Semele (1993), CD, on Deutsche Grammophon. Music by George Frideric Handel, performed by John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Kathleen Battle; 62 tracks.
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Tracklist
Disc 1
Semele: Act I, Scene I. Accompagnato "Behold! auspicious flashes rise!" (Priest)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 1: Behold! Auspicious Flashes Rise
Semele: Act I, Scene I. Chorus "Lucky omens bless our rites" (Priests)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 1: Lucky Omens Bless Our Rites
Semele: Act I, Scene I. Recitative and Arioso "Daughter, obey, hear and obey!" (Cadmus, Athamas)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 1: Daughter, Obey
Semele: Act I, Scene I. Air "Hymen, haste, thy torch prepare" (Athamas)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58: Act I. "Hymen, hast, thy torch prepare"
Semele: Act I, Scene I. Recitative "Alas! she yields, and has undone me" (Ino, Athamas, Semele)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 1: Alas! She Yields
Semele: Act I, Scene I. Chorus "Avert these omens, all ye pow'rs!" (Priests)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 1: Avert These Omens, All Ye Pow'rs
Semele: Act I, Scene I. Chorus "Cease, cease your vows, 'tis impious to proceed" (Priests)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 1: Cease, Cease Your Vows, 'Tis Impious to Proceed
Semele: Act I, Scene II. Air "Turn, hopeless lover, turn thy eyes" (Ino)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 2: Turn, Hopeless Lover, Turn Thy Eyes
Semele: Act I, Scene II. Air "Your tuneful voice my tale would tell" (Athamas)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58: Act I. "Your tuneful voice my tale would tell"
Semele: Act I, Scene II. Duetto "You've undone me" / "With my life I would atone" (Ino, Athamas)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 2: You've Undone Me
Disc 2
Semele: Act II, Scene I. Recitative "Iris, impatient of thy stay" (Juno, Iris)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 1: Iris, Impatient of Thy Stay
Semele: Act II, Scene I. Air "There from mortal cares retiring" (Iris)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 1: There, from Mortal Cares Retiring
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58: Act II, no. 31. "Awake, Saturnia, from thy lethargy!" (Juno)
Semele: Act II, Scene I. Air "Hence, Iris, hence away" (Juno)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58: Act II, no. 34. "Hence, Iris, hence away" (Juno)
Semele: Act II, Scene II. Air "O sleep, why dost thou leave me?" (Semele)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58: Act II, no. 35. "Oh sleep, why dost thou leave me?" (Semele)
Semele: Act II, Scene III. Recitative "Let me not another moment bear the pangs of absence" (Semele)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 3: Let Me Not Another Moment
Semele: Act II, Scene III. Air "Lay your doubts and fears aside" (Jupiter)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 3: Lay Your Doubts and Fears Aside
Semele: Act II, Scene III. Recitative "You are mortal and require time to rest" (Jupiter)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 3: You Are Mortal and Require
Semele: Act II, Scene III. Air "With fond desiring" (Semele)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58: Act II. Air: "With fond desiring" (Semele)
Semele: Act II, Scene III. Chorus "How engaging, how endearing" (Loves, Zephyrs)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 3: How Engaging, How Endearing
Semele: Act II, Scene III. Recitative "Ah me!" - "Why sighs my Semele?" (Semele, Jupiter)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 3: Ah, Me!
Semele: Act II, Scene III. Air "I must with speed amuse her" (Jupiter)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 3: I Must with Speed Amuse Her
Semele: Act II, Scene III. Chorus "Now Love that everlasting boy invites" (Loves, Zephyrs)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58: Act II, no. 43. "Now Love that everlasting boy"
Semele: Act II, Scene III. Recitative "By my command" (Jupiter, Semele)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 3: By My Command
Semele: Act II, Scene III. Air "Where'er you walk" (Jupiter)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58: Act II, no. 45. “Where’er You Walk” (Jupiter)
Semele: Act II, Scene IV. Recitative "Dear sister, how was your passage hither?" (Semele, Ino)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 4: Dear Sister, How Was Your Passage Hither?
