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Handel : Semele : Act 1 "Why dost thou untimely grieve" [Cadmus, Ino, Athamas, Semele]

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English Baroque Soloists,

George Frideric Handel,

John Eliot Gardiner,

Norma Burrowes,

Catherine Denley,

Timothy Penrose

Collaborators: 8

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Oct 1, 1990

Duration:

03:24

Tempo:

77

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℗ 2007 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd

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Handel : Semele : Act 1 "Why dost thou untimely grieve" [Cadmus, Ino, Athamas, Semele]

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Handel : Semele : Act 1 "Why dost thou untimely grieve" [Cadmus, Ino, Athamas, Semele]

English Baroque Soloists

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Catherine Denley

Timothy Penrose

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John Eliot Gardiner

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John Eliot Gardiner

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English Baroque Soloists

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Catherine Denley

Timothy Penrose

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1

Handel: Water Music Variants, HWV 331: No. 1 in F Major

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2

Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: I. Overture

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3

Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: II. Adagio e staccato

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

4

Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: III. (a) Allegro

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

5

Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: III. (b) Andante

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

6

Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: IV. Minuet

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

7

Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: V. Passepied

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

8

Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VI. Air

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

9

Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VII. Minuet

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

10

Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VIII. Bourrée - IX. Hornpipe

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

11

Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: X. Allegro

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

12

Handel: Water Music Variants, HWV 331: No. 2 in F Major, Alla Hornpipe

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

13

Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: I. (Minuet)

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

14

Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: II. Rigaudons I & II

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

15

Handel: Water Music - Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: III. Minuets I & II

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

16

Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: IV. Gigues I & II

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

17

Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: I. (Allegro)

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

18

Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

19

Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: III. Minuet

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

20

Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: IV. Lentement

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

21

Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: V. Bourrée

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

22

Handel: Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4, HWV 315: I. Andante - Allegro - Adagio

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

23

Handel: Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4, HWV 315: II. Andante

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

24

Handel: Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4a, HWV 315: III. Allegro

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

25

Handel: Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4, HWV 315: IV. Minuetto alternativo

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

26

Handel: Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316: I. (Without tempo indication)

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

27

Handel: Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316: II. Allegro

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

28

Handel: Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316: III. Adagio

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

29

Handel: Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316: IV. Allegro ma non troppo

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

30

Handel: Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316: V. Allegro

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

31

Handel: Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 3 No. 6, HWV 317: I. Vivace

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

32

Handel: Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 3 No. 6, HWV 317: II. Allegro

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

33

Handel: Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: I. Vivace

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

34

Handel: Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: II. Largo

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

35

Handel: Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: III. Allegro

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

36

Handel: Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: IV. (Menuet)

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

37

Handel: Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: V. Gavotte

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

38

Handel: Concerto Grosso in G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, HWV 314: I. Largo e staccato - Allegro

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

39

Handel: Concerto grosso in G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, HWV 314: III. Adagio - IV. Allegro

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

40

Handel: Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, HWV 312: I. Allegro

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

41

Handel: Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, HWV 312: II. Largo

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

42

Handel: Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, HWV 312: III. Allegro

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

43

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Overture. Lamentations of the Israelites for the Death of Joseph

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

44

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Recitative. "Now there arose a new king over Egypt"

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Paul Elliott, Monteverdi Orchestra

45

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Air with Chorus. "And the children of Israel"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Christopher Royall, Monteverdi Orchestra

46

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Recitative. "Then sent He Moses, his servant"

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Paul Elliott, Monteverdi Orchestra

47

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "They loathed to drink of the river"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

48

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Air. "Their land brought forth frogs"

Ashley Stafford, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

49

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "He spake the word"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

50

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "He gave them hailstones for rain"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

51

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "He sent a thick darkness"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

52

Handel : Israel in Egypt HWV54 : Exodus "He smote all the first-born" [Chorus]

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

53

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "But as for his people"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

54

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "Egypt was glad when they departed"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

55

Handel : Israel in Egypt : Exodus "He rebuked the Red Sea" [Chorus]

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

56

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "He led them through the deep"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

57

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "But the waters overwhelmed their enemies"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

58

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "And Israel saw that great work"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

59

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "And believed the Lord"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

60

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "Moses and the children of Israel"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

61

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "I will sing unto the Lord"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

62

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Duet. "The Lord is my strength"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

63

Handel : Israel in Egypt HWV54 : Moses' song "He is my God" [Chorus]

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

64

Handel : Israel in Egypt HWV54 : Moses' song "And I will exalt him" [Chorus]

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

65

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Duet. "The Lord is a man of war"

Stephen Varcoe, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Charles Stewart

