Semele by George Frideric Handel; Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Rosemary Joshua 2007

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# Title Length
CD 1
1 SEMELE, Oratorio in Three Acts, HWV 58 - No. 1. Ouverture. [ ] - 2:33
2 No. 1. Allegro - Adagio - 3:41
3 No. 1. Gavotte 1:29
4 ACT I. Scene 1. No. 2. Accompagnato (Cadmus): Behold! auspicious flashes rise! 1:23
5 Scene 1. No. 3. Chorus: Lucky omens bless our rites 3:14
6 Scene 1. No. 4. Recitative and Arioso (Cadmus, Athamus): Daughter, obey 0:55
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 2:42
8 Scene 1. No. 6. Air (Semele): The morning lark to mine accords his note 7:25
9 Scene 1. No. 7. Recitative (Athamus): See, she blushing turns her eyes 0:16
10 Scene 1. No. 8. Air (Athamus): Hymen, haste, thy torch prepare 4:45
11 Scene 1. No. 9. Recitative (Ino, Athamus, Semele): Alas! she yields 0:41
12 Scene 1. No. 10. Quartet (Cadmus, Ino, Athamus, Semele): Why does thou thus untimely grieve 3:03
13 Scene 1. No. 11. Chorus: Avert these omens, all ye pow'rs! 2:00
14 Scene 1. No. 12. Accompagnato (Cadmus): Again auspicious flashes rise 0:38
15 Scene 1. No. 13. Recitative (Athamus, Semele): Thy aid, pronubial Juno, Athamus implores 0:13
16 Scene 1. No. 14. Chorus: Cease, cease your vows, 'tis impious to proceed 0:32
17 Scene 2. No. 15. Recitative (Athamus): O Athamus, what torture hast thou borne! 0:28
18 Scene 2. No. 16. Air (Ino): Turn, hopeless lover, turn thy eyes 8:01
19 Scene 2. No. 17. Recitative (Athamus): She weeps! The gentle maid, in tender pity 0:17
20 Scene 2. No. 18. Air (Athamus): Your tuneful voice my tale would tell 3:50
21 Scene 2. No. 19. Recitative (Ino, Athamus): Too well I see 0:42
22 Scene 2. No. 20. Duet (Ino, Athamus): You've undone me / With my life I would atone 2:26
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 2:08
24 Scene 4. No. 22. Chorus: Hail, Cadmus, hail! Jove salutes the Theban King 1:29
25 Scene 4. No. 23. Air (Semele) and Chorus: Endless pleasure, endless love 4:53
CD 2
1 ACT II. No. 24. Sinfonia. Presto 1:36
2 Scene 1. No. 25. Recitative (Juno, Iris): Iris, impatient of thy stay 0:47
3 Scene 1. No. 26. Air (Iris): There, from mortal cares retiring 3:40
4 Scene 1. No. 27. Recitative & Accompagnato (Juno, Iris): No more - I'll hear no more ... Awake Saturnia from thy lethargy! 2:05
5 Scene 1. No. 28. Air (Juno): Hence, Iris, hence away - Scene 2. No. 29. Air (Cupid): Come, Zephyrus, come 3:51
6 Scene 2. No. 30. Air (Semele): O sleep, why dost thou leave me? 2:54
7 Scene 3. No. 31. Recitative (Semele): Let me not another moment 0:20
8 Scene 3. No. 32. Air (Jupiter): Lay your doubts and fears aside 3:07
9 Scene 3. No. 33. Recitative (Jupiter): You are mortal, and require 0:17
10 Scene 3. No. 34. Air (Semele): With fond desiring 3:21
11 Scene 3. No. 35. Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs: How engaging, how endearing 3:03
12 Scene 3. No. 36. Recitative (Semele, Jupiter): Ah me! / Why sighs my Semele? 1:07
13 Scene 3. No. 37. Air (Jupiter): I must with speed amuse her 3:57
