‎Handel: Semele by Sylvia McNair - Apple Music Classical

Overture

English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson

9:03

Behold! Auspicious Flashes Arise

Mark S. Doss, John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra

1:26

Lucky Omens Bless Our Rites

John Nelson, John McCarthy, The Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra

3:07

Daughter, Obey

English Chamber Orchestra, Michael Chance, Samuel Ramey, John Nelson

0:57

Ah! Me! - O Jove!

John Nelson, Kathleen Battle, English Chamber Orchestra

2:43

The Morning Lark to Mine Accords His Note

John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra, Kathleen Battle

7:04

See She Blushing Turns Her Eyes

English Chamber Orchestra, Michael Chance, John Nelson

0:17

Hymen, Haste, Thy Torch Prepare

John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra, Michael Chance

4:38

Alas! She Yields, and Has Undone Me

English Chamber Orchestra, Kathleen Battle, John Nelson, Marilyn Horne, Michael Chance

0:48

Why Dost Thou Thus Untimely Grieve?

Marilyn Horne, Samuel Ramey, John Nelson, Kathleen Battle, English Chamber Orchestra, Michael Chance

2:44

Avert These Omens

John Nelson, John McCarthy, English Chamber Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers

1:59

Again Auspicious Flashes Rise

English Chamber Orchestra, Samuel Ramey, John Nelson

0:38

Thy Aid, Pronubial Juno, Athamas Implores!

John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra, Kathleen Battle, Michael Chance

0:17

Cease Your Vows

John Nelson, John McCarthy, English Chamber Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers

0:36

O Athamas, What Toture Hast Thou Borne!

English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson, Michael Chance

0:29

Turn, Hopeless Lover, Turn Thy Eyes

Marilyn Horne, English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson

8:25

She Weeps!

John Nelson, Michael Chance, English Chamber Orchestra

0:24

Your Tuneful Voice My Tale Would Tell

John Nelson, Michael Chance, English Chamber Orchestra

4:55

Too Well I See, Thou Wilt Not Understand Me

Michael Chance, English Chamber Orchestra, Marilyn Horne, John Nelson

0:47

You've Undone Me / With My Life I Would Atone

Michael Chance, English Chamber Orchestra, Marilyn Horne, John Nelson

2:28

Ah, Wretched Prince / Wing'd With Our Fears /O Prodigy/See, See, Jove's Priests

John Nelson, Marilyn Horne, Michael Chance, Samuel Ramey, English Chamber Orchestra

2:07

Hail Cadmus!

John McCarthy, John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers, Samuel Ramey

1:34

Endless Pleasure.

Kathleen Battle, The Ambrosian Singers, John McCarthy, English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson

4:30

Overture

John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra

1:30

Iris, Impatient of Thy Stay

John Nelson, Sylvia McNair, Marilyn Horne, English Chamber Orchestra

0:46

There from Mortal Cares Retiring

English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson, Sylvia McNair

3:26

No. More - I'll Hear No. More! / Awake Saturnia.

Sylvia McNair, John Nelson, Marilyn Horne, English Chamber Orchestra

1:55

Hence, Iris, Hence Away

Marilyn Horne, English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson

3:23

Oh Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me?

John Nelson, Kathleen Battle, English Chamber Orchestra

3:09

Let Me Not Another Moment

John Nelson, Kathleen Battle, English Chamber Orchestra

0:16

Lay Your Doubts and Fears Aside

John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra, John Aler

3:02

You Are Mortal and Require Time to Rest

John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra, John Aler

0:23

With Fond Desiring

John Nelson, Kathleen Battle, English Chamber Orchestra

2:53

How Engaging, How Endearing

The Ambrosian Singers, John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra, John McCarthy

3:06

Ah Me! Why Sighs My Semele!

