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Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)

Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse) by George Frideric Handel, composed 1738. 153 recordings in this catalogue, from 1920 to 2025.

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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Orchestra · 9 recordings

Enrico Caruso

Soloist · 8 recordings

Roger Norrington

Conductor · 6 recordings

Plácido Domingo

Soloist · 6 recordings

Harry Bicket

Conductor · 5 recordings

London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra · 5 recordings

Beniamino Gigli

Soloist · 5 recordings

David Daniels

Soloist · 4 recordings

Recordings (153 of 153)

Performance practice

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Recording / performers	Year	Label
Serse: “Ombra mai fu” (Largo)Beniamino Gigli Year: 1990	1990	Classical Collection	4:03
Xerxes: Ombra mai fu (largo)Enrico Caruso Year: 1990	1990	Classical Collection	4:12
Serse: Atto I. Largo “Ombra mai fu”Enrico Caruso Year: 1990	1990	Nimbus Records	4:22
Xerxes: Act I. Largo in F majorOrpheus Chamber Orchestra Year: 1989	1989	Deutsche Grammophon	2:57
Largo from Serse, HWV 40: Act IStephen Cleobury Year: 1989	1989	St Michael	3:08
Serse: “Fronde tenere” … “Ombra mai fu”John Barbirolli, Beniamino Gigli Year: 1988	1988	EMI Classics	4:04
Xerxes, Act I Scene 1: Ombra mai fùBrian Priestman Year: 1988	1988	Sony Classical	2:44
"Frondi tenere... Ombra mai fu": LargoHartmut Haenchen, Jochen Kowalski Year: 1988	1988	Capriccio	3:36
Ombra Mai FuRobert King, The King's Consort, James Bowman Year: 1988	1988	IMP	3:24
Xerxes: LargoArthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Year: 1987	1987	RCA Red Seal	6:11
Xerxès, récit et air de Xerxès : "Frondi tenere... Ombra mai fu"Hartmut Haenchen, Jochen Kowalski Year: 1987	1987	EMI Classics	3:34
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I. Arioso "Ombra mai fù" (Serse)Richard Edlinger, Cappella Istropolitana Year: 1986	1986	Naxos	3:42
Serse: Frondi tenere... Ombra mai fuHartmut Haenchen, Jochen Kowalski Year: 1986	1986	Capriccio	3:38
Ombra mai fuBBC National Orchestra of Wales, Aled Jones Year: 1985	1985	BBC Records	2:37
Ombra Mai Fu ... (Largo)Beniamino Gigli Year: 1984	1984	La voce del padrone	3:57
Largo From XerxesGeorge Szell, London Symphony Orchestra Year: 1984	1984	Decca Records	5:30
Ombra MaifuAled Jones Year: 1984	1984	Sain	3:35
Xerxes: Ombra mai fu (Largo)Max Pommer, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Year: 1982	1982	LaserLight Digital	3:13
Largo (Ombra mai fu) from SerseTakako Nishizaki, Wolf Harden Year: 1982	1982	Naxos	4:43
Xerxes: Largo (Ombra mai fu / Welch schattig Grün) Arie des Xerxes, 1. AktHelmuth Froschauer, Vienna Symphony, Plácido Domingo Year: 1980	1980	RCA Red Seal	2:55

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