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

George Frideric Handel1738
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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.

Most recorded performers

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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)

Conductor
Roger Norrington6Harry Bicket5Antony Walker3Hartmut Haenchen3Jesús López Cobos3John Barbirolli3Shigeo Genda3Adrian Boult2Brian Priestman2Charles Mackerras2Claudio Scimone2George Szell2
Orchestra
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment9London Symphony Orchestra5English Chamber Orchestra3English Sinfonia3Japan Philharmonic Orchestra3Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne3Bavarian State Orchestra2Dresden Philharmonic2Ensemble orchestral de Paris2Hanover Band2Il Giardino Armonico2Il Pomo d'Oro2
Label
EMI Classics14Decca Classics13Deutsche Grammophon12Decca Records10Warner Classics10ABC Classics8Naxos6Sony Classical6Virgin Classics6Classic FM5Erato5RCA Red Seal5
Decade
1920s41930s11940s21960s41970s31980s171990s432000s372010s182020s5
Credited instrument
Tenor13Harpsichord6Organ3Violin3Countertenor2Mezzo-Soprano2Piano2Guitar1Harp1

Performance practice

Source-backed classifications. Unknown means no reviewed evidence is stored.

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Recording / performers
Ombra mai fu “Largo”Samuel Mariño
Year: 2025
2:55
Serse, HWV 40, Act I Scene 1: Ombra mai fuDan Laurin, Nicolò Balducci
Year: 2022
3:00
Serse HWV 40: Recitative: Fronde tenere; Aria: Ombra mai fuHarry Bicket, The English Concert, Emily D'Angelo
Year: 2022
3:16
Serse, HWV 40, Act I: Aria. Ombra mai fu (Serse)Harry Bicket, The English Concert, Emily D'Angelo
Year: 2022
2:35
Serse: “Ombra mai fu”József Mukk
Year: 2021
3:25
Serse, HWV 40, Act 1: "Frondi tenere ... Ombra mai fu" (Xerse)Philippe Jaroussky
Year: 2019
4:13
Serse, HWV 40: Ombra mai fu (Act I, Scene 1)Simone Kermes
Year: 2018
3:15
Serse, HWV 40, Act I: "Ombra mai fù"Maxim Emelyanychev, Il Pomo d'Oro
Year: 2018
2:51
Ombra mai fuJonathan Cohen, Les Violons du Roy, Anthony Roth Costanzo
Year: 2018
3:19
Serse, HWV 40, Act I: “Ombra mai fu”Zefira Valova, Il Pomo d'Oro, Franco Fagioli
Year: 2018
3:24
Serse / Act 1 HWV 40: "Ombra Mai Fu"Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Year: 2017
2:57
Serse: Ombra mai fuLawrence Renes, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Year: 2017
2:48
歌劇<セルセ> / 第1幕: オンブラ・マイ・フ(なつかしい木陰よ)Leone Magiera, Mirella Freni
Year: 2015
3:36
Serse, HWV 40: Ombra mai fù “Largo” (Arr. for Violin & Piano)Tianwa Yang
Year: 2014
5:38
Serse (Xerxes), HWV40: Ombra mai fù (Never Was Shade So Lovely)Antony Walker, David Hobson
Year: 2014
2:47
Serse: Ombra mai fùAlexis Kossenko, Les Ambassadeurs, Blandine Staskiewicz
Year: 2014
3:56
Serse: Atto I. “Ombra mai fù”Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico, Cecilia Bartoli
Year: 2013
3:29
Serse, HWV 40: Ombra mai fuJulie Boulianne, Luc Beauséjour
Year: 2013
2:47
Serse (Opera, 1738, London): Air: Ombra Mai FùAlfred Deller
Year: 2013
4:19
Serse: "Ombra mai fú"József Mukk
Year: 2012
2:51

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