John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists

Handel: Semele John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists

1.   CD  

1. Croft, Richard - Semele (The Story of Semele) Hwv
2. Ouvertuere
3. Allegro - Adagio
4. Gavotte
5. Behold! Auspicious Flashes Rise (1. Akt)
6. Lucky Omens Bless Our Rites
7. Daughter, Obey
8. Ah Me! What Refuge Now is Left Me?
9. The Morning Lark to Mine Accords His Note
10. See, She Blushing Turns Her Eyes
11. Hymen, Haste, Thy Torch Prepare
12. Alas! She Yields
13. Why Dost Thou Untimely Grieve
14. Chor: Avert These Omens
15. Again Auspicious Flashes Rise
16. Thy Aid, Pronubial Juno, Athamus Implores
17. Chor: Cease, Cease Your Vows
18. O Athamas, What Torture Hast Thou Borne!
19. Turn, Hopeless Lover, Turn Thy Eyes
20. She Weeps! the Gentle Maid, in Tender Pity
21. Your Tuneful Voice My Tale Would Tell
22. Too Well L See
23. You've Undone Me
24. Ah, Wretched Prince, Doom'd to Disastrous Love!
25. See, See, Jove's Priests & Holy Augurs Come - Ha
26. Endless Pleasure, Endless Love

2.   CD  

1. Sinfonia (2. Akt)
2. Iris, Impatient of Thy Stay
3. There, from Mortal Cares Retiring
4. No More - L'll Hear No More
5. Hence, Iris, Hence Away!
6. O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me?
7. Let Me Not Another Moment
8. Lay Your Doubts & Fears Aside
9. You Are Mortal, & Require
10. With Fond Desiring
11. Chor: How Engaging, How Endearing
12. Ah Me!
13. Why Sighs My Semele? - I Must with Speed Amuse Her
14. Chor: Now Love That Everlasting Boy Invites
15. By My Command
16. Where'er You Walk, Cool Gales Shall Fan the Glade
17. Dear Sister, How Was Your Journey Hither?
18. But Hark! the Heav'nly Sphere Turns Round
19. Prepare Then, Ye Immortal Choir
20. Chor: Bless the Glad Earth with Heav'nly Lays

3.   CD  

1. Sinfonia (3. Akt)
2. Somnus, Awake!
3. Leave Me, Loathsome Light!
4. Dull God, Canst Thou Attend the Water's Fall
5. More Sweet is That Name
6. My Will Obey
7. Obey My Will, Thy Rod Resign
8. My Racking Thoughts by No Kind Slumbers Feed
9. Thus Shap'd Like Ino
10. Myself L Shall Adore
11. Be Wise, As You Are Beautiful
12. Thus Let My Thanks Be Paid
13. Rich Odours Fill the Fragrant Air
14. Come to My Arms, My Lovely Fair
15. O Semele
16. I Ever Am Granting
17. Speak, Speak Your Desire
18. You'll Grant What L Require
19. Then Cast off This Human Shape Which You Wear
20. Ah, Take Heed What You Press!
21. No, No, I'll Take No Less
22. Ah, Whither is She Gone! Unhappy Fair!
23. Above Measure
24. Ah, Me! Too Late I Now Repent
25. Of My Ill-boding Dream
26. O Terror & Astonishment
27. How L Was Hence Remov'd
28. Despair No More Shall Wound Me
29. See from Above the Bellying Clouds Descend
30. Sinfonia
31. Apollo Comes to Relieve Your Care
32. Happy, Happy Shall We Be