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Special offer. John Eliot Gardiner - Handel

Norma Burrowes (Semele), Della Jones (Juno), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (Jupiter), Timothy Penrose (Athamas), Robert Lloyd (Cadmus), Maldwyn Davies (Apollo), Patrizia Kwella (Iris), Catherine Denley (Ino), David Thomas (Somnus), Elisabeth Priday (Cupid)

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Orchestra...

John Eliot Gardiner - Handel

Special offer. John Eliot Gardiner - Handel

Norma Burrowes (Semele), Della Jones (Juno), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (Jupiter), Timothy Penrose (Athamas), Robert Lloyd (Cadmus), Maldwyn Davies (Apollo), Patrizia Kwella (Iris), Catherine Denley (Ino), David Thomas (Somnus), Elisabeth Priday (Cupid)

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Handel: Water Music Variants, HWV 331: No. 1 in F Major
Work length4:12
Handel: Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV348
Work length27:17
I. Overture
Track length3:14
II. Adagio e staccato
Track length2:02
III. (a) Allegro
Track length2:13
III. (b) Andante
Track length2:18
IV. Minuet
Track length2:14
V. Passepied
Track length3:19
VI. Air
Track length3:50
VII. Minuet
Track length2:20
VIII. Bourrée - IX. Hornpipe
Track length2:21
X. Allegro
Track length3:26
Handel: Water Music Variants, HWV 331: No. 2 in F Major, Alla Hornpipe
Work length4:43
Handel: Water Music Suite No. 3 in G major, HWV350
Work length11:55
I. (Minuet)
Track length2:52
II. Rigaudons I & II
Track length3:07
III. Minuets I & II
Track length4:21
IV. Gigues I & II
Track length1:35
Handel: Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV349
Work length10:41
I. (Allegro)
Track length2:05
II. Alla Hornpipe
Track length3:59
III. Minuet
Track length1:24
IV. Lentement
Track length2:01
V. Bourrée
Track length1:12
Handel: Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4, HWV 315
Work length12:44
I. Andante - Allegro - Adagio
Track length5:49
II. Andante
Track length2:11
III. Allegro
Track length1:26
IV. Minuetto alternativo
Track length3:18
Handel: Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 5 in D minor, HWV316
Work length10:21
I. —
Track length1:46
II. Allegro
Track length2:16
III. Adagio
Track length1:43
IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Track length1:35
V. Allegro
Track length3:01
Handel: Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 6 in D major, HWV317
Work length7:02
I. Vivace
Track length2:43
II. Allegro
Track length4:19
Handel: Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 2 in B flat major, HWV313
Work length12:06
I. Vivace
Track length2:01
II. Largo
Track length2:59
III. Allegro
Track length1:58
IV. Menuet
Track length1:49
V. Gavotte
Track length3:19
Handel: Concerto grosso in G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, HWV 314
Work length7:50
I. Largo e staccato - II. Allegro
Track length3:13
III. Adagio - IV. Allegro
Track length4:37
Handel: Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, HWV 312
Work length10:07
I. Allegro
Track length2:42
II. Largo
Track length4:45
III. Allegro
Track length2:40
Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV54
Work length1:33:40
  • Paul Elliott (tenor), Christopher Royall (countertenor), Ashley Stafford (countertenor), Charles Stewart (bass), Stephen Varcoe (bass), William Kendall (tenor), Daryl Greene (soprano), Brian Gordon (countertenor), Julian Clarkson (countertenor), Elisabeth Priday (soprano)
  • Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Overture. Lamentations of the Israelites for the Death of Joseph
Track length2:13
Recitative. "Now there arose a new king over Egypt"
Track length0:27
Air with Chorus. "And the children of Israel"
Track length3:54
