Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Rosemary Joshua, Hilary Summers, Brindley Sherratt, Stephen Wallace, Richard Croft - Handel: Semele

1 - No. 1, Ouverture - 00:02:33
2 - Allegro - Adagio - 00:03:41
3 - Gavotte - 00:01:29
4 - No. 2, Behold! auspicious flashes rise! (Cadmus) - 00:01:23
5 - No. 3, Lucky omens bless our rites (Chorus) - 00:03:14
6 - No. 4, Daughter, obey (Cadmus) - 00:00:55
7 - No. 5, Ah me! What refuge now is left me? (Semele) - 00:02:42
8 - No. 6, The morning lark to mine accords his note ( Semele) - 00:07:25
9 - No. 7, See, she blushing turns her eyes (Athamus) - 00:00:16
10 - No. 8, Hymen, haste, thy torch prepare (Athamus) - 00:04:45
11 - No. 9, Alas! she yields (Ino) - 00:00:41
12 - No. 10, Why does thou thus untimely grieve (Cadmus) - 00:03:03
13 - No. 11, Avert those omens, all ye pow'rs! (Chorus) - 00:02:00
14 - No. 12, Again auspicious flashes rise (Cadmus) - 00:00:38
15 - No. 13, Thy aid, pronubial Juno, Athamus implores (Athamus) - 00:00:13
16 - No. 14, Cease, cease your vows, 'tis impious to proceed (Chorus) - 00:00:32
17 - No. 15, O Athamus, what torture hast thou borne! (Athamus) - 00:00:28
18 - No. 16, Turn, hopeless lover, turn thy eyes (Ino) - 00:08:01
19 - No. 17, She weeps! The gentle maid, in tender pity (Athamus) - 00:00:17
20 - No. 18, Your tuneful voice my tale would tell (Athamus) - 00:03:50
21 - No. 19, Too well I see (Ino) - 00:00:42
22 - No. 20, You've undone me (Ino) - 00:02:26
23 - No. 21, Ah, wretched Prince, doom'd to disastrous love! (Cadmus) - 00:02:08
24 - No. 22, Hail, Cadmus, hail! Jove salutes the Theban King (Chorus) - 00:01:29
25 - No. 23, Endless pleasure, endless love (Semele) - 00:04:53
1 - No. 24, Sinfonia. Presto - 00:01:36
2 - No. 25, Iris, impatient of thy stay (June) - 00:00:47
3 - No. 26, There, from mortal cares retiring (Iris) - 00:03:39
4 - No. 27, No more - I'll hear no more (Juno) - 00:02:04
5 - No. 28, Hence, Iris, hence away (Juno) - 00:03:50
6 - No. 30, O sleep, why dost thou leave me? (Semele) - 00:02:54
7 - No. 31, Let me not another moment (Semele) - 00:00:19
8 - No. 32, Lay your doubts and fears aside (Jupiter) - 00:03:06
9 - No. 33, You are mortal, and require (Jupiter) - 00:00:17
10 - No. 34, With fond desiring (Semele) - 00:03:21
11 - No. 35, How engaging, how endearing (Chorus) - 00:03:03
12 - No. 36, Ah me! (Semele) - 00:01:07
13 - No. 37, I must with speed amuse her (Jupiter) - 00:03:56
14 - No. 38, Now Love that everlasting boy invites (Chorus) - 00:02:21
15 - No. 39, By my command' (Jupiter) - 00:01:03
16 - No. 40, Where'er you walk, cool gales shall fan the glade (Jupiter) - 00:04:55
17 - No. 41, Dear sister, how was your passage hither? (Semele) - 00:00:40
18 - No. 42, But hark! the heav'nly sphere turns round (Ino) - 00:02:25
19 - No. 43, Prepare then, ye immortal choir (Ino and Semele) - 00:01:56
20 - No. 44, Bless the glad earth with heav'nly lays (Chorus) - 00:02:43
1 - No. 45, Sinfonia. Larghetto e piano per tutto - 00:01:27
2 - No. 46, Somnus, awake (Juno) - 00:00:31
3 - No. 47, Leave me, loathsome light (Somnus) - 00:03:25
4 - No. 48, Dull God, canst thou attend the water's fall (Iris) - 00:00:30
5 - No. 49, More sweet is that name (Somnus) - 00:02:26