Handel / Harper / Watts / Palmer / Eco / Somary Semele CD

1. Overture 2. Recitative: Priest 'Behold, Auspicious Flashes Rise...' 3. Chorus of Priests 'Lucky Omens Bless Our Rites' 4. Cadmus, Athamas. Recitative, Arioso ; Duet: Cadmus: 'Daughter, Obey' 5. Recitative ; Aria: Semele 'Ah Me...' 6. Cadmus, Ino, Athamus, Semele. Recitative: Ino 'Alas! She Yields': Quartet: Response 7. Chorus of Priests 'Avert These Omens' 8. Cadmus, Athamas, Semele, Chorus of Priests. Rectative: Cadmus: 'Again, Auspicious Flashes...' 9. Cadmus, Athamas, Ino. Recitative ; Aria: Cadmus 'Ah, Wretched Prince...' 10. Cadmus, Chorus of Priests ; Augurs. Recitative: Cadmus, Chorus 'See, See' 11. Semele, Chorus. Aria: Semale, 'Endless Pleasure' 12. Sinfonia 13. Juno, Iris, Recitative ; Aria: Juno, 'Awake Saturnia' 14. Aira: Semele 'Oh Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me?' 15. Semele, Jupiter. Aria: Semele, 'Let Me Not Another Moment' 16. Jupiter; Athamus, Chorus of Loves ; Zephyrs. Recitative, Jupiter: 'You Are Mortal' 17. Jupiter, Semele. Recitative: Semele 'Ah, Me' Aria, Jupiter: 'Why Sigh' 18. Chorus of Loves ; Zephyrs 'Now Love, That Everlasting Boy Invites' 19. Jupiter, Semele. Recitative ; Aria: Jupiter 'By My Command'..Where'er You Walk' 20. Recitative ; Aria: Semele, Ino 21. Duet: Semele ; Ino 'Preapre Then, Ye Immortal Choir' 22. Chorus of Nymphs ; Swains: 'Bless the Glad Earth' 23. Sinfonia 24. Recitative. ; Aria: Juno Iris, Somnus. Juno 'Somnus Awake' 25. Iris, Juno, Somnus. Recit. Iris 'Dull God, Canst Though Attend' Aria, Juno: 26. Juno, Somnus ; Iris. Recitative: Juno: 'My Will Obey' 27. Juno, Semele. Aria: Semele 'Myself I Shall Adore' 28. Recitative ; Aria: Juno, Semele. Juno: 'Be Wise, As You Are Beautiful' 29. Recitative ; Aria: Juno, Semele. Juno: 'Rich Odours Fill the Fragrant Air' 30. Recitative ; Aria: Juno, Semele. Juno: 'Rich Odours Fill the Fragrant Air' 31. Jupiter, Semele. Recitative ; Aria: 'Speak, Speak Your Desire' 32. Aria: Semele 'No, No, I'll Take No Less' 33. Aria; Jupiter 'Ah, Wither Is She Gone?' 34. Aria: Juno 'Above Measure Is the Pleasure' 35. Aria: Semele 'Ah, Me! Too Late I Now Repent' 36. Cadmus, Athamus, Ino Chorus of Priests. Recitative: Ino: 'Of My Ill-Boding Dream' 37. Sinfonia 38. Recitative ; Aria: Apollo: 'Apollo Comes' Chorus: 'Happy, Happy'