Recitative. "Then sent He Moses, his servant"
Track length0:35
Chorus. "They loathed to drink of the river"
Track length2:17
Air. "Their land brought forth frogs"
Track length2:16
Chorus. "He spake the word"
Track length2:08
Chorus. "He gave them hailstones for rain"
Track length2:09
Chorus. "He sent a thick darkness"
Track length3:22
Chorus. "He smote all the first-born of Egypt"
Track length2:26
Chorus. "But as for his people"
Track length4:09
Chorus. "Egypt was glad when they departed"
Track length3:05
Chorus. "He rebuked the Red Sea"
Track length0:45
Chorus. "He led them through the deep"
Track length1:25
"But the waters overwhelmed their enemies" (Chorus)
Track length1:05
Chorus. "And Israel saw that great work"
Track length0:58
Chorus. "And believed the Lord"
Track length3:35
"Moses and the children of Israel" (Chorus)
Track length1:03
Chorus. "I will sing unto the Lord"
Track length2:35
Duet. "The Lord is my strength"
Track length4:34
Chorus. "He is my God"
Track length0:54
Chorus. "And I will exalt Him"
Track length2:52
Duet. "The Lord is a man of war"
Track length5:45
Chorus. "The depths have covered them"
Track length2:51
Chorus. "Thy right hand, O Lord"
Track length1:28
Chorus. "And in the greatness of thine excellency"
Track length0:37
Chorus. "Thou sentest forth Thy wrath"
Track length2:01
Chorus. "And with the blast of thy nostrils"
Track length2:58
Air. "The enemy said, I will pursue"
Track length2:31
Air. "Thou didst blow with the wind"
Track length2:25
Chorus. "Who is like unto Thee, O Lord"
Track length1:36
Chorus. "The earth swallowed them"
Track length1:11
Duet. "Thou in thy mercy"
Track length4:24
Chorus. "The people shall hear"
Track length7:30
Air. "Thou shalt bring them in"
Track length3:57
Chorus. "The Lord shall reign for ever and ever"
Track length0:44
Recitative. "For the horse of Pharoah"
Track length0:26
Chorus. "The Lord shall reign for ever and ever"
Track length0:41
Recitative. "And Miriam the prophetess"
Track length0:22
Air with Chorus. "Sing ye to the Lord"
Track length3:26
Handel: Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn"
Work length44:06
I. Sinfonia
Track length2:19
II. Chorus. "The ways of Zion do mourn"
Track length6:31
VII. Chorus. "How are the mighty fall'n" (Reprise)
Track length2:35
III. Chorus. "She put on righteousness"
Track length2:46
IV. Soli and Chorus. "When the ear heard her"
Track length3:23
V. Chorus. "How are the mighty fall'n"
Track length0:54
VI. Chorus. "She deliver'd the poor that cried"
Track length5:47
VII. Chorus. "How are the mighty fall'n"
Track length0:58
VIII. Soli and Chorus. "The righteous shall be had in everlasting"
Track length4:04
IX. Chorus. "Their bodies are buried in peace" - X. Chorus. "But their name liveth evermore"
Track length5:05
XI. Chorus. "The people will tell of their wisdom" - XII. Chorus. "And the congregation"
Track length2:06
XIII. Soli and Chorus. "They shall receive a glorious kingdom"
Track length3:52
XIV. Chorus. "The merciful goodness of the Lord"
Track length3:46
Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 1
Work length37:08
Overture
Track length7:18
Accompagnato. "Behold! Auspicious flahes rise" (Cadmus)
Track length1:46
Chorus. "Lucky omens bless our rites" - Recitative, Air and Duet. "Daughter obey" (Priests, Cadmus, Athamas)
Track length4:38
Accompagnato. "Ah me! What refuge now is left me?" - Air. "O Jove! in pity teach me which to choose" - Recitative. "Alas, she yields" (Semele, Ino, Athamas)
Track length3:52
Quartet. "Why dost thou thus untimely grieve" (Semele, Ino, Athamas, Cadmus)
Track length3:23
Chorus. "Avert these omens, all ye pow'rs!" - Accompagnato. "Again auspicious flashes rise" - Recitative. "Thy aid, pronubial Juno" (Priests, Cadmus, Athamas, Semele)
Track length3:04
