Artaxerxes
Album by Thomas Arne; Classical Opera Company, Ian Page
Released 24 January 2011
Tracklist
- Digital Media 1
- 1Artaxerxes: Overture (Poco più che andante – Larghetto – Gavotta)Thomas Arne5:13
- 2Artaxerxes: Recitative: Still silence reigns aroundThomas Arne0:29
- 3Artaxerxes: No. 1. Duettino: Fair Aurora, prithee stayThomas Arne2:16
- 4Artaxerxes: Recitative: Alas, thou know’st that for my love to theeThomas Arne1:13
- 5Artaxerxes: No. 2. Air: Adieu, thou lovely youthThomas Arne3:21
- 6Artaxerxes: Recitative: O cruel parting! How can I survive?Thomas Arne0:57
- 7Artaxerxes: No. 3. Air: Amid a thousand racking woesThomas Arne4:38
- 8Artaxerxes: Recitative: Be firm, my heartThomas Arne1:26
- 9Artaxerxes: No. 4. Air: Behold, on Lethe’s dismal strandThomas Arne3:36
- 10Artaxerxes: Recitative: Stay, Artaxerxes, stayThomas Arne0:29
- 11Artaxerxes: No. 5. Air: Fair Semira, lovely maidThomas Arne3:26
- 12Artaxerxes: Recitative: I fear some dread disaster…Thomas Arne1:29
- 13Artaxerxes: No. 6. Air: When real joy we missThomas Arne1:59
- 14Artaxerxes: Recitative: Ye Gods, protectors of the Persian EmpireThomas Arne0:36
- 15Artaxerxes: No. 7. Air: How hard is the fateThomas Arne4:01
- 16Artaxerxes: Recitative: Whither do I fly?Thomas Arne3:23
- 17Artaxerxes: No. 8. Air: Thy father! Away, I renounce the soft claimThomas Arne1:23
- 18Artaxerxes: Recitative: Ye cruel Gods, what crime have I committedThomas Arne0:14
- 19Artaxerxes: No. 9. Air: Acquit thee of this foul offenceThomas Arne1:27
- 20Artaxerxes: Recitative: Appearance, I must own, is strong against meThomas Arne0:48
- 21Artaxerxes: No. 10. Air: O too lovely, too unkindThomas Arne4:24
- 22Artaxerxes: Accompanied recitative: Dear and beloved shadeThomas Arne0:48
- 23Artaxerxes: No. 11. Air: Fly, soft ideas, flyThomas Arne5:03
- 24Artaxerxes: Recitative: Guards, speed ye to the towerThomas Arne0:37
- 25Artaxerxes: No. 12. Air: In infancy, our hopes and fearsThomas Arne2:12
- 26Artaxerxes: Recitative: So far my great resolve succeedsThomas Arne1:28
- 27Artaxerxes: No. 13. Air: Disdainful you fly meThomas Arne2:46
- 28Artaxerxes: Recitative: Why, my dear friend, so pensive, so inactive?Thomas Arne2:05
- 29Artaxerxes: No. 14. Air: To sigh and complainThomas Arne1:51
- 30Artaxerxes: Recitative: How many links to dire misfortune’s chainThomas Arne1:12
- 31Artaxerxes: No. 15. Air: If o’er the cruel tyrant loveThomas Arne3:00
- Digital Media 2
- 1Artaxerxes: Recitative: Which fatal evil shall I first oppose?Thomas Arne0:31
- 2Artaxerxes: No. 16. Air: If the river’s swelling wavesThomas Arne2:34
- 3Artaxerxes: Recitative: Ye solid pillars of the Persian EmpireThomas Arne5:00
- 4Artaxerxes: No. 17. Air: By that belov’d embraceThomas Arne3:31
- 5Artaxerxes: Recitative: Ah me, at poor Arbaces’ partingThomas Arne0:46
- 6Artaxerxes: No. 18. Air: Monster, awayThomas Arne2:36
- 7Artaxerxes: Recitative: See, lov’d SemiraThomas Arne1:02
- 8Artaxerxes: Accompanied recitative: At last my soul has roomThomas Arne0:37
- 9Artaxerxes: No. 19. Air: Thou, like the glorious sunThomas Arne5:02
- 10Artaxerxes: No. 20. Air: Why is death for ever lateThomas Arne2:57
- 11Artaxerxes: Recitative: Arbaces! Gracious Heav’n, what’s this I see?Thomas Arne1:13
- 12Artaxerxes: No. 21. Air: Water parted from the seaThomas Arne2:19
- 13Artaxerxes: Recitative: That face, secure in conscious innocenceThomas Arne0:25
- 14Artaxerxes: No. 22. Air: Though oft a cloud with envious shadeThomas Arne3:38
- 15Artaxerxes: Recitative: My son, Arbaces... where art thou retir’d?Thomas Arne1:52
- 16Artaxerxes: No. 23. Air: O let the danger of a sonThomas Arne2:15
- 17Artaxerxes: Accompanied recitative: Ye adverse Gods!Thomas Arne0:41
- 18Artaxerxes: No. 24. Air: O, much lov’d son, if deathThomas Arne5:15
- 19Artaxerxes: Recitative: Perhaps the King releas’d ArbacesThomas Arne1:34
- 20Artaxerxes: No. 25. Air: Let not rage, thy bosom firingThomas Arne4:24
- 21Artaxerxes: Recitative: What have I done? Alas, I vainly thoughtThomas Arne0:24
- 22Artaxerxes: No. 26. Air: ’Tis not true that in our griefThomas Arne4:08
- 23Artaxerxes: Recitative: Nor here my searching eyes can find MandaneThomas Arne1:20
- 24Artaxerxes: No. 27. Duetto: For thee I live, my dearestThomas Arne3:37
- 25Artaxerxes: Recitative: To you, my people, much belov’dThomas Arne2:20
- 26Artaxerxes: No. 28. Air: The soldier, tir’d of war’s alarmsThomas Arne3:33
- 27Artaxerxes: Recitative: Behold, my King, Arbaces at thy feetThomas Arne2:25
- 28Artaxerxes: No. 29. Finale: Live to us, to Empire liveThomas Arne3:26
More by Thomas Arne, Classical Opera Company, Ian Page
Release credits
- performer
- conductor
Issues
- A2x Digital Media24 January 2011