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Handel - Semele, Opera-Oratorio (1744) / Diaz, Armstrong, Watts, Tear, Palmer, ECO, Somary

George Frideric Handel (Composer), Johannes Somary (Conductor), English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra), Justino Diaz (Performer), Sheila Armstrong (Performer), Helen Watts (Performer), Robert Tear (Performer), Felicity Palmer (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

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1. Overture 5:59 $0.89

2. Recitative: Priest "Behold, auspicious flashes rise......" 1:55 $0.89

3. Chorus Of Priests "Lucky omens bless our rites" 3:54 $0.89

4. Cadmus, Athamas. Recitative, Arioso & Duet: Cadmus: "Daughter, obey" 1:14 $0.89

5. Recitative & Aria: Semele "Ah me..." 3:37 $0.89

6. Cadmus, Ino, Athamas, Semele. Recitative: Ino "Alas! She yields": Quartet: Response 4:28 $0.89

7. Chorus Of Priests "Avert these omens" 2:12 $0.89

8. Cadmus, Athamas, Semele, Chorus Of Priests. Recitative: Cadmus: "Again, auspicious flashes...." 2:06 $0.89

9. Cadmus, Athamas, Ino. Recitative & Aria: Cadmus "Ah, wretched prince..." 3:07 $0.89

10. Cadmus, Chorus Of Priests & Augurs. Recitative: Cadmus, Chorus "See, see" 1:38 $0.89

11. Semele, Chorus. Aria: Semele, "Endless pleasure" 4:54 $0.89

12. Sinfonia 1:52 $0.89

13. Juno, Iris. Recitative & Aria: Juno, "Awake saturnia" 6:18 $0.89

14. Aria: Semele "Oh sleep, Why dost thou leave me?" 3:50 $0.89

15. Semele, Jupiter. Aria: Semele, "Let me not another moment" 4:14 $0.89

16. Jupiter; Athamus, Chorus Of Loves & Zephyrs. Recitative, Jupiter: "You are mortal" 4:55 $0.89

17. Jupiter, Semele. Recitative: Semele "Ah, me" Aria, Jupiter: "Why sigh" 3:55 $0.89

18. Chorus Of Loves & Zephyrs "Now love, That everlasting boy invites" 2:44 $0.89

19. Jupiter, Semele. Recitative & Aria: Jupiter "By my command".."Where'er you walk" 6:47 $0.89

20. Semele, Ino, Chorus Of Nymphs & Swains: Recitative & Aria:semele: "Dear Sister, How was your journey?" 3:41 $0.89

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1. Duet: Semele & Ino "Prepare then, Ye immortal choir" 2:28 $0.89

2. Chorus Of Nymphs & Swains: "Bless the glad earth" 2:58 $0.89

3. Sinfonia 1:58 $0.89

4. Recitative. & Aria: Juno Iris, Somnus. Juno "Somnus awake" 5:08 $0.89

5. Iris, Juno, Somnus. Recit. Iris: "Dull God, Canst though attend" Aria, Juno 3:37 $0.89

6. Juno, Somnus & Iris. Recitative: Juno: "My will obey" 3:17 $0.89

7. Juno, Semele. Aria: Semele "Myself I shall adore" 7:29 Album Only

8. Recitative & Aria: Juno, Semele. Juno: "Be wise, as you are beautiful" 4:56 $0.89

9. Recitative & Aria: Juno, Semele. Juno: "Rich odours fill the fragrant air" 4:07 $0.89

10. Jupiter, Semele. Recitative: Jupiter: "Oh Semele" 2:55 $0.89

11. Jupiter, Semele. Recitative & Aria: Jupiter:"Speak, speak your desire" 3:28 $0.89

12. Aria: Semele "No, No, I'll take no less" 5:56 $0.89

13. Aria; Jupiter "Ah, wither is she gone?" 3:51 $0.89

14. Aria: Juno "Above measure is the pleasure" 2:21 $0.89

15. Aria : Semele "Ah, Me ! Too late I now repent" 4:19 $0.89

16. Cadmus, Athamus, Ino, Chorus Of Priests. Recitative: Ino: "Of My ill-boding dream" 5:08 $0.89

17. Sinfonia 1:44 $0.89

18. Recitative & Aria: Apollo: "Apollo Comes" Chorus: "Happy, Happy" 4:31 $0.89

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Performer: Justino Diaz, Sheila Armstrong, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Felicity Palmer
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Johannes Somary
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Audio CD (October 9, 2007)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: alto
ASIN: B000TLWGKM
In-Print Editions: MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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This budget version (originally issued in 1973) of Handel's great opera/oratorio has a lot going for it. The chorus is always good and sometimes superb; the basses--Justino Diaz as Cadmus/Somnus and Neilson Taylor as the Priest--are both excellent; Robert Tear has a large, beautiful tenor voice, perfect for the role of Jupiter; Helen Watts is a marvel as Ino/Juno, her voice changing so that you can actually hear the difference in the two women she sings...and sings beautifully. I'd love to give this 5 stars, but unfortunately, the title role is not sung well...at least, not to my ears. Sheila Armstrong was very popular in Great Britain at the time, so maybe it's just me, but her voice sounds very shrill and weak for the part. At first it didn't bother me, but by the end of the recording it did. Nonetheless, for the price, the recording is a good deal.

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