Semele
2007 · Music · Handel, Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Rosemary Joshua
Rosemary Joshua
Tracklist
- SEMELE, Oratorio in Three Acts, HWV 58 - No. 1. Ouverture. [ ] -
- No. 1. Allegro - Adagio -
- No. 1. Gavotte
- ACT I. Scene 1. No. 2. Accompagnato (Cadmus): Behold! auspicious flashes rise!
- Scene 1. No. 3. Chorus: Lucky omens bless our rites
- Scene 1. No. 4. Recitative and Arioso (Cadmus, Athamus): Daughter, obey
- Scene 1. No. 5. Accompagnato & Air (Semele): Ah me! What refuge now is left me? ... O Jove! in pity teach me which to choose
- Scene 1. No. 6. Air (Semele): The morning lark to mine accords his note
- Scene 1. No. 7. Recitative (Athamus): See, she blushing turns her eyes
- Scene 1. No. 8. Air (Athamus): Hymen, haste, thy torch prepare
- Scene 1. No. 9. Recitative (Ino, Athamus, Semele): Alas! she yields
- Scene 1. No. 10. Quartet (Cadmus, Ino, Athamus, Semele): Why does thou thus untimely grieve
- Scene 1. No. 11. Chorus: Avert these omens, all ye pow'rs!
- Scene 1. No. 12. Accompagnato (Cadmus): Again auspicious flashes rise
- Scene 1. No. 13. Recitative (Athamus, Semele): Thy aid, pronubial Juno, Athamus implores
- Scene 1. No. 14. Chorus: Cease, cease your vows, 'tis impious to proceed
- Scene 2. No. 15. Recitative (Athamus): O Athamus, what torture hast thou borne!
- Scene 2. No. 16. Air (Ino): Turn, hopeless lover, turn thy eyes
- Scene 2. No. 17. Recitative (Athamus): She weeps! The gentle maid, in tender pity
- Scene 2. No. 18. Air (Athamus): Your tuneful voice my tale would tell
- Scene 2. No. 19. Recitative (Ino, Athamus): Too well I see
- Scene 2. No. 20. Duet (Ino, Athamus): You've undone me / With my life I would atone
- 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
- Scene 4. No. 22. Chorus: Hail, Cadmus, hail! Jove salutes the Theban King
- Scene 4. No. 23. Air (Semele) and Chorus: Endless pleasure, endless love
- ACT II. No. 24. Sinfonia. Presto
- Scene 1. No. 25. Recitative (Juno, Iris): Iris, impatient of thy stay
- Scene 1. No. 26. Air (Iris): There, from mortal cares retiring
- Scene 1. No. 27. Recitative & Accompagnato (Juno, Iris): No more - I'll hear no more ... Awake Saturnia from thy lethargy!
- Scene 1. No. 28. Air (Juno): Hence, Iris, hence away - Scene 2. No. 29. Air (Cupid): Come, Zephyrus, come