Album tracks

1. SEMELE, Oratorio in Three Acts, HWV 58 - No. 1. Ouverture. [ ] - +
2. No. 1. Allegro - Adagio - +
3. No. 1. Gavotte +
4. ACT I. Scene 1. No. 2. Accompagnato (Cadmus): Behold! auspicious flashes rise! +
5. Scene 1. No. 3. Chorus: Lucky omens bless our rites +
6. Scene 1. No. 4. Recitative and Arioso (Cadmus, Athamus): Daughter, obey +
7. Scene 1. No. 5. Accompagnato & Air (Semele): Ah me! What refuge now is left me? ... O Jove! in pity teach me which to choose +
8. Scene 1. No. 6. Air (Semele): The morning lark to mine accords his note +
9. Scene 1. No. 7. Recitative (Athamus): See, she blushing turns her eyes +
10. Scene 1. No. 8. Air (Athamus): Hymen, haste, thy torch prepare +
11. Scene 1. No. 9. Recitative (Ino, Athamus, Semele): Alas! she yields +
12. Scene 1. No. 10. Quartet (Cadmus, Ino, Athamus, Semele): Why does thou thus untimely grieve +
13. Scene 1. No. 11. Chorus: Avert these omens, all ye pow'rs! +
14. Scene 1. No. 12. Accompagnato (Cadmus): Again auspicious flashes rise +
15. Scene 1. No. 13. Recitative (Athamus, Semele): Thy aid, pronubial Juno, Athamus implores +
16. Scene 1. No. 14. Chorus: Cease, cease your vows, 'tis impious to proceed +
17. Scene 2. No. 15. Recitative (Athamus): O Athamus, what torture hast thou borne! +
18. Scene 2. No. 16. Air (Ino): Turn, hopeless lover, turn thy eyes +
19. Scene 2. No. 17. Recitative (Athamus): She weeps! The gentle maid, in tender pity +
20. Scene 2. No. 18. Air (Athamus): Your tuneful voice my tale would tell +
21. Scene 2. No. 19. Recitative (Ino, Athamus): Too well I see +
22. Scene 2. No. 20. Duet (Ino, Athamus): You've undone me / With my life I would atone +
23. Scene 3, 4. No. 21. Recit. (Cadmus, Athamas): Ah, wretched Prince - Accomp. (Cadmus): Wing'd with our fears - Recit. (Athamas, Ino): O prodigy - Scene 4. Recit. Cadmus): See, see, Jove's Prie +
24. Scene 4. No. 22. Chorus: Hail, Cadmus, hail! Jove salutes the Theban King +
25. Scene 4. No. 23. Air (Semele) and Chorus: Endless pleasure, endless love +
26. ACT II. No. 24. Sinfonia. Presto +
27. Scene 1. No. 25. Recitative (Juno, Iris): Iris, impatient of thy stay +
28. Scene 1. No. 26. Air (Iris): There, from mortal cares retiring +
29. Scene 1. No. 27. Recitative & Accompagnato (Juno, Iris): No more - I'll hear no more ... Awake Saturnia from thy lethargy! +
30. Scene 1. No. 28. Air (Juno): Hence, Iris, hence away - Scene 2. No. 29. Air (Cupid): Come, Zephyrus, come +
31. Scene 2. No. 30. Air (Semele): O sleep, why dost thou leave me? +
32. Scene 3. No. 31. Recitative (Semele): Let me not another moment +
33. Scene 3. No. 32. Air (Jupiter): Lay your doubts and fears aside +
34. Scene 3. No. 33. Recitative (Jupiter): You are mortal, and require +
35. Scene 3. No. 34. Air (Semele): With fond desiring +
36. Scene 3. No. 35. Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs: How engaging, how endearing +
37. Scene 3. No. 36. Recitative (Semele, Jupiter): Ah me! / Why sighs my Semele? +
38. Scene 3. No. 37. Air (Jupiter): I must with speed amuse her +
39. Scene 3. No. 38. Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs: Now Love that everlasting boy invites +
40. Scene 3. No. 39. Recitative (Jupiter, Semele): By my command +
41. Scene 3. No. 40. Air (Jupiter): Where'er you walk +
42. Scene 4. No. 41. Recitative (Semele. Ino): Dear sister, how was your passage hither? +
43. Scene 4. No. 42. Air (Ino): But hark! the heav'nly sphere turns round +
44. Scene 4. No. 43. Duet (Ino & Semele): Prepare then, ye immortal choir +
45. Scene 4. No. 44. Chorus of Nymphs and Swains: Bless the glad earth with heav'nly lays +
46. ACT III. No. 45. Sinfonia. Larghetto e piano per tutto +
47. Scene 1. No. 46. Accompagnato (Juno, Iris): Somnus, awake +
48. Scene 1. No. 47. Air (Somnus): Leave me, loathsome light +
49. Scene 1. No. 48. Recitative (Iris, Juno): Dull God, canst thou attends the water's fall +
50. Scene 1. No. 49. Air (Somnus): More sweet is that name +
51. Scene 1. No. 50. Recitative (Juno, Somnus): My will obey, she shall be thine +
52. Scene 1. No. 51. Duet (Juno, Somnus): Obey my will, thy rod resign +
53. Scene 2. No. 52. Air (Semele): My racking thoughts by no kind slumbers freed +
54. Scene 3. No. 53. Recitative (Juno, Semele): Thus shap'd like Ino +
55. Scene 3. No. 54. Air (Semele): Myself I shall adore +
56. Scene 3. No. 55. Recitative (Juno, Semele): Be wise, as you are beautiful - Accompagnato (Juno): Conjure him by his oath +
57. Scene 3. No. 56. Air (Semele): Thus let my thanks be paid +
58. Scene 3. No. 57. Recitative (Juno, Semele): Rich odours fill the fragrant air +
59. Scene 4. No. 58. Air (Jupiter): Come to my arms, my lovely fair +
60. Scene 4. No. 59. Recitative (Jupiter): O Semele! Why art thou thus insensible? +
61. Scene 4. No. 60. Air (Semele): I ever am granting +
62. Scene 4. No. 61. Recitative (Jupiter, Semele): Speak, speak your desire - Accompagnato (Jupiter): By that tremendous flood, I swear +
63. Scene 4. No. 62. Recitative (Semele, Jupiter): You'll grant what I require +
64. Scene 4. No. 63. Accompagnato (Semele): Then cast off this human shape which you wear +
65. Scene 4. No. 64. Air (Jupiter): Ah, take heed what you press +
66. Scene 4. No. 65. Air (Semele): No, no! I'll take no less +
67. Scene 5. No. 66. Accompagnato (Jupiter): Ah! whither is she gone! unhappy fair! +
68. Scene 6. No. 67. Air (Juno): Above measure is the pleasure +
69. Scene 7. No. 68. Accompagnato (Semele): Ah me! too late I now repent +
70. Scene 8. No. 69. Recitative (Ino): Off my ill-boding dream +
71. Scene 8. No. 70. Chorus of Priests: O terror and astonishment! +
72. Scene 8. No. 71. Recitative (Ino, Cadmus, Athamus): How I was hence remov'd +
73. Scene 8. No. 72. Air (Athamus): Despair no more shall wound me +
74. Scene 8. No. 73. Recitative (Cadmus): See from above the bellying clouds descend +
75. Scene 9. No. 74. Sinfonia +
76. Scene 9. No. 75. Accompagnato (Apollo): Apollo comes to relieve your care +
77. Scene 9. No. 76. Chorus (all): Happy, happy shall we be +