Pinchgut Opera – Handel: SemeleGeorge Frideric Handel

  1. Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Overture – Gavotte

    George Frideric Handel, Sirius Ensemble, Antony Walker

    06:52

  2. Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Accompagnato, "Behold! Auspicious Flashes Rise"

    George Frideric Handel, Craig Everingham, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    01:40

  3. Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Chorus, "Lucky Omens Bless Our Rites"

    George Frideric Handel, Sirius Ensemble, Antony Walker

    02:37

  4. Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Recitative and Arioso, "Daughter, Obey, Hear and Obey!"

    George Frideric Handel, Tobias Cole, Stephen Bennett, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    01:08

  5. Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Accompagnato, "Ah Me, Ah Me! What Refuge Now Is Left Me?" – Air: "O Jove! In Pity Teach Me Which to Choose"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    02:57

  6. Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Recitative, "See, She Blushing Turns Her Eyes"

    George Frideric Handel, Tobias Cole, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:20

  7. Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Recitative, "Alas! She Yields, and Has Undone Me!"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Sally-Anne Russell, Tobias Cole, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:43

  8. Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Quartet, "Why Dost Thou Thus Untimely Grieve"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Sally-Anne Russell, Tobias Cole, Stephen Bennett, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    02:52

  9. Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Chorus, "Avert These Omens, All Ye Pow'rs!"

    George Frideric Handel, Sirius Ensemble, Antony Walker

    01:53

  10. Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Accompagnato, "Again Auspicious Flashes Rise"

    George Frideric Handel, Craig Everingham, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:39

  11. Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Recitative, "Thy Aid, Pronubial Juno, Athamas Implores!"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Tobias Cole, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:17

  12. Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Chorus, "Cease, Cease Your Vows, 'Tis Impious to Proceed"

    George Frideric Handel, Sirius Ensemble, Antony Walker

    00:32

  13. Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Recitative, "O Athamas, What Torture Hast Thou Borne!"

    George Frideric Handel, Tobias Cole, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:31

  14. Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Air, "Turn, Hopeless Lover, Turn Thy Eyes"

    George Frideric Handel, Sally-Anne Russell, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    04:16

  15. Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Recitative, "She Weeps!"

    George Frideric Handel, Tobias Cole, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:25

  16. Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Air, "Your Tuneful Voice My Tale Would Tell"

    George Frideric Handel, Tobias Cole, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    05:07

  17. Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Recitative, "Too Well I See, Thou Wilt Not Understand Me"

    George Frideric Handel, Sally-Anne Russell, Tobias Cole, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:57

  18. Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Duet, "You've Undone Me"

    George Frideric Handel, Sally-Anne Russell, Tobias Cole, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    02:24

  19. Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Recitative, "Ah, Wretched Prince, Doom'd to Disastrous Love!" – Accompagnato, "Wing'd with Our Fears and Pious Haste" – Recitative, "Oh Prodigy, to Me of Dire Portent!"

    George Frideric Handel, Tobias Cole, Stephen Bennett, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    01:51

  20. Semele, HWV 58, Act I: Air and Chorus, "Endless Pleasure, Endless Love"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    04:27

  21. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Sinfonia

    George Frideric Handel, Sirius Ensemble, Antony Walker

    01:27

  22. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Recitative, "Iris, Impatient of Thy Stay"

    George Frideric Handel, Belinda Montgomery, Sally-Anne Russell, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:52

  23. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Air, "There, from Mortal Cares Retiring"

    George Frideric Handel, Belinda Montgomery, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    03:56

  24. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Recitative, "No More! I'll Hear No More"

    George Frideric Handel, Belinda Montgomery, Sally-Anne Russell, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    01:49

  25. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Air, "Hence, Iris, Hence Away"

    George Frideric Handel, Sally-Anne Russell, Sirius Ensemble, Antony Walker

    03:11

  26. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Air, "Come, Zephyrs, Come"

    George Frideric Handel, Shelli Gilhome, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    06:08

  27. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Air, "O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me?"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    03:16

  28. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Recitative, "Let Me Not Another Moment Bear the Pangs of Absence"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:21

  29. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Air, "Lay Your Doubts and Fears Aside"

    George Frideric Handel, Angus Wood, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    03:10

  30. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Recitative, "You Are Mortal and Require Time to Rest"

    George Frideric Handel, Angus Wood, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:25

  31. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Air, "With Fond Desiring"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    03:21

  32. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Chorus, "How Engaging, How Endearing"

    George Frideric Handel, Sirius Ensemble, Antony Walker

    01:20

  33. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Recitative, "Ah Me!"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Angus Wood, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    01:19

  34. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Air, "I Must with Speed Amuse Her"

