Semele

Handel; Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Rosemary Joshua · 2007 · Album

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  1. SEMELE, Oratorio in Three Acts, HWV 58 - No. 1. Ouverture. [ ] -
  2. No. 1. Allegro - Adagio -
  3. No. 1. Gavotte
  4. ACT I. Scene 1. No. 2. Accompagnato (Cadmus): Behold! auspicious flashes rise!
  5. Scene 1. No. 3. Chorus: Lucky omens bless our rites
  6. Scene 1. No. 4. Recitative and Arioso (Cadmus, Athamus): Daughter, obey
  7. Scene 1. No. 5. Accompagnato & Air (Semele): Ah me! What refuge now is left me? ... O Jove! in pity teach me which to choose
  8. Scene 1. No. 6. Air (Semele): The morning lark to mine accords his note
  9. Scene 1. No. 7. Recitative (Athamus): See, she blushing turns her eyes
  10. Scene 1. No. 8. Air (Athamus): Hymen, haste, thy torch prepare
  11. Scene 1. No. 9. Recitative (Ino, Athamus, Semele): Alas! she yields
  12. Scene 1. No. 10. Quartet (Cadmus, Ino, Athamus, Semele): Why does thou thus untimely grieve
  13. Scene 1. No. 11. Chorus: Avert these omens, all ye pow'rs!
  14. Scene 1. No. 12. Accompagnato (Cadmus): Again auspicious flashes rise
  15. Scene 1. No. 13. Recitative (Athamus, Semele): Thy aid, pronubial Juno, Athamus implores
  16. Scene 1. No. 14. Chorus: Cease, cease your vows, 'tis impious to proceed
  17. Scene 2. No. 15. Recitative (Athamus): O Athamus, what torture hast thou borne!
  18. Scene 2. No. 16. Air (Ino): Turn, hopeless lover, turn thy eyes
  19. Scene 2. No. 17. Recitative (Athamus): She weeps! The gentle maid, in tender pity
  20. Scene 2. No. 18. Air (Athamus): Your tuneful voice my tale would tell
  21. Scene 2. No. 19. Recitative (Ino, Athamus): Too well I see
  22. Scene 2. No. 20. Duet (Ino, Athamus): You've undone me / With my life I would atone
  23. Scene 3, 4. No. 21. Recit. (Cadmus, Athamas): Ah, wretched Prince - Accomp. (Cadmus): Wing'd with our fears - Recit. (Athamas, Ino): O prodigy - Scene 4. Recit. Cadmus): See, see, Jove's Priests
  24. Scene 4. No. 22. Chorus: Hail, Cadmus, hail! Jove salutes the Theban King
  25. Scene 4. No. 23. Air (Semele) and Chorus: Endless pleasure, endless love
  26. ACT II. No. 24. Sinfonia. Presto
  27. Scene 1. No. 25. Recitative (Juno, Iris): Iris, impatient of thy stay
  28. Scene 1. No. 26. Air (Iris): There, from mortal cares retiring
  29. Scene 1. No. 27. Recitative & Accompagnato (Juno, Iris): No more - I'll hear no more ... Awake Saturnia from thy lethargy!
  30. Scene 1. No. 28. Air (Juno): Hence, Iris, hence away - Scene 2. No. 29. Air (Cupid): Come, Zephyrus, come
  31. Scene 2. No. 30. Air (Semele): O sleep, why dost thou leave me?
  32. Scene 3. No. 31. Recitative (Semele): Let me not another moment
  33. Scene 3. No. 32. Air (Jupiter): Lay your doubts and fears aside
  34. Scene 3. No. 33. Recitative (Jupiter): You are mortal, and require
  35. Scene 3. No. 34. Air (Semele): With fond desiring
  36. Scene 3. No. 35. Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs: How engaging, how endearing
  37. Scene 3. No. 36. Recitative (Semele, Jupiter): Ah me! / Why sighs my Semele?
  38. Scene 3. No. 37. Air (Jupiter): I must with speed amuse her
  39. Scene 3. No. 38. Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs: Now Love that everlasting boy invites
  40. Scene 3. No. 39. Recitative (Jupiter, Semele): By my command
  41. Scene 3. No. 40. Air (Jupiter): Where'er you walk
  42. Scene 4. No. 41. Recitative (Semele. Ino): Dear sister, how was your passage hither?
  43. Scene 4. No. 42. Air (Ino): But hark! the heav'nly sphere turns round
  44. Scene 4. No. 43. Duet (Ino & Semele): Prepare then, ye immortal choir
  45. Scene 4. No. 44. Chorus of Nymphs and Swains: Bless the glad earth with heav'nly lays
  46. ACT III. No. 45. Sinfonia. Larghetto e piano per tutto
  47. Scene 1. No. 46. Accompagnato (Juno, Iris): Somnus, awake
  48. Scene 1. No. 47. Air (Somnus): Leave me, loathsome light
  49. Scene 1. No. 48. Recitative (Iris, Juno): Dull God, canst thou attends the water's fall
  50. Scene 1. No. 49. Air (Somnus): More sweet is that name
  51. Scene 1. No. 50. Recitative (Juno, Somnus): My will obey, she shall be thine
  52. Scene 1. No. 51. Duet (Juno, Somnus): Obey my will, thy rod resign
  53. Scene 2. No. 52. Air (Semele): My racking thoughts by no kind slumbers freed
  54. Scene 3. No. 53. Recitative (Juno, Semele): Thus shap'd like Ino
  55. Scene 3. No. 54. Air (Semele): Myself I shall adore
  56. Scene 3. No. 55. Recitative (Juno, Semele): Be wise, as you are beautiful - Accompagnato (Juno): Conjure him by his oath
  57. Scene 3. No. 56. Air (Semele): Thus let my thanks be paid
  58. Scene 3. No. 57. Recitative (Juno, Semele): Rich odours fill the fragrant air
  59. Scene 4. No. 58. Air (Jupiter): Come to my arms, my lovely fair
  60. Scene 4. No. 59. Recitative (Jupiter): O Semele! Why art thou thus insensible?

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