Les Lunes du Cousin Jacques - Semele (CD)

Les Lunes du Cousin Jacques - Semele

Track List:

Disc: 1

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

Disc: 2

1. Duet: Semele ; Ino 'Preapre Then, Ye Immortal Choir'
2. Chorus of Nymphs ; Swains: 'Bless the Glad Earth'
3. Sinfonia
4. Recitative. ; Aria: Juno Iris, Somnus. Juno 'Somnus Awake'
5. Iris, Juno, Somnus. Recit. Iris 'Dull God, Canst Though Attend' Aria, Juno:
6. Juno, Somnus ; Iris. Recitative: Juno: 'My Will Obey'
7. Juno, Semele. Aria: Semele 'Myself I Shall Adore'
8. Recitative ; Aria: Juno, Semele. Juno: 'Be Wise, As You Are Beautiful'
9. Recitative ; Aria: Juno, Semele. Juno: 'Rich Odours Fill the Fragrant Air'
10. Recitative ; Aria: Juno, Semele. Juno: 'Rich Odours Fill the Fragrant Air'
11. Jupiter, Semele. Recitative ; Aria: 'Speak, Speak Your Desire'
12. Aria: Semele 'No, No, I'll Take No Less'
13. Aria; Jupiter 'Ah, Wither Is She Gone?'
14. Aria: Juno 'Above Measure Is the Pleasure'
15. Aria: Semele 'Ah, Me! Too Late I Now Repent'
16. Cadmus, Athamus, Ino Chorus of Priests. Recitative: Ino: 'Of My Ill-Boding Dream'
17. Sinfonia
18. Recitative ; Aria: Apollo: 'Apollo Comes' Chorus: 'Happy, Happy'