Semele
Album by Händel; Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Released 1993
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Semele: OvertureGeorg Friedrich Händel7:17
- 2Semele: Act I, Scene I. "Behold! Auspicious flashes rise" (Priest)Georg Friedrich Händel1:46
- 3Semele: Act I, Scene I. "Lucky omens bless our rites" (Chorus)Georg Friedrich Händel4:38
- 4Semele: Act I, Scene I. "Ah, me!" (Semele)Georg Friedrich Händel3:52
- 5Semele: Act I, Scene I. "Why dost thou thus untimely grieve" (Cadmus)Georg Friedrich Händel3:23
- 6Semele: Act I, Scene I. "Avert these omens" (Chorus of Priests)Georg Friedrich Händel3:04
- 7Semele: Act I, Scene I. "Cease, cease your vows" (Chorus of Priests)Georg Friedrich Händel0:33
- 8Semele: Act I, Scene II. "Oh, Athamas; what torture hast thou borne!" (Athamas)Georg Friedrich Händel0:56
- 9Semele: Act I, Scene II. "You've undone me" (Ino)Georg Friedrich Händel3:07
- 10Semele: Act I, Scene III. "Ah, wretched prince" (Cadmus)Georg Friedrich Händel1:48
- 11Semele: Act I, Scene IV. "See, see!" (Cadmus)Georg Friedrich Händel2:06
- 12Semele: Act I, Scene IV. "Endless pleasure" (Semele)Georg Friedrich Händel2:51
- 13Semele: Act I, Scene IV. "Endless pleasure" (Chorus)Georg Friedrich Händel1:46
- 14Semele: Act II. Sinfonia / Scene I. "Iris, impatient of thy stay" (Juno)Georg Friedrich Händel1:58
- 15Semele: Act II, Scene I. "Look, where Cithaeron proudly stands" (Iris)Georg Friedrich Händel6:49
- 16Semele: Act II, Scene I. "Hence, Iris, hence away!" (Juno)Georg Friedrich Händel3:38
- 17Semele: Act II, Scene II. "Come, Zephyrs, come" (Cupid)Georg Friedrich Händel6:30
- 18Semele: Act II, Scene III. "Let me not another moment" (Semele)Georg Friedrich Händel3:26
- 19Semele: Act II, Scene III. "Lay your doubts" (Jupiter)Georg Friedrich Händel3:32
- 20Semele: Act II, Scene III. "With fond desiring" (Semele)Georg Friedrich Händel3:28
- 21Semele: Act II, Scene III. "How engaging" (Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs)Georg Friedrich Händel4:45
- 22Semele: Act II, Scene III. "Too well I read her meaning" (Jupiter)Georg Friedrich Händel4:15
- 23Semele: Act II, Scene III. "Now Love" (Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs)Georg Friedrich Händel2:27
- CD 2
- 1Semele: Act II, Scene III. "By my command" (Jupiter)Georg Friedrich Händel0:28
- 2Semele: Act II, Scene III. "See, she appears" (Jupiter)Georg Friedrich Händel5:56
- 3Semele: Act II, Scene IV. "Dear sister, how was your journey hither?" (Semele)Georg Friedrich Händel2:53
- 4Semele: Act II, Scene IV. "Prepare then, ye immortal choir!" (Semele & Ino)Georg Friedrich Händel1:57
- 5Semele: Act II, Scene IV. "Bless the glad earth" (Chorus)Georg Friedrich Händel2:46
- 6Semele: Act III, Scene I. "Somnus, awake!" (Juno)Georg Friedrich Händel2:25
- 7Semele: Act III, Scene I. "Leave me, loathsome light!" (Somnus)Georg Friedrich Händel4:32
- 8Semele: Act III, Scene I. "More sweet is that name" (Somnus)Georg Friedrich Händel4:14
- 9Semele: Act III, Scene I. "Obey my will" (Juno)Georg Friedrich Händel2:17
- 10Semele: Act III, Scene II. "My racking thoughts" (Semele)Georg Friedrich Händel2:52
- 11Semele: Act III, Scene III. "Thus shap'd like Ino" (Juno)Georg Friedrich Händel1:38
- 12Semele: Act III, Scene III. "O ecstasy of happiness!" (Semele)Georg Friedrich Händel8:07
- 13Semele: Act III, Scene III. "Conjure him by his oath" (Juno)Georg Friedrich Händel1:21
- 14Semele: Act III, Scene III. "Thus let my thanks be pay'd" (Semele)Georg Friedrich Händel3:14
- 15Semele: Act III, Scene IV. "Come to my arms" (Jupiter)Georg Friedrich Händel2:51
- 16Semele: Act III, Scene IV. "I ever am granting" (Semele)Georg Friedrich Händel3:10
- 17Semele: Act III, Scene IV. "Ah, take heed what you press!" (Jupiter)Georg Friedrich Händel1:13
- 18Semele: Act III, Scene IV. "No, no, I'll take no less" (Semele)Georg Friedrich Händel5:11
- 19Semele: Act III, Scene V. "Ah, whither is she gone!" (Jupiter)Georg Friedrich Händel3:21
- 20Semele: Act III, Scene VI. "Above measure is the pleasure" (Juno)Georg Friedrich Händel2:27
- 21Semele: Act III, Scene VII. "Ah, me! too late I now repent" (Semele)Georg Friedrich Händel3:22
- 22Semele: Act III, Scene VIII. "Of my ill-boding dream" (Ino)Georg Friedrich Händel4:11
- 23Semele: Act III, Scene the last. "See from above the bellying clouds descend" (Cadmus)Georg Friedrich Händel2:31
- 24Semele: Act III, Scene the last. "Happy, happy shall we be" (Chorus)Georg Friedrich Händel3:14
More by Händel, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Release credits
- tenor vocals [2.1-2, 2.15, 2.17, 2.19, 1.19, 1.21-22]
- mezzo-soprano vocals, alto vocals [1.4-5, 1.8-9, 2.3-4, 2.22]
- bass vocals, bass vocals [8-9]
- mezzo-soprano vocals, mezzo-soprano vocals [1.14-16, 2.6-9, 2.11-14, 2.20]
- soprano vocals, soprano vocals [17]
- performing orchestra
- assistant
- tenor vocals, tenor vocals [23]
- producer
- choir vocals, choir vocals [1.3, 1.6-7, 1.11, 1.13, 1.21, 1.23, 2.5, 2.22, 2.24]
- soprano vocals, soprano vocals [2.1, 2.3-4, 2.10-12, 2.14, 2.16, 2.18, 2.21, 1.4-6, 1.12, 1.17-18, 1.20-21]
- soprano vocals, soprano vocals [1.14-15, 2.6-7]
- bass vocals, bass vocals [1.3, 1.5-6, 1.10-11, 2.23]
- conductor
- countertenor vocals, countertenor vocals [3-6, 8-10]
- balance
Issues
- S2x CD1993





