Semele

Album by George Frideric Handel & Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists & Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Semele is a secular oratorio by George Frideric Handel, composed and first performed in 1744. The work blends operatic arias and choruses within the English oratorio tradition, combining theatrical drama, expressive solo writing and varied orchestral colour, and it occupies a distinctive place between Handel's Italian operas and his later English oratorios.
First released: 26th June 2020

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Semele, HWV 58: Overture (Live)
    4:55
  2. 2.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Sinfonia (Live)
    1:37
  3. 3.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Sinfonia (Live)
    1:31
  4. 4.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 1: Somnus, Awake (Live)
    0:30
  5. 5.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 1: Iris, Impatient of Thy Stay (Live)
    0:46
  6. 6.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Gavotte (Live)
    1:43
  7. 7.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 1: There, from Mortal Cares Retiring (Live)
    2:54
  8. 8.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 1: Leave Me, Loathsome Light (Live)
    3:38
  9. 9.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 1: Behold! Auspicious Flashes Rise (Live)
    1:31
  10. 10.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 1: Awake, Saturnia, from Thy Lethargy! (Live)
    1:48
  11. 11.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 1: Lucky Omens Bless Our Rites (Live)
    3:14
  12. 12.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 1: Dull God, Canst Thou Attend the Water's Fall (Live)
    0:33
  13. 13.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 1: Hence, Iris, Hence Away (Live)
    3:34
  14. 14.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 1: Daughter, Obey (Live)
    1:01
  15. 15.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 1: More Sweet is That Name (Live)
    2:28
  16. 16.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 1: My Will Obey (Live)
    1:21
  17. 17.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 1: Ah Me! (Live)
    1:00
  18. 18.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 2: Come, Zephyrs, Come, While Cupid Sings (Live)
    5:40
  19. 19.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 2: O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me (Live)
    3:22
  20. 20.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 1: O Jove! in Pity Teach Me Which to Choose (Live)
    1:57
  21. 21.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 1: Obey My Will, Thy Rod Resign (Live)
    2:03
  22. 22.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 2: My Racking Thoughts by No. Kind Slumbers Freed (Live)
    3:11
  23. 23.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 1: Alas! She Yields (Live)
    0:44
  24. 24.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 3: Let Me Not Another Moment (Live)
    0:17
  25. 25.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 1: Why Dost Thou Thus Untimely Grieve (Live)
    2:59
  26. 26.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 3: Lay Your Doubts and Fears Aside (Live)
    3:09
  27. 27.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 3: Thus Shap'd Like Ino (Live)
    1:32
  28. 28.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 3: You Are Mortal and Require (Live)
    0:25
  29. 29.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 3: Myself I Shall Adore (Live)
    6:39
  30. 30.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 1: Avert These Omens, All Ye Pow'rs (Live)
    2:01
  31. 31.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 1: Again Auspicious Flashes Rise (Live)
    0:59
  32. 32.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 3: With Fond Desiring (Live)
    2:55
  33. 33.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 3: Be Wise As You Are Beautiful (Live)
    1:43
  34. 34.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 3: Thus Let My Thanks Be Paid (Live)
    2:46
  35. 35.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 3: How Engaging, How Endearing (Live)
    2:49
  36. 36.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 1: Cease, Cease Your Vows, 'Tis Impious to Proceed (Live)
    0:33
  37. 37.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 3: Rich Odours Fill the Fragrant Air (Live)
    0:24
  38. 38.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 3: Ah, Me! (Live)
    1:09
  39. 39.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 2: Turn, Hopeless Lover, Turn Thy Eyes (Live)
    0:44
  40. 40.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 4: Come to My Arms, My Lovely Fair (Live)
    3:32
  41. 41.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 2: Your Tuneful Voice My Tale Would Tell (Live)
    4:41
  42. 42.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 3: I Must with Speed Amuse Her (Live)
    3:47
  43. 43.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 4: O Semele! (Live)
    1:41
  44. 44.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 2: Too Well I See (Live)
    0:47
  45. 45.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 3: Now Love That Everlasting Boy Invites (Live)
    2:18
  46. 46.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 3: By My Command (Live)
    1:14
  47. 47.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 4: Speak, Speak Your Desire (Live)
    1:08
  48. 48.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 2: You've Undone Me (Live)
    2:36
  49. 49.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 3: Ah! Wretched Prince (Live)
    0:34
  50. 50.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 4: Ah, Take Heed What You Press (Live)
    1:04
  51. 51.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 3: Where'er You Walk, Cool Gales Shall Fan the Glade (Live)
    5:24
  52. 52.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 4: No, No, I'll Take No. Less (Live)
    4:45
  53. 53.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 4: Dear Sister, How Was Your Passage Hither? (Live)
    0:53
  54. 54.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 4: Hail Cadmus, Hail! (Live)
    1:23
  55. 55.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene 4: Endless Pleasure, Endless Love (Live)
    5:34
  56. 56.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 4: But Hark! The Heav'nly Sphere Turns Round (Live)
    1:53
  57. 57.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 5: Ah, Whither Is She Gone, Unhappy Fair? (Live)
    3:21
  58. 58.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 4: Prepare Then, Ye Immortal Choir (Live)
    2:09
  59. 59.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 6: Above Measure (Live)
    2:10
  60. 60.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene 4: Bless the Glad Earth with Heav'nly Lays (Live)
    2:46
  61. 61.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 7: Ah me! Too Late I Now Repent (Live)
    3:26
  62. 62.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 8: O Terror and Astonishment! (Live)
    4:16
  63. 63.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 8: How I Was Hence Remov'd (Live)
    0:46
  64. 64.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 8: Despair No. More Shall Wound Me (Live)
    4:59
  65. 65.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 8: See from Above the Bellying Clouds Descend (Live)
    0:18
  66. 66.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 9: Sinfonia (Live)
    1:43
  67. 67.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 9: Apollo Comes, to Relieve Your Care (Live)
    0:53
  68. 68.
    Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene 9: Happy, Happy We Shall Be (Live)
    3:06

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