Chorus. "Cease your vow's, 'tis impious to proceed" (Priests)
Track length0:33
Recitative. "Oh Athamas" - Air. "Turn, hopeless lover" (Athamas, Ino)
Track length0:56
Duet. "You've undone me, look not on me" (Ino, Athamas)
Track length3:07
Recitative. "Ah, wretched prince" - Accompagnato. "Wing'd with our fears" (Cadmus, Athamas)
Track length1:48
Recitative. "See, see! Jove's Priests" - Chorus. "Hail Cadmus, hail!" (Cadmus, Priests and Augurs)
Track length2:06
Air. "Endless pleasure, endless love" (Semele)
Track length2:51
Chorus. "Endless pleasure, endless love" (Priests and Augurs)
Track length1:46
Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 2
Work length54:45
Symphony - Recitative. "Iris, impatient of thy stay" (Juno, Iris)
Track length1:58
Recitative. "Look, where Cithaeron" - Air. "There, from mortal cares" - Recitative. "No more!" - Accompagnato. "Awake Saturnia" (Juno, Iris)
Track length6:49
Air. "Hence, Iris hence away" (Juno)
Track length3:38
Air. "Come, Zephyrs, come" - Air. "O sleep, why dost thou leave me?" (Cupid, Semele)
Track length6:30
Recitative. "Let me not another moment" (Semele)
Track length3:26
Air. "Lay your doubts and fears aside" - Recitative. "You are mortal" (Jupiter)
Track length3:32
Air. "With fond desiring, with bliss expiring" (Semele)
Track length3:28
Chorus. "How engaging, how endearing" - Recitative. "Ah me! Why sighs my Semele?" (Loves and Zephyrs, Semele, Jupiter)
Track length4:45
Recitative. "Too well I read her meaning" - Air. "I must with speed amuse her" (Jupiter)
Track length4:15
Chorus. "Now Love that everlasting boy" (Loves and Zephyrs)
Track length2:29
Recitative. "By my command now at this instant" (Jupiter, Semele)
Track length0:28
Recitative. "See, she appears" - Air. "Where'er you walk" (Jupiter)
Track length5:56
Recitative. "Dear sister?" - Air. "But hark! the heav'nly sphere" (Semele, Ino)
Track length2:53
Duet. "Prepare then, ye" (Semele, Ino)
Track length1:57
Chorus. "Bless the glad earth with heav'nly lays" (Nymphs and Swains)
Track length2:41
Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 3
Work length1:02:17
Symphony - Accompagnato. "Somnus, awake!" (Juno, Iris)
Track length2:30
Air. "Leave me, loathsome light!" - Recitative. "Dull God" (Somnus, Iris, Juno)
Track length4:32
Air. "More sweet is that name" - Recitative. "My will obey, she shall be thine" (Juno, Somnus)
Track length4:14
Duet. "Obey my will, thy rod resign" (Juno, Somnus)
Track length2:13
Air. "My racking thoughts by no kind slumbers freed" (Semele)
Track length2:56
Recitative. "Thus shap'd like Ino" (Juno, Semele)
Track length1:38
Recitative. "O ecstasy of happiness!" - Air. "Myself I shall adore" - Recitative. "Be wise, as you are beautiful" (Juno, Semele)
Track length8:07
Accompagnato. "Conjure him" (Juno)
Track length1:21
Air. "Thus let my thanks be pay'd" - Recitative. "Rich odours" (Semele, Juno)
Track length3:14
Recitative. "Oh Semele! Why art thou thus insensible?" (Jupiter)
Track length2:51
Air. "I ever am granting" - Accompagnato. "Then cast off this human shape" (Semele, Jupiter)
Track length3:10
Air. "Ah! Take heed what you press!" (Jupiter)
Track length1:13
Air. "No, no, I'll tak no less" (Semele)
Track length5:07
Accompagnato. "Ah, wither is she gone!" (Jupiter)
Track length3:24
Air. "Above measure is the pleasure" (Juno)
Track length2:27
Accompagnato. "Ah me! Too late I now repent" (Semele)
Track length3:22
Recitative. "Of my ill-boding dream" - Chorus. "Oh terror and astonishment!" (Ino, Priests)
Track length4:11
Recitative. "See from above" - Sinfonia - Accompagnato. "Apollo comes" (Cadmus, Apollo)
Track length2:31
Chorus. "Happy shall we be, and free from care" (Priests)
Track length3:16
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