Handel: Semele - EBS, Gardiner (1981 Erato 1983) (Disc 1) CD Track Listing

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Handel Semele - EBS, Gardiner (1981 Erato 1983) (Disc 1) (1983)
George Frederic Handel (1685-1759)\nlibretist William Congreve.\n\nSemele first performed in London in 1744.\n\nMonteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner.\n\nCast:\n* ''Jupiter'' Anthony Rolf-Johnson ''tenor''\n* ''Cadmus, King of Thebes'' Robert Lloyd ''bass''\n* ''Athalamus, a prince of Boeotia'' Timothy Penrose ''counter-tenor''\n* ''Somnus'' David Thomas ''bass''\n* ''Apollo'' Maldwyn Davies ''tenor''\n* ''Juno'' Della Jones ''mezzo-soprano''\n* ''Iris'' Patrizia Kwella ''soprano''\n* ''Semele, daughter to Cadmus'' Norma Burrows ''soprano''\n* ''Ino, sister to Semele'' Catherine Denley ''contralto''\n* ''Cupid'' Elisabeth Priday ''soprano''\n* ''Chorus of "Priests & Augurs", Loves & Zephyrs", "Nymphs & Swains" & "Attendants"'' Monteverdi Choir\n\nRecorded in Rosslyn Hill Chapel, London, March 1981.\n
This classical cd contains 23 tracks and runs 78min 7sec.
Freedb: 66124d17

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: Music

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1. Handel - Overture (07:17)
   Act 1, Scene 1:
2. Handel - Act I, Scene 1 (Priest) Behold! Auspicious flashes rise (01:46)
3. Handel - Act I, Scene 1 (Chorus) Lucky omens bless our rites (04:38)
4. Handel - Act I, Scene 1 (Semele) Ah, me! (03:52)
5. Handel - Act I, Scene 1 (Cadmus) Why dost thou thus untimely grieve (03:23)
6. Handel - Act I, Scene 1 (Chorus of Priests) Avert these omens (03:04)
7. Handel - Act I, Scene 1 (Chorus of Priests) Cease, cease your vows (00:33)
   Act 1, Scene 2:
8. Handel - Act I, Scene 2 (Athamas) Oh, Athamas; what torture hast thou borne! (00:56)
9. Handel - Act I, Scene 2 (Ino) You've undone me (03:07)
   Act 1, Scene 3:
10. Handel - Act I, Scene 3 (Cadmus) Ah, wretched prince (01:48)
    Act 1, Scene 4:
11. Handel - Act I, Scene 4 (Cadmus) See, see! (02:06)
12. Handel - Act I, Scene 4 (Semele) Endless pleasure (02:51)
13. Handel - Act I, Scene 4 (Chorus) Endless pleasure (01:46)
    Act 2:
14. Handel - Act II, Scene 1 (Sinfonia, Juno) Iris, impatient of thy stay (01:58)
    Act 2, Scene 1:
15. Handel - Act II, Scene 1 (Iris) Look, where Cithaeron proudly stands (06:49)
16. Handel - Act II, Scene 1 (Juno) Hence, Iris, hence away! (03:38)
    Act 2, Scene 2:
17. Handel - Act II, Scene 2 (Cupid) Come, Zephyrs, come (06:30)
    Act 2, Scene 3:
18. Handel - Act II, Scene 3 (Semele) Let me not another moment (03:26)
19. Handel - Act II, Scene 3 (Jupiter) Lay your doubts (03:32)
20. Handel - Act II, Scene 3 (Semele) With fond desiring (03:28)
21. Handel - Act II, Scene 3 (Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs) How engaging (04:45)
22. Handel - Act II, Scene 3 (Jupiter) Too well I read her meaning (04:15)
23. Handel - Act II, Scene 3 (Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs) Now Love (02:26)