    George Frideric Handel, Angus Wood, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    03:35

  35. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Chorus, "Now Love That Everlasting Boy Invites"

    George Frideric Handel, Sirius Ensemble, Antony Walker

    02:27

  36. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Recitative, "By My Command"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Angus Wood, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    01:05

  37. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Air, "Where'er You Walk"

    George Frideric Handel, Angus Wood, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    04:26

  38. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Recitative, "Dear Sister, How Was Your Passage Hither?"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Sally-Anne Russell, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:44

  39. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Air, "But Hark, the Heav'nly Sphere Turns Round"

    George Frideric Handel, Sally-Anne Russell, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    02:05

  40. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Duet, "Prepare Then, Ye Immortal Choir!"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Sally-Anne Russell, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    01:59

  41. Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Chorus, "Bless the Glad Earth with Heav'nly Lays"

    George Frideric Handel, Sirius Ensemble, Antony Walker

    02:14

  42. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Larghetto e piano per tutto

    George Frideric Handel, Sirius Ensemble, Antony Walker

    01:16

  43. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Accompagnato, "Somnus, Awake! Raise Thy Reclining Head!"

    George Frideric Handel, Belinda Montgomery, Sally-Anne Russell, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:27

  44. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Air "Leave Me, Loathsome Light"

    George Frideric Handel, Stephen Bennett, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    03:27

  45. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Recitative, "Dull God, Canst Thou Attend the Water's Fall"

    George Frideric Handel, Belinda Montgomery, Sally-Anne Russell, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:34

  46. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Air, "More Sweet Is That Name"

    George Frideric Handel, Stephen Bennett, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    02:33

  47. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Recitative, "My Will Obey, She Shall Be Thine"

    George Frideric Handel, Sally-Anne Russell, Stephen Bennett, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    01:12

  48. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Duet: "Obey My Will"

    George Frideric Handel, Sally-Anne Russell, Stephen Bennett, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    01:47

  49. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Air, "My Racking Thoughts by No Kind Slumbers Freed"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    03:10

  50. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Recitative, "Thus Shap'd Like Ino"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Sally-Anne Russell, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    01:43

  51. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Air, "Myself I Shall Adore"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    06:41

  52. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Recitative, "Be Wise, as You Are Beautiful"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Sally-Anne Russell, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    01:49

  53. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Air, "Thus Let My Thanks Be Pay'd"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    02:32

  54. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Recitative, "Rich Odours Fill the Fragrant Air"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:21

  55. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Air, "Come to My Arms, My Lovely Fair"

    George Frideric Handel, Angus Wood, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    03:46

  56. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Recitative, "O Semele! Why Art Thou Thus Insensible?"

    George Frideric Handel, Angus Wood, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:09

  57. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Air, "I Ever Am Granting, You Always Complain"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    02:03

  58. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Recitative, "Speak, Speak Your Desire"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Angus Wood, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:42

  59. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Recitative, "You'll Grant What I Require?"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Angus Wood, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:13

  60. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Accompagnato: "Then Cast Off This Human Shape"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:26

  61. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Air, "Ah! Take Heed What You Press!"

    George Frideric Handel, Angus Wood, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    01:17

  62. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Air: "No, No, I'll Take No Less"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    04:06

  63. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Accompagnato: "Ah, Whither Is She Gone!"

    George Frideric Handel, Angus Wood, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    02:47

  64. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Air, "Above Measure Is the Pleasure, Which My Revenge Supplies!"

    George Frideric Handel, Sally-Anne Russell, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    03:06

  65. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Accompagnato, "Ah Me! Too Late I Now Repent"

    George Frideric Handel, Anna Ryberg, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    02:51

  66. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Recitative, "Of My Ill-boding Dream"

    George Frideric Handel, Sally-Anne Russell, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:13

  67. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Chorus, "Oh, Terror and Astonishment!"

    George Frideric Handel, Sirius Ensemble, Antony Walker

    03:45

  68. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Recitative, "How I Was Hence Remov'd"

    George Frideric Handel, Sally-Anne Russell, Tobias Cole, Stephen Bennett, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:54

  69. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Recitative, "See from Above the Bellying Clouds Descend"

    George Frideric Handel, Stephen Bennett, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:13

  70. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Sinfonia

    George Frideric Handel, Sirius Ensemble, Antony Walker

    01:22

  71. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Accompagnato, "Apollo Comes, to Relieve Your Care"

    George Frideric Handel, Paul McMahon, Antony Walker, Sirius Ensemble

    00:48

  72. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: Chorus, "Happy, Happy Shall We Be"

    George Frideric Handel, Sirius Ensemble, Antony Walker

    02:26