Semele

Tracklist

1. 1.
   Act I: Overture
   5:08
2. 2.
   Act II: Symphony
   1:46
3. 3.
   Act III: Symphony
   1:51
4. 4.
   Act III: Accompagnato: Somnus, awake! (Juno, Iris)
   0:31
5. 5.
   Act I: Gavotte
   2:23
6. 6.
   Act II: Recitative: Iris, impatient of thy stay (Juno, Iris)
   1:04
7. 7.
   Act II: Aria: There, from mortal cares retiring (Iris)
   2:59
8. 8.
   Act I: Accompagnato: Behold! Auspicious flashes rise (Chief Priest)
   1:26
9. 9.
   Act III: Aria: Leave me, loathsome light! (Somnus)
   3:07
10. 10.
    Act II: Recitative and Accompagnato: No more, I'll hear no more! (Juno, Iris)
    2:25
11. 11.
    Act I: Lucky omens bless our rites (Chorus of Priests and Augurs)
    3:37
12. 12.
    Act III: Recitative: Dull God, canst thou attend the water's fall (Iris, Juno)
    0:34
13. 13.
    Act II: Aria: Hence, Iris, hence away! (Juno)
    3:53
14. 14.
    Act III: Aria: More sweet is that name (Somnus)
    2:19
15. 15.
    Act I: Recitative and Arioso: Daughter, obey, Hear and obey! (Cadmus, Athamas)
    1:03
16. 16.
    Act III: Recitative: My will obey (Juno, Somnus)
    1:25
17. 17.
    Act II: Aria: Come, Zephyrs, come (Cupid)
    6:02
18. 18.
    Act I: Accompagnato and Aria: Ah me! What refuge now is left me? (Semele)
    2:53
19. 19.
    Act III: Duet: Obey my will (Juno, Somnus)
    1:59
20. 20.
    Act II: Aria: O sleep, why dost thou leave me? (Semele)
    2:47
21. 21.
    Act I: Aria: The morning lark to mine accords his note (Semele)
    6:27
22. 22.
    Act III: Aria: My racking thoughts by no kind slumbers freed (Semele)
    3:14
23. 23.
    Act I: Aria: See, she blushing turns her eyes (Ino)
    3:55
24. 24.
    Act II: Recitative: Let me not another moment bear the pangs of absence (Semele)
    0:22
25. 25.
    Act II: Aria: Lay your doubts and fears aside (Jupiter)
    3:06
26. 26.
    Act I: Recitative: Alas! She yields, and has undone me! (Ino, Athamas, Semele)
    0:58
27. 27.
    Act III: Recitative: Thus shap'd like Ino (Juno, Semele)
    1:08
28. 28.
    Act I: Quartet: Why dost thou thus untimely grieve (Cadmus, Ino, Athamas, Semele)
    2:17
29. 29.
    Act II: Recitative: You are mortal and require time to rest (Jupiter)
    0:33
30. 30.
    Act III: Accompagnato: Behold in this mirror (Juno)
    2:55
31. 31.
    Act I: Avert these omens, all ye pow'rs! (Chorus of Priests and Augurs)
    2:15
32. 32.
    Act III: Recitative: O ecstasy of happiness! (Semele)
    0:12
33. 33.
    Act II: Aria: With fond desiring (Semele)
    3:33
34. 34.
    Act I: Accompagnato: Again auspicious flashes rise (Cadmus)
    0:47
35. 35.
    Act III: Aria: Myself I shall adore (Semele)
    6:47
36. 36.
    Act II: How engaging, how endearing (Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs)
    2:45
37. 37.
    Act I: Recitative: Thy aid, pronubial Juno, Athamas implores! (Athamas, Semele)
    0:18
38. 38.
    Act II: Recitative: Ah me! (Semele, Jupiter)
    1:35
39. 39.
    Act III: Recitative: Be wise, as you are beautiful (Juno, Semele)
    0:30
40. 40.
