Handel.: Semele (Oratorio Version)

Junge Kantorei, Annette Markert, Britta Schwarz, Elisabeth Scholl, Julla Schmidt, Klaus Mertens, Knut Schoch, Ralf Popken, Joachim Carlos Martini & Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

2008-07-29 • Classical

Tracklist

• 1
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Overture
  5:09
• 2
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Gavotte
  2:23
• 3
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Accompagnato: Behold! Auspicious Flashes Rise (Chief Priest)
  1:26
• 4
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Lucky Omens Bless Our Rites (Chorus of Priests and Augurs)
  3:37
• 5
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Recitative and Arioso: Daughter, Obey, Hear and Obey! (Cadmus, Athamas)
  1:04
• 6
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Accompagnato and Aria: Ah Me! What Refuge Now Is Left Me? (Semele)
  2:54
• 7
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Aria: The Morning Lark to Mine Accords His Note (Semele)
  6:28
• 8
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Aria: See, She Blushing Turns Her Eyes (Ino)
  3:56
• 9
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Recitative: Alas! She Yields, and Has Undone Me! (Ino, Athamas, Semele)
  0:58
• 10
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Quartet: Why Dost Thou Thus Untimely Grieve (Cadmus, Ino, Athamas, Semele)
  2:17
• 11
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Avert These Omens, All Ye Pow'rs! (Chorus of Priests and Augurs)
  2:15
• 12
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Accompagnato: Again Auspicious Flashes Rise (Cadmus)
  0:48
• 13
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Recitative: Thy Aid, Pronubial Juno, Athamas Implores! (Athamas, Semele)
  0:19
• 14
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Cease, Cease Your Vows, 'tis Impious to Proceed (Chorus of Priests and Augurs)
  0:40
• 15
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Recitative: O Athamas, What Torture Hast Thou Borne! (Athamas)
  0:30
• 16
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Aria: Turn, Hopeless Lover, Turn Thy Eye (Ino)
  8:42
• 17
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Recitative: She Weeps! (Athamas)
  0:27
• 18
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Aria: Your Tuneful Voice My Tale Would Tell (Athamas)
  3:53
• 19
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Recitative: Too Well I See, Thou Wilt Not Understand Me (Ino, Athamas)
  0:57
• 20
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Duet: You've Undone Me (Ino, Athamas)
  2:21
• 21
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Recitative and Accompagnato: Ah, Wretched Prince, Doom'd to Disastrous Love! (Cadmus, Athamas, Ino)
  2:32
• 22
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Hail, Cadmus, Hail! Jove Salutes the Theban King (Chorus of Priests and Augurs)
  1:58
• 23
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Aria: Endless Pleasure, Endless Love (Semele)
  2:54
• 24
  Semele, HWV 58: Act I: Endless Pleasure, Endless Love (Chorus of Love and Zephyrs)
  1:46
• 1
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: Symphony
  1:47
• 2
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: Recitative: Iris, Impatient of Thy Stay (Juno, Iris)
  1:05
• 3
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: Aria: There, from Mortal Cares Retiring (Iris)
  2:59
• 4
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: Recitative and Accompagnato: No More, I'll Hear No More! (Juno, Iris)
  2:26
• 5
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: Aria: Hence, Iris, Hence Away! (Juno)
  3:53
• 6
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: Aria: Come, Zephyrs, Come (Cupid)
  6:03
• 7
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: Aria: O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me? (Semele)
  2:47
• 8
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: Recitative: Let Me Not Another Moment Bear the Pangs of Absence (Semele)
  0:22
• 9
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: Aria: Lay Your Doubts and Fears Aside (Jupiter)
  3:07
• 10
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: Recitative: You Are Mortal and Require Time to Rest (Jupiter)
  0:34
• 11
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: Aria: With Fond Desiring (Semele)
  3:34
• 12
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: How Engaging, How Endearing (Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs)
  2:46
• 13
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: Recitative: Ah Me! (Semele, Jupiter)
  1:36
• 14
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: Aria: I Must With Speed Amuse Her (Jupiter)
  4:04
• 15
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: Now Love, That Everlasting Boy (Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs)
  2:32
• 16
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: Recitative: By My Command Now (Jupiter, Semele)
  1:33
• 17
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: Aria: Where'er You Walk (Jupiter)
  3:28
• 18
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: Recitative: Dear Sister, How Was Your Passage Hither? (Semele, Ino)
  0:47
• 19
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: Aria: But Hark! (Ino)
  1:30
• 20
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: Accompagnato and Arioso: Prepare Then, Ye Immortal Choir (Ino, Semele)
  2:06
• 21
  Semele, HWV 58: Act II: Bless the Glad Earth With Heav'nly Lays (Chorus of Nymphs and Swains)
  2:39
• 1
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Symphony
  1:51
• 2
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Accompagnato: Somnus, Awake! (Juno, Iris)
  0:32
• 3
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Aria: Leave Me, Loathsome Light! (Somnus)
  3:07
• 4
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Recitative: Dull God, Canst Thou Attend the Water's Fall (Iris, Juno)
  0:35
• 5
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Aria: More Sweet Is That Name (Somnus)
  2:19
• 6
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Recitative: My Will Obey (Juno, Somnus)
  1:26
• 7
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Duet: Obey My Will (Juno, Somnus)
  1:59
• 8
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Aria: My Racking Thoughts By No Kind Slumbers Freed (Semele)
  3:15
• 9
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Recitative: Thus Shap'd Like Ino (Juno, Semele)
  1:08
• 10
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Accompagnato: Behold In This Mirror (Juno)
  2:56
• 11
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Recitative: O Ecstasy of Happiness! (Semele)
  0:13
• 12
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Aria: Myself I Shall Adore (Semele)
  6:47
• 13
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Recitative: Be Wise, As You Are Beautiful (Juno, Semele)
  0:30
• 14
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Accompagnato: Conjure Him By His Oath (Juno)
  1:27
• 15
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Aria: Thus Let My Thanks Be Pay'd (Semele)
  2:18
• 16
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Recitative: Rich Odours Fill the Fragrant Air (Juno, Semele)
  0:36
• 17
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Aria: Come to My Arms, My Lovely Fair (Jupiter)
  3:02
• 18
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Recitative: O Semele! Why Art Thou Thus Insensible? (Jupiter, Semele)
  1:39
• 19
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Recitative: Speak, Speak Your Desire (Jupiter, Semele)
  1:20
• 20
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Aria: Ah! Take Heed What You Press! (Jupiter)
  1:16
• 21
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Aria: No, No, I'll Take No Less (Semele)
  5:28
• 22
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Recitative: Ah, Whither Is She Gone! (Jupiter)
  2:57
• 23
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Aria: Above Measure Is the Pleasure (Juno)
  2:40
• 24
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Recitative: Ah Me! Too Late I Now Repent (Semele)
  3:02
• 25
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Recitative: Of My Ill-boding Dream (Ino)
  0:18
• 26
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Chorus: Oh, Terror and Astonishment! (Chorus of Priests)
  3:05
• 27
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Recitative: How I Was Hence Remov'd (Ino, Cadmus, Athamas)
  0:53
• 28
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Aria: Despair No More Shall Wound Me (Athamas)
  5:25
• 29
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Recitative: See from Above the Bellying Clouds Descend (Cadmus)
  0:19
• 30
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Symphony
  2:10
• 31
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Recitative: Apollo Comes, to Relieve Your Care (Apollo)
  1:06
• 32
  Semele, HWV 58: Act III: Happy, Happy Shall We Be (Chorus)
  3:48