66

Handel : Israel in Egypt : Moses' song "The depths have covered them" [Chorus]

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

67

Handel : Israel in Egypt HWV54 : Moses' song "Thy right hand" [Chorus]

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

68

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "And in the greatness of thine excellency"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

69

Handel : Israel in Egypt : Moses' song "Thou sentest forth" [Chorus]

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

70

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "And with the blast of thy nostrils"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

71

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Air. "The enemy said, I will pursue"

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, William Kendall, Monteverdi Orchestra

72

Handel : Israel in Egypt HWV54 : Moses' song "Thou didst blow" [Soprano]

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Daryl Greene, Monteverdi Orchestra

73

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "Who is like unto Thee, O Lord"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

74

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "The earth swallowed them"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

75

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Duet. "Thou in thy mercy"

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Brian Gordon, Paul Elliott, Monteverdi Orchestra

76

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "The people shall hear"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

77

Handel : Israel in Egypt : Moses' song "Thou shalt bring" [Counter-Tenor]

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Julian Clarkson, Monteverdi Orchestra

79

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Recitative. "For the horse of Pharoah"

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Paul Elliott, Monteverdi Orchestra

80

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "The Lord shall reign for ever and ever"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

81

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Recitative. "And Miriam the prophetess"

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Paul Elliott, Monteverdi Orchestra

82

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Air with Chorus. "Sing ye to the Lord"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Elisabeth Priday

83

Handel : The Ways of Zion do Mourn HWV264 : I Sinfonia

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

84

Handel: The ways of Zion do Mourn, HWV 264: II. The ways of Zion do Mourn

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

85

Handel: Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": VII. Chorus. "How are the mighty fall'n" (Reprise)

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

86

Handel: Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": III. Chorus. "She put on righteousness"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

87

Handel: Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": IV. Soli and Chorus. "When the ear heard her"

Martyn Hill, The Monteverdi Choir, Stephen Varcoe, George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Charles Brett

88

Handel: Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": V. Chorus. "How are the mighty fall'n"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

89

Handel : The Ways of Zion do Mourn HWV264 : VII "She deliver'd the poor that cried" [Chorus]

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

90

Handel : The Ways of Zion do Mourn HWV264 : VIII "How are the mighty fall'n!" [Chorus]

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

91

Handel: Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": VIII. Soli and Chorus. "The righteous shall be had in everlasting"

Martyn Hill, The Monteverdi Choir, Stephen Varcoe, George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Charles Brett

92

Handel : The Ways of Zion do Mourn HWV264 : X "Their bodies are buried in peace" [Chorus]

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

93

Handel : The Ways of Zion do Mourn HWV264 : XI "The people will tell of their wisdom" [Chorus]

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

94

Handel: Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": XIII. Soli and Chorus. "They shall receive a glorious kingdom"

Martyn Hill, Stephen Varcoe, George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Charles Brett

95

Handel: Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": XIV. Chorus. "The merciful goodness of the Lord"

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

96

Handel : Semele : Overture to Act 1

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

97

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Accompagnato. "Behold! Auspicious flahes rise" (Cadmus)

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Robert Lloyd

98

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Chorus. "Lucky omens bless our rites" - Recitative, Air and Duet. "Daughter obey" (Priests, Cadmus, Athamas)

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Robert Lloyd, Timothy Penrose

99

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Accompagnato. "Ah me! What refuge now is left me?" - Air. "O Jove! in pity teach me which to choose" - Recitative. "Alas, she yields" (Semele, Ino, Athamas)

George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Catherine Denley, Timothy Penrose

100

Handel : Semele : Act 1 "Why dost thou untimely grieve" [Cadmus, Ino, Athamas, Semele]

George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Catherine Denley, Robert Lloyd, Timothy Penrose

101

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Chorus. "Avert these omens, all ye pow'rs!" - Accompagnato. "Again auspicious flashes rise" - Recitative. "Thy aid, pronubial Juno" (Priests, Cadmus, Athamas, Semele)

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Robert Lloyd, Timothy Penrose

102

Handel : Semele : Act 1 "Cease, cease your vows" [Chorus]

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

103

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Recitative. "Oh Athamas" - Air. "Turn, hopeless lover" (Athamas, Ino)

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Catherine Denley, Timothy Penrose

104

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Duet. "You've undone me, look not on me" (Ino, Athamas)

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Catherine Denley, Timothy Penrose

105

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Recitative. "Ah, wretched prince" - Accompagnato. "Wing'd with our fears" (Cadmus, Athamas)

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Robert Lloyd, Timothy Penrose