    Act I: Cease, cease your vows, 'tis impious to proceed (Chorus of Priests and Augurs)
    0:39
41. 41.
    Act II: Aria: I must with speed amuse her (Jupiter)
    4:03
42. 42.
    Act III: Accompagnato: Conjure him by his oath (Juno)
    1:27
43. 43.
    Act I: Recitative: O Athamas, what torture hast thou borne! (Athamas)
    0:30
44. 44.
    Act III: Aria: Thus let my thanks be pay'd (Semele)
    2:18
45. 45.
    Act II: Now Love, that everlasting boy (Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs)
    2:32
46. 46.
    Act III: Recitative: Rich odours fill the fragrant air (Juno, Semele)
    0:36
47. 47.
    Act II: Recitative: By my command now (Jupiter, Semele)
    1:33
48. 48.
    Act I: Aria: Turn, hopeless lover, turn thy eye (Ino)
    8:42
49. 49.
    Act II: Aria: Where'er you walk (Jupiter)
    3:28
50. 50.
    Act I: Recitative: She weeps! (Athamas)
    0:27
51. 51.
    Act III: Aria: Come to my arms, my lovely fair (Jupiter)
    3:02
52. 52.
    Act II: Recitative: Dear sister, how was your passage hither? (Semele, Ino)
    0:47
53. 53.
    Act I: Aria: Your tuneful voice my tale would tell (Athamas)
    3:52
54. 54.
    Act III: Recitative: O Semele! Why art thou thus insensible? (Jupiter, Semele)
    1:39
55. 55.
    Act I: Recitative: Too well I see, Thou wilt not understand me (Ino, Athamas)
    0:56
56. 56.
    Act II: Aria: But hark! (Ino)
    1:30
57. 57.
    Act III: Recitative: Speak, speak your desire (Jupiter, Semele)
    1:19
58. 58.
    Act III: Aria: Ah! Take heed what you press! (Jupiter)
    1:16
59. 59.
    Act II: Accompagnato and Arioso: Prepare then, ye immortal choir (Ino, Semele)
    2:06
60. 60.
    Act I: Duet: You've undone me (Ino, Athamas)
    2:21
61. 61.
    Act III: Aria: No, no, I'll take no less (Semele)
    5:27
62. 62.
    Act I: Recitative and Accompagnato: Ah, wretched prince, doom'd to disastrous love! (Cadmus, Athamas, Ino)
    2:31
63. 63.
    Act II: Bless the glad earth with heav'nly lays (Chorus of Nymphs and Swains)
    2:39
64. 64.
    Act III: Recitative: Ah, whither is she gone! (Jupiter)
    2:57
65. 65.
    Act I: Hail, Cadmus, hail! Jove salutes the Theban King (Chorus of Priests and Augurs)
    1:57
66. 66.
    Act III: Aria: Above measure is the pleasure (Juno)
    2:40
67. 67.
    Act I: Aria: Endless pleasure, endless love (Semele)
    2:54
68. 68.
    Act I: Endless pleasure, endless love (Chorus of Love and Zephyrs)
    1:46
69. 69.
    Act III: Recitative: Ah me! Too late I now repent (Semele)
    3:01
70. 70.
    Act III: Recitative: Of my ill-boding dream (Ino)
    0:17
71. 71.
    Act III: Chorus: Oh, terror and astonishment! (Chorus of Priests)
    3:05
72. 72.
    Act III: Recitative: How I was hence remov'd (Ino, Cadmus, Athamas)
    0:52
73. 73.
    Act III: Aria: Despair no more shall wound me (Athamas)
    5:25
74. 74.
    Act III: Recitative: See from above the bellying clouds descend (Cadmus)
    0:19
75. 75.
    Act III: Symphony
    2:10
76. 76.
    Act III: Recitative: Apollo comes, to relieve your care (Apollo)
    1:05
77. 77.
    Act III: Happy, happy shall we be (Chorus)
    3:47