14 Scene 3. No. 38. Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs: Now Love that everlasting boy invites 2:21
15 Scene 3. No. 39. Recitative (Jupiter, Semele): By my command 1:03
16 Scene 3. No. 40. Air (Jupiter): Where'er you walk 4:56
17 Scene 4. No. 41. Recitative (Semele. Ino): Dear sister, how was your passage hither? 0:40
18 Scene 4. No. 42. Air (Ino): But hark! the heav'nly sphere turns round 2:26
19 Scene 4. No. 43. Duet (Ino & Semele): Prepare then, ye immortal choir 1:57
20 Scene 4. No. 44. Chorus of Nymphs and Swains: Bless the glad earth with heav'nly lays 2:45
CD 3
1 ACT III. No. 45. Sinfonia. Larghetto e piano per tutto 1:29
2 Scene 1. No. 46. Accompagnato (Juno, Iris): Somnus, awake 0:31
3 Scene 1. No. 47. Air (Somnus): Leave me, loathsome light 3:26
4 Scene 1. No. 48. Recitative (Iris, Juno): Dull God, canst thou attends the water's fall 0:30
5 Scene 1. No. 49. Air (Somnus): More sweet is that name 2:26
6 Scene 1. No. 50. Recitative (Juno, Somnus): My will obey, she shall be thine 1:15
7 Scene 1. No. 51. Duet (Juno, Somnus): Obey my will, thy rod resign 1:58
8 Scene 2. No. 52. Air (Semele): My racking thoughts by no kind slumbers freed 2:42
9 Scene 3. No. 53. Recitative (Juno, Semele): Thus shap'd like Ino 1:25
10 Scene 3. No. 54. Air (Semele): Myself I shall adore 7:16
11 Scene 3. No. 55. Recitative (Juno, Semele): Be wise, as you are beautiful - Accompagnato (Juno): Conjure him by his oath 1:48
12 Scene 3. No. 56. Air (Semele): Thus let my thanks be paid 2:19
13 Scene 3. No. 57. Recitative (Juno, Semele): Rich odours fill the fragrant air 0:23
14 Scene 4. No. 58. Air (Jupiter): Come to my arms, my lovely fair 2:51
15 Scene 4. No. 59. Recitative (Jupiter): O Semele! Why art thou thus insensible? 0:06
16 Scene 4. No. 60. Air (Semele): I ever am granting 1:35
17 Scene 4. No. 61. Recitative (Jupiter, Semele): Speak, speak your desire - Accompagnato (Jupiter): By that tremendous flood, I swear 0:37
18 Scene 4. No. 62. Recitative (Semele, Jupiter): You'll grant what I require 0:10
19 Scene 4. No. 63. Accompagnato (Semele): Then cast off this human shape which you wear 0:16
20 Scene 4. No. 64. Air (Jupiter): Ah, take heed what you press 1:15
21 Scene 4. No. 65. Air (Semele): No, no! I'll take no less 5:12
22 Scene 5. No. 66. Accompagnato (Jupiter): Ah! whither is she gone! unhappy fair! 3:05
23 Scene 6. No. 67. Air (Juno): Above measure is the pleasure 2:23
24 Scene 7. No. 68. Accompagnato (Semele): Ah me! too late I now repent 3:07
25 Scene 8. No. 69. Recitative (Ino): Off my ill-boding dream 0:12
26 Scene 8. No. 70. Chorus of Priests: O terror and astonishment! 4:00
27 Scene 8. No. 71. Recitative (Ino, Cadmus, Athamus): How I was hence remov'd 0:42
28 Scene 8. No. 72. Air (Athamus): Despair no more shall wound me 5:07
29 Scene 8. No. 73. Recitative (Cadmus): See from above the bellying clouds descend 0:14
30 Scene 9. No. 74. Sinfonia 1:19
31 Scene 9. No. 75. Accompagnato (Apollo): Apollo comes to relieve your care 0:43
32 Scene 9. No. 76. Chorus (all): Happy, happy shall we be 3:07

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