106

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Recitative. "See, see! Jove's Priests" - Chorus. "Hail Cadmus, hail!" (Cadmus, Priests and Augurs)

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Robert Lloyd

107

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Air. "Endless pleasure, endless love" (Semele)

George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

108

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Chorus. "Endless pleasure, endless love" (Priests and Augurs)

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

109

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Symphony - Recitative. "Iris, impatient of thy stay" (Juno, Iris)

George Frideric Handel, Patrizia Kwella, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Della Jones

110

Handel : Semele HWV58: Act 2 "Look, where Cithaeron proudly stands" [Iris] "There, from mortal cares retiring" [Iris] "No more!" [Juno] "Awake Saturnia from thy lethargy" [Juno, Iris]

George Frideric Handel, Patrizia Kwella, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Della Jones

111

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Air. "Hence, Iris hence away" (Juno)

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Della Jones

112

Handel : Semele HWV58: Act 2 "Come, Zephyrs, come" [Cupid] "O sleep, why dost thou leave me?" [Semele]

George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday

113

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Recitative. "Let me not another moment" (Semele)

George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

114

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Air. "Lay your doubts and fears aside" - Recitative. "You are mortal" (Jupiter)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

115

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Air. "With fond desiring, with bliss expiring" (Semele)

George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

116

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Chorus. "How engaging, how endearing" - Recitative. "Ah me! Why sighs my Semele?" (Loves and Zephyrs, Semele, Jupiter)

The Monteverdi Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

117

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Recitative. "Too well I read her meaning" - Air. "I must with speed amuse her" (Jupiter)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

118

Handel : Semele HWV58 : Act 2 "Now Love" [Chorus]

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

119

Handel : Semele HWV58: Act 2 "By my command" [Jupiter, Semele]

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

120

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Recitative. "See, she appears" - Air. "Where'er you walk" (Jupiter)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

121

Handel : Semele HWV58 : Act 2 "Dear sister, how was your journey hither?" [Semele, Ino] "But hark! the heav'nly sphere turns round" [Ino]

George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Catherine Denley

122

Handel : Semele HWV58 : Act 2 "Prepare then, ye immortal choir" [Semele, Ino]

George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Catherine Denley

123

Handel : Semele HWV58 : Act 2 "Bless the glad earth" [Chorus]

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

124

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Symphony - Accompagnato. "Somnus, awake!" (Juno, Iris)

George Frideric Handel, Patrizia Kwella, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Della Jones

125

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "Leave me, loathsome light!" - Recitative. "Dull God" (Somnus, Iris, Juno)

George Frideric Handel, Patrizia Kwella, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists, Della Jones

126

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "More sweet is that name" - Recitative. "My will obey, she shall be thine" (Juno, Somnus)

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists, Della Jones

127

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Duet. "Obey my will, thy rod resign" (Juno, Somnus)

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists, Della Jones

128

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "My racking thoughts by no kind slumbers freed" (Semele)

George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

129

Handel : Semele HWV58 : Act 3 "Thus shap'd like Ino" [Juno, Semele]

George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Della Jones

130

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Recitative. "O ecstasy of happiness!" - Air. "Myself I shall adore" - Recitative. "Be wise, as you are beautiful" (Juno, Semele)

George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Della Jones

131

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Accompagnato. "Conjure him" (Juno)

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Della Jones

132

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "Thus let my thanks be pay'd" - Recitative. "Rich odours" (Semele, Juno)

George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Della Jones

133

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Recitative. "Oh Semele! Why art thou thus insensible?" (Jupiter)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

134

Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "I ever am granting" - Accompagnato. "Then cast off this human shape" (Semele, Jupiter)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "Ah! Take heed what you press!" (Jupiter)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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Handel : Semele : Act 3 "No, no, I'll take no less" [Semele]

George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Accompagnato. "Ah, wither is she gone!" (Jupiter)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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Handel : Semele HWV58 : Act 3 "Above measure is the pleasure" [Juno]

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Della Jones

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Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Accompagnato. "Ah me! Too late I now repent" (Semele)

George Frideric Handel, Norma Burrowes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Recitative. "Of my ill-boding dream" - Chorus. "Oh terror and astonishment!" (Ino, Priests)

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Catherine Denley

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Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Recitative. "See from above" - Sinfonia - Accompagnato. "Apollo comes" (Cadmus, Apollo)

George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Robert Lloyd, Maldwyn Davies

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Handel : Semele HWV58 : Act 3 "Happy, happy shall we be" [Chorus]

The Monteverdi Choir, George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists