Artaxerxes
Album by Arne; The Mozartists, Ian Page
Released 14 May 2021
Tracklist
- 1Artaxerxes, Act One: Overture (Poco più che andante – Larghetto – Gavotta)Thomas Arne5:11
- 2Artaxerxes, Act One: Recitative: “Still silence reigns around” (Mandane, Arbaces)Thomas Arne0:29
- 3Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 1, Duettino: “Fair Aurora, prithee stay” (Mandane, Arbaces)Thomas Arne2:16
- 4Artaxerxes, Act 1: Recitative: “Alas, thou know’st that for my love to thee” (Arbaces, Mandane)Thomas Arne1:13
- 5Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 2, Air: “Adieu, thou lovely youth” (Mandane)Thomas Arne3:21
- 6Artaxerxes, Act One: Recitative: “O cruel parting! How can I survive?” (Arbaces, Mandane)Thomas Arne0:57
- 7Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 3, Air: “Amid a thousand racking woes” (Arbaces)Thomas Arne4:38
- 8Artaxerxes, Act One: Recitative: “Be firm, my heart” (Artabanes, Artaxerxes)Thomas Arne1:26
- 9Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 4, Air: “Behold, on Lethe’s dismal strand” (Artabanes)Thomas Arne3:36
- 10Artaxerxes, Act One: Recitative: “Stay, Artaxerxes, stay” (Semira, Artaxerxes)Thomas Arne0:29
- 11Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 5, Air: “Fair Semira, lovely maid” (Artaxerxes)Thomas Arne3:26
- 12Artaxerxes, Act One: Recitative: “I fear some dread disaster” (Semira, Rimenes)Thomas Arne1:29
- 13Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 6, Air: “When real joy we miss” (Rimenes)Thomas Arne1:59
- 14Artaxerxes, Act One: Recitative: “Ye Gods, protectors of the Persian Empire” (Semira)Thomas Arne0:36
- 15Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 7, Air: “How hard is the fate” (Semira)Thomas Arne4:01
- 16Artaxerxes, Act One: Recitative: “Whither do I fly?” (Tutti)Thomas Arne3:23
- 17Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 8, Air: “Thy father! Away, I renounce the soft claim” (Artabanes)Thomas Arne1:23
- 18Artaxerxes, Act One: Recitative: “Ye cruel Gods, what crime have I committed” (Arbaces)Thomas Arne0:14
- 19Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 9, Air: “Acquit thee of this foul offence” (Semira)Thomas Arne1:27
- 20Artaxerxes, Act One: Recitative: “Appearance, I must own, is strong against me” (Arbaces, Artaxerxes, Rimenes, Mandane)Thomas Arne0:48
- 21Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 10, Air: “O too lovely, too unkind” (Arbaces)Thomas Arne4:24
- 22Artaxerxes, Act One: Accompanied recitative: “Dear and beloved shade” (Mandane)Thomas Arne0:48
- 23Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 11, Air: “Fly, soft ideas, fly” (Mandane)Thomas Arne5:03
- 24Artaxerxes, Act Two: Recitative: “Guards, speed ye to the tower” (Artaxerxes, Artabanes)Thomas Arne0:38
- 25Artaxerxes, Act Two: No. 12, Air: “In infancy, our hopes and fears” (Artaxerxes)Thomas Arne2:12
- 26Artaxerxes, Act Two: Recitative: “So far my great resolve succeeds” (Artabanes, Arbaces)Thomas Arne1:28
- 27Artaxerxes, Act Two: No. 13, Air: “Disdainful you fly me” (Arbaces)Thomas Arne2:46
- 28Artaxerxes, Act Two: Recitative: “Why, my dear friend, so pensive” (Rimenes, Artabanes, Semira)Thomas Arne2:05
- 29Artaxerxes, Act Two: No. 14, Air: “To sigh and complain” (Rimenes)Thomas Arne1:51
- 30Artaxerxes, Act Two: Recitative: “How many links to dire misfortune’s chain” (Semira, Mandane)Thomas Arne1:12
- 31Artaxerxes, Act Two: No. 15, Air: “If o’er the cruel tyrant love” (Mandane)Thomas Arne3:00
- 32Artaxerxes, Act Two: Recitative: “Which fatal evil shall I first oppose?” (Semira)Thomas Arne0:30
- 33Artaxerxes, Act Two: No. 16, Air: “If the river’s swelling waves” (Semira)Thomas Arne2:34
- 34Artaxerxes, Act Two: Recitative: “Ye solid pillars of the Persian Empire” (Tutti)Thomas Arne5:00
- 35Artaxerxes, Act Two: No. 17, Air: “By that belov’d embrace” (Arbaces)Thomas Arne3:31
- 36Artaxerxes, Act Two: Recitative: “Ah me, at poor Arbaces’ parting” (Mandane, Artabanes)Thomas Arne0:46
- 37Artaxerxes, Act Two: No. 18, Air: “Monster, away” (Mandane)Thomas Arne2:36
- 38Artaxerxes, Act Two: Recitative: “See, lov’d Semira” (Artaxerxes, Semira, Artabanes)Thomas Arne1:02
- 39Artaxerxes, Act Two: Accompanied recitative: “At last my soul has room” (Artabanes)Thomas Arne0:37
- 40Artaxerxes, Act Two: No. 19, Air: “Thou, like the glorious sun” (Artabanes)Thomas Arne5:03
- 41Artaxerxes, Act Three: No. 20, Air: “Why is death for ever late” (Arbaces)Thomas Arne2:57
- 42Artaxerxes, Act Three: Recitative: “Arbaces! Gracious Heav’n” (Artaxerxes, Arbaces)Thomas Arne1:13
- 43Artaxerxes, Act Three: No. 21, Air: “Water parted from the sea” (Arbaces)Thomas Arne2:19
- 44Artaxerxes, Act Three: Recitative: “That face, secure in conscious innocence” (Artaxerxes)Thomas Arne0:25
- 45Artaxerxes, Act Three: No. 22, Air: “Though oft a cloud with envious shade” (Artaxerxes)Thomas Arne3:38
- 46Artaxerxes, Act Three: Recitative: “My son, Arbaces... where art thou retir’d?” (Artabanes, Rimenes)Thomas Arne1:52
- 47Artaxerxes, Act Three: No. 23, Air: “O let the danger of a son” (Rimenes)Thomas Arne2:15
- 48Artaxerxes, Act Three: Accompanied recitative: “Ye adverse Gods!” (Artabanes)Thomas Arne0:41
- 49Artaxerxes, Act Three: No. 24, Air: “O, much lov’d son, if death” (Artabanes)Thomas Arne5:15
- 50Artaxerxes, Act Three: Recitative: “Perhaps the King releas’d Arbaces” (Mandane, Semira)Thomas Arne1:34
- 51Artaxerxes, Act Three: No. 25, Air: “Let not rage, thy bosom firing” (Mandane)Thomas Arne4:24
- 52Artaxerxes, Act Three: Recitative: “What have I done? Alas, I vainly thought” (Semira)Thomas Arne0:24
- 53Artaxerxes, Act Three: No. 26, Air: “’Tis not true that in our grief” (Semira)Thomas Arne4:08
- 54Artaxerxes, Act Three: Recitative: “Nor here my searching eyes” (Arbaces, Mandane)Thomas Arne1:20
- 55Artaxerxes, Act Three: No. 27, Duetto: “For thee I live, my dearest” (Arbaces, Mandane)Thomas Arne3:37
- 56Artaxerxes, Act Three: Recitative: “To you, my people, much belov’d” (Artaxerxes, Artabanes, Semira, Mandane)Thomas Arne2:20
- 57Artaxerxes, Act Three: No. 28, Air: “The soldier, tir’d of war’s alarms” (Mandane)Thomas Arne3:33
- 58Artaxerxes, Act Three: Recitative: “Behold, my King, Arbaces at thy feet” (Arbaces, Artaxerxes, Mandane, Artabanes)Thomas Arne2:25
- 59Artaxerxes, Act Three: No. 29, Finale: “Live to us, to Empire live” (Semira, Mandane, Arbaces, Artabanes)Thomas Arne3:28
More by Arne, The Mozartists, Ian Page
Release credits
- tenor vocals [6, 8-9, 17, 24, 28, 34, 36, 38-40, 46, 48-49, 56, 58-59]
- mezzo-soprano vocals [2-4, 6-7, 18, 20-21, 26-27, 34-35, 41-43, 54-55, 58-59]
- countertenor vocals [8, 10-11, 16, 20, 24-25, 34, 38, 42, 44-45, 56, 58-59]
- tenor vocals [12-13, 20, 28-29, 34, 46-47]
- design
- mezzo-soprano vocals [2-5, 16, 20, 22-23, 30-31, 34, 36-37, 50-51, 54-59]
- liner notes, conductor
- editor
- engineer, producer
- soprano vocals [10, 12, 14-15, 19, 28, 30, 32-34, 38, 50, 52-53, 56, 59]
- photography
- performing orchestra
- design
Issues
ADigital Media14 May 2021