George Frideric Handel: Semele

Disc 1:
1 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Ouvertura
2 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Gavotte
3 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Accompagnato. Behold! Auspicious flashes rise
4 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Chorus of Priests and Augurs. Lucky omens bless our rites
5 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Recitativo ed Arioso. Daughter, obey
6 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Accompagnato ed Aria. Ah, me! What refuge now is left me?
7 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Aria. The morning lark
8 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Aria. See, she blushing turns her eyes
9 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Recitativo. Alas! She yields
10 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Quartetto. Why dost thou thus untimely grieve
11 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Chorus of Priests and Augurs. Avert these omens, all ye pow'rs!
12 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Accompagnato. Again auspicious flashes rise
13 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Recitativo. Thy aid, pronubial Juno
14 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Chorus of Priests and Augurs. Cease your vows
15 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Recitativo. O Athamas, what torture hast thou borne!
16 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Aria. Turn, hopeless lover
17 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Recitativo. She weeps!
18 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Aria. Your tuneful voice
19 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Recitativo. Too well I see
20 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Duetto. You've undone me
21 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Recitativo ed Accompagnato. Ah, wretched prince
22 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Chorus of Priests and Augurs. Hail, Cadmus, hail!
23 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Aria. Endless pleasure, endless love
24 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 1. Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs. Endless pleasure, endless love
Disc 2:
1 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Sinfonia
2 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Recitativo. Iris, impatient of thy stay
3 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Aria. There, from mortal cares retiring
4 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Recitativo ed Accompagnato. No more!
5 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Aria. Hence, Iris, hence away!
6 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Aria. Come, Zephyrs, come
7 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Aria. O sleep, why dost thou leave me?
8 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Recitativo. Let me not another moment
9 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Aria. Lay your doubts and fears aside
10 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Recitativo. You are mortal
11 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Aria. With fond desiring
12 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs. How engaging, how endearing
13 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Recitativo. Ah me!
14 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Aria. I must with speed amuse her
15 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs. Now, Love, that everlasting boy
16 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Recitativo. By my command now
17 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Aria. Where'er you walk
18 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Recitativo. Dear sister, how was your passage hither?
19 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Aria. But hark!
20 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Accompagnato ed Arioso. Prepare then, ye immortal choir
21 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 2. Chorus of Nymphs and Swains. Bless the glad earth
Disc 3:
1 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Sinfonia
2 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Accompagnato. Somnus, awake!
3 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Aria. Leave me, loathsome light!
4 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Recitativo. Dull God, canst thou attend the water's fall
5 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Aria. More sweet is that name
6 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Recitativo. My will obey
7 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Duetto. Obey my will
8 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Aria. My racking thoughts
9 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Recitativo. Thus ship'd like Ino
10 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Accompagnato. Behold in this mirror
11 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Recitativo. O ecstasy of happiness!
12 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Aria. Myself I shall adore
13 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Recitativo. Be wise, as you are beautiful
14 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Accompagnato. Conjure him by his oath
15 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Aria. Thus let my thanks be pay'd
16 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Recitativo. Rich odours fill the fragrant air
17 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Aria. Come to my arms, my lovely fair
18 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Recitativo ed Arioso. O Semele! Why art thou thus insensible?
19 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Recitativo ed Accompagnato. Speak, speak your desire
20 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Aria. Ah! Take heed what you press!
21 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Aria. No, no, I'll take no less
22 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Accompagnato. Ah, whither is she gone!
23 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Aria. Above measure is the pleasure
24 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Aria. Ah me! Too late I now repent
25 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Recitativo. Of my ill-boding dream
26 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Chorus of Priests. O terror and astonishment!
27 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Recitativo. How I was hence remov'd
28 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Aria. Despair no more shall wound me
29 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Recitativo. See from above the bellying clouds descend
30 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Sinfonia
31 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Accompagnato. Apollo comes, to relieve your care
32 - Semele, oratorio, HWV 58~Act 3. Chorus. Happy, happy shall we be