Semele: Act II, Scene IV. Air "But hark! the heav'nly sphere turns round" (Ino)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 4: But Hark! The Heav'nly Sphere Turns Round
Disc 3
Semele: Act III. Symphony. Larghetto e piano per tutto
Semele: Act III, Scene I. Accompagnato "Somnus, awake, raise thy reclining head!" (Juno, Iris)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 1: Somnus, Awake
Semele: Act III, Scene I. Air "Leave me, loathsome light" (Somnus)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 1: Leave Me, Loathsome Light
Semele: Act III, Scene I. Recitative "Dull God, canst thou attend the water's fall" (Iris, Juno)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 1: Dull God, Canst Thou Attend the Water's Fall
Semele: Act III, Scene I. Air "More sweet is that name" (Somnus)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 1: More Sweet is That Name
Semele: Act III, Scene I. Recitative "My will obey, she shall be thine" (Juno, Somnus)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 1: My Will Obey
Semele: Act III, Scene I. Duetto "Obey my will" / "All I must grant" (Juno, Somnus)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 1: Obey My Will, Thy Rod Resign
Semele: Act III, Scene II. Air "My racking thoughts by no kind slumbers freed" (Semele)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 2: My Racking Thoughts by No Kind Slumbers Freed
Semele: Act III, Scene III. Recitative "Thus shap'd like Ino" (Juno, Semele)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 3: Thus Shap'd Like Ino
Semele: Act III, Scene III. Recitative "O ecstasy of happiness" (Semele)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58: Act III. Recitative: "O ecstasy of happiness" (Semele)
Semele: Act III, Scene III. Air "Myself I shall adore" (Semele)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58: Act III. Air "Myself I shall adore"
Semele: Act III, Scene III. Recitative "Be wise, as you are beautiful" (Juno, Semele)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 3: Be Wise As You Are Beautiful
Semele: Act III, Scene III. Air "Thus let my thanks be paid" (Semele)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58: Act III. Air: "Thus let my thanks de paid" (Semele)
Semele: Act III, Scene III. Recitative "Rich odours fill the fragrant air" (Juno, Semele)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 3: Rich Odours Fill the Fragrant Air
Semele: Act III, Scene IV. Air "Come to my arms, my lovely fair" (Jupiter)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 4: Come to My Arms, My Lovely Fair
George Frideric Handel - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58: Act III. Air: "I ever am granting, you always complain" (Semele)
Semele: Act III, Scene IV. Recitative "Speak, speak your desire" (Jupiter, Semele)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 4: Speak, Speak Your Desire
Semele: Act III, Scene IV. Air "Ah, take heed what you press" (Jupiter)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 4: Ah, Take Heed What You Press
Semele: Act III, Scene IV. Air "No, no! I'll take no less" (Semele)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58: Act III. Air: "No, no! I'll take no less" (Semele)
Semele: Act III, Scene V. Accompagnato "Ah! whither is she gone!" (Jupiter)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 5: Ah, Whither Is She Gone, Unhappy Fair?
Semele: Act III, Scene VI. Air "Above measure is the pleasure, which my revenge supplies" (Juno)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 6: Above Measure
Semele: Act III, Scene VIII. Chorus "Oh, terror and astonishment!" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 8: O Terror and Astonishment!
Semele: Act III, Scene VIII. Recitative "How I was hence remov'd" (Ino, Cadmus, Athamas)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 8: How I Was Hence Remov'd
Semele: Act III, Scene VIII. Air "Despair no more shall wound me" (Athamas)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58: Act III. "Despair no more shall wound me"
Semele: Act III, Scene VIII. Recitative "See from above the bellying clouds descend" (Cadmus)
George Frideric Handel - Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 8: See from Above the Bellying Clouds Descend