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George Frederic Handel Semele, (Disc 2 of 2) (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\n\n----\n\nAct 2, Scene 3:
This classical cd contains 24 tracks and runs 76min 24sec.
Freedb: 7911e618

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1. George Frederic Handel - Jupiter: "By my command" (00:28)
2. George Frederic Handel - Jupiter: "See, she appears" (05:56)
   Act 2, Scene 4:
3. George Frederic Handel - Semele: "Dear sister, how was your journey hither?" (02:53)
4. George Frederic Handel - Semele & Ino: "Prepare then, ye immortal choir!" (01:57)
5. George Frederic Handel - Chorus: "Bless the glad earth" (02:46)
   Act 3, Scene 1:
6. George Frederic Handel - Juno: "Somnus, awake!" (02:25)
7. George Frederic Handel - Somnus: "Leave me, loathsome light!" (04:32)
8. George Frederic Handel - Somnus: "More sweet is that name" (04:14)
9. George Frederic Handel - Juno: "Obey my will" (02:17)
   Act 3, Scene 2:
10. George Frederic Handel - Semele: "My racking thoughts" (02:52)
    Act 3, Scene 3:
11. George Frederic Handel - Juno: "Thus shap'd like Ino" (01:38)
12. George Frederic Handel - Semele: "O ecstasy of happiness!" (08:07)
13. George Frederic Handel - Juno: "Conjure him by his oath" (01:21)
14. George Frederic Handel - Semele: "Thus let my thanks be pay'd" (03:14)
    Act 3, Scene 4:
15. George Frederic Handel - Jupiter: "Come to my arms" (02:51)
16. George Frederic Handel - Semele: "I ever am granting" (03:10)
17. George Frederic Handel - Jupiter: "Ah, take heed what you press!" (01:13)
18. George Frederic Handel - Semele: "No, no, I'll take no less" (05:11)
    Act 3, Scene 5:
19. George Frederic Handel - Jupiter: "Ah, whither is she gone!" (03:21)
    Act 3, Scene 6:
20. George Frederic Handel - Juno: "Above measure is the pleasure" (02:27)
    Act 3, Scene 7:
21. George Frederic Handel - Semele: "Ah, me! too late I now repent" (03:22)
    Act 3, Scene 8:
22. George Frederic Handel - Ino: "Of my ill-boding dream" (04:11)
    Scene the last
23. George Frederic Handel - Cadmus: "See from above the bellying clouds descend" (02:31)
24. George Frederic Handel - Chorus: "Happy, happy shall we be" (03:13)