English Chamber Orchestra, John Aler, Kathleen Battle, John Nelson

1:23

I Must With Speed Amuse Her

John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra, John Aler

3:44

Now Love That Everlasting Boy Invites

English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson, The Ambrosian Singers, John McCarthy

2:21

By My Command

John Nelson, John Aler, Kathleen Battle, English Chamber Orchestra

1:17

Where'er You Walk

John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra, John Aler

4:53

Dear Sister

Marilyn Horne, Kathleen Battle, English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson

0:46

But Hark! the Heavenly Sphere

Marilyn Horne, John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra

2:13

Prepare Then, Ye Immortal Choir

English Chamber Orchestra, Kathleen Battle, John Nelson, Marilyn Horne

2:01

Bless the Glad Earth

English Chamber Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers, John Nelson, John McCarthy

2:43

Overture

John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra

1:21

Somnus, Awake

Marilyn Horne, Sylvia McNair, English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson

0:31

Leave Me, Loathsome Light

Samuel Ramey, John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra

3:07

Dull God

English Chamber Orchestra, Sylvia McNair, John Nelson, Marilyn Horne

0:40

More Sweet Is That Name

John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra, Samuel Ramey

2:14

My Will Obey

Marilyn Horne, English Chamber Orchestra, Samuel Ramey, John Nelson

1:22

Obey My Will / All I Must Grant

John Nelson, Samuel Ramey, English Chamber Orchestra, Marilyn Horne

1:52

My Racking Thoughts By No. Kind Slumbers Freed

Kathleen Battle, John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra

2:53

Thus Shap'd Like Ino

Marilyn Horne, John Nelson, Kathleen Battle, English Chamber Orchestra

1:13

Behold This Mirror

Marilyn Horne, English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson

2:40

O Ecstasy of Happiness

John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra, Kathleen Battle

0:19

Myself I Shall Adore

John Nelson, Kathleen Battle, English Chamber Orchestra

6:39

Be Wise, As You Are Beautiful

English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson, Marilyn Horne, Kathleen Battle

0:37

Conjure Him By His Oath

Marilyn Horne, English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson

1:27

Thus Let My Thanks Be Pay'd

English Chamber Orchestra, Kathleen Battle, John Nelson

2:13

Rich Odours Fill the Fragrant Air

John Nelson, Marilyn Horne, English Chamber Orchestra, Kathleen Battle

0:31

Come to My Arms

John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra, John Aler

2:57

O Semele! Why Art Thou.? / I Ever Am Granting,.

John Aler, John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra, Kathleen Battle

1:42

Speak What You Desire

Kathleen Battle, John Aler, John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra

0:14

By That Tremendous Flood, I Swear

English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson, John Aler

0:26

You'll Grant What I Require? /Then Cast Off This Human

John Aler, Kathleen Battle, English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson

0:33

Ah, Take Heed

English Chamber Orchestra, John Aler, John Nelson

1:11

No, No, I'll Take No. Less

English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson, Kathleen Battle

5:13

Ah, Whither Is She Gone?

John Aler, English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson

3:01

Above Measure Is the Pleasure,which My Revenge Supplies

Marilyn Horne, English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson

2:21

Ah Me, Too Late I Now Repent

Kathleen Battle, John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra

3:44

Of My Ill-boding Dream

Marilyn Horne, John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra

0:21

Oh, Terror and Astonishment

The Ambrosian Singers, John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra, John McCarthy

3:55

How I Was Hence Remov'd

English Chamber Orchestra, Samuel Ramey, John Nelson, Michael Chance, Marilyn Horne

0:59

Despair No. More Shall Wound Me

English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson, Michael Chance

5:03

See from Above the Belling Clouds Descend

John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra, Samuel Ramey

0:17

Sinfonia: Apollo Come

English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson

1:28

Appolo Comes, to Relieve Your Care

John Nelson, English Chamber Orchestra, Neil Mackie

0:56

Happy Shall We Be

English Chamber Orchestra, John McCarthy, The Ambrosian Singers, John Nelson

2:56

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sylvia McNair

Soprano
John Aler

Tenor
John Nelson

Conductor
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra, Chamber Music Ensemble

Claudia Hamann

Production Coordinator
Pal Christian Moe

Executive Producer
Dr. Steven Paul

Producer
Helmut Burk

Balance Engineer
Christopher Alder

Editing Engineer
Thomas Hudson

Cover Art
Ellen T. Harris

Liner Notes
Godfrey Kneller

Cover Art
David S. Butchart

Booklet Editor

Handel: Semele

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