative: Ah me, at poor Arbaces’ parting
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: Recitative: Ah me, at poor Arbaces’ parting
Artaxerxes: Recitative: See, lov’d Semira
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: Recitative: See, lov’d Semira
Artaxerxes: Accompanied recitative: At last my soul has room
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: Accompanied recitative: At last my soul has room
Artaxerxes: No. 19. Air: Thou, like the glorious sun
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act II: No. 19. Air: Thou, like the glorious sun
Artaxerxes: No. 20. Air: Why is death for ever late
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: No. 20. Air: Why is death for ever late
Artaxerxes: Recitative: Arbaces! Gracious Heav’n, what’s this I see?
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: Recitative: Arbaces! Gracious Heav’n, what’s this I see?
Artaxerxes: No. 21. Air: Water parted from the sea
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: No. 21. Air: Water parted from the sea
Artaxerxes: Recitative: That face, secure in conscious innocence
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: Recitative: That face, secure in conscious innocence
Artaxerxes: No. 22. Air: Though oft a cloud with envious shade
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: No. 22. Air: Though oft a cloud with envious shade
Artaxerxes: Recitative: My son, Arbaces... where art thou retir’d?
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: Recitative: My son, Arbaces... where art thou retir’d?
Artaxerxes: No. 23. Air: O let the danger of a son
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: No. 23. Air: O let the danger of a son
Artaxerxes: Accompanied recitative: Ye adverse Gods!
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: Accompanied recitative: Ye adverse Gods!
Artaxerxes: No. 24. Air: O, much lov’d son, if death
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: No. 24. Air: O, much lov’d son, if death
Artaxerxes: Recitative: Perhaps the King releas’d Arbaces
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: Recitative: Perhaps the King releas’d Arbaces
Artaxerxes: No. 25. Air: Let not rage, thy bosom firing
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: No. 25. Air: Let not rage, thy bosom firing
Artaxerxes: Recitative: What have I done? Alas, I vainly thought
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: Recitative: What have I done? Alas, I vainly thought
Artaxerxes: No. 26. Air: ’Tis not true that in our grief
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: No. 26. Air: ’Tis not true that in our grief
Artaxerxes: Recitative: Nor here my searching eyes can find Mandane
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: Recitative: Nor here my searching eyes can find Mandane
Artaxerxes: No. 27. Duetto: For thee I live, my dearest
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: No. 27. Duetto: For thee I live, my dearest
Artaxerxes: Recitative: To you, my people, much belov’d
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III: Recitative: To you, my people, much belov’d
Artaxerxes: No. 28. Air: The soldier, tir’d of war’s alarms
Thomas Arne - Artaxerxes: Act III, No. 28. Air: The soldier, tir’d of war’s alarms