Georg Friedrich Händel: Semele (3 CDs)

Georg Friedrich Händel: Semele

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)

Semele

Ana Maria Labin, Matthew Newlin, Dara Savinoya, Chiara Skerath, Lawrence Zazzo, Andreas Wolf, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon

3 CDs

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Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759): Semele, 3 CDs

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Künstler: Ana Maria Labin, Matthew Newlin, Dara Savinoya, Chiara Skerath, Lawrence Zazzo, Andreas Wolf, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon
Label: Ricercar, DDD, 2021
Bestellnummer: 10834596
Erscheinungstermin: 4.2.2022

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Modern und reizvoll
Obwohl Semele eine von Händels modernsten und reizvollsten Partituren darstellt, war dem Werk bei seiner Uraufführung 1744 kein Erfolg beschieden: Das Publikum fremdelte nicht nur mit dem seltsamen Zwitterstatus zwischen Oper und Oratorium, sondern auch mit dem weltlichen und zudem ein wenig als anstößig empfundenen Sujet aus der griechischen Mythologie. Erst im 19. Jahrhundert erkannte man den vollen Wert dieses außerordentlichen Werks, das hier mit Leonardo García Alarcón, dem Chœur de Chambre de Namur sowie jungen Solistinnen eine rundum überzeugende Umsetzung erfährt.

Tracklisting
Mitwirkende

Disk 1 von 3 (CD)

1 Semele: Overtura
2 Semele, Act I: Accompagnato: Behold! auspicious flashes rise (Priest)
3 Semele, Act I: Chorus: Lucky omens bless our rites (Chorus of Priests)
4 Semele, Act I: Recitativo: Daughter, obey, hear and obey! (Cadmus, Athamas)
5 Semele, Act I: Accompagnato: Ah me! what refuge now is left me? (Semele)
6 Semele, Act I: Air (Larghetto andante): Oh Jove! in pity teach me (Semele)
7 Semele, Act I: Air (Andante): The morning lark to mine accords (Semele)
8 Semele, Act I: Recitativo: See, she blushing turns her eyes (Athamas)
9 Semele, Act I: Air (Allegro): Hymen, haste! (Athamas)
10 Semele, Act I: Recitativo: Alas! she yields (Ino, Athamas, Semele)
11 Semele, Act I: Air (Andante larghetto): Why dost thou thus untimely grieve (Semele, Ino, Athamas, Cadmus)
12 Semele, Act I: Chorus: Avert these omens (Chorus of Priests)
13 Semele, Act I: Recitativo accompagnato: Again auspicious flashes rise (Cadmus)
14 Semele, Act I: Recitativo: Thy aid, pronubial Juno, Athamas implores! (Athamas, Semele)
15 Semele, Act I: Chorus: Cease, cease your vow's (Chorus of Priests)
16 Semele, Act I: Recitativo: O Athamas; what torture hast thou borne! (Ino)
17 Semele, Act I: Air (Larghetto): Turn, hopeless lover (Ino)
18 Semele, Act I: Recitativo: She weeps! the gentle maid in tender pity (Athamas)
19 Semele, Act I: Air (Largo): Your tuneful voice my tale would tell (Athamas)
20 Semele, Act I: Recitativo: Too well I see, thou wilt not understand me! (Ino, Athamas)
21 Semele, Act I: Air (Andante larghetto):You've undone me, look not on me (Ino, Athamas)
22 Semele, Act I: Recitativo: Ah, wretched prince (Cadmus, Athamas)
23 Semele, Act I: Accompagnato: Wing'd with our fears and pious haste (Cadmus)
24 Semele, Act I: Recitativo: O prodigy, to me of dire portent! (Athamas, Ino)
25 Semele, Act I: Recitativo: See, see! Jove's Priests and holy Augurs come (Cadmus)
26 Semele, Act I: Chorus: Hail Cadmus, hail! (Chorus of Priests and augurs)
27 Semele, Act I: Air (Alla Gavotta): Endless pleasure, endless love (Semele)
28 Semele, Act I: Chorus: Endless pleasure, endless love (Chorus of Priests and augurs)

Disk 2 von 3 (CD)

1 Semele, Act II: Recitativo: Iris, impatient of thy stay (Juno, Iris)
2 Semele, Act II: Air (Allegro): There, from mortal cares retiring (Iris)
3 Semele, Act II: Recitativo: No more! I'll hear no more! (Juno)
4 Semele, Act II: Air (Allegro concitato, ma pomposo): Awake, Saturnia, from thy lethargy! (Juno, Iris)
5 Semele, Act II: Air (Allegro): Hence, hence, Iris, hence away (Juno)
6 Semele, Act II: Air (Largo): O sleep, why dost thou leave me? (Semele)
7 Semele, Act II: Air (Larghetto): Come, Zephyrs, come (Cupid)
8 Semele, Act II: Recitativo: Let me not another moment (Semele)
9 Semele, Act II: Air (Andante): Lay your doubts and fears aside (Jupiter)
10 Semele, Act II: Recitativo: You are mortal (Jupiter)
11 Semele, Act II: Air (Allegro): With fond desiring (Semele)
12 Semele, Act II: Chorus: How engaging, how endearing (Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs)
13 Semele, Act II: Recitativo: Ah me! Why sighs my Semele? (Semele, Jupiter)
14 Semele, Act II: Air (Allegro, ma non troppo): I must with speed amuse her (Jupiter)
15 Semele, Act II: Chorus (Alla Hornpipe): Now Love that everlasting boy invites (Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs)
16 Semele, Act II: Recitativo: By my command now (Jupiter, Semele)
17 Semele, Act II: Air (Largo e pianissimo): Where'er you walk, cool gales shall fan the glade (Jupiter)
18 Semele, Act II: Recitativo: Dear sister, how was your passage hither? (Semele, Ino)
19 Semele, Act II: Air (Larghetto e pianissimo): But hark! the heav'nly sphere turns round (Ino)
20 Semele, Act II: Accompagnato & Air (Andante): Prepare then, ye immortal choir! (Ino, Semele)
21 Semele, Act II: Chorus: Bless the glad earth with heav'nly lays (Chorus of Nymphs)

Disk 3 von 3 (CD)

1 Semele, Act Iii: Larghetto E Piano Per Tutto
2 Semele, Act Iii: Accompagnato: Somnus, Awake! (Juno, Iris)
3 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Andante): Leave Me, Loathsome Light! (Somnus)
4 Semele, Act Iii: Recitativo: Dull God, Canst Thou Attend The Water's Fall (Iris, Juno)
5 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Allegro): More Sweet Is That Name (Somnus)
6 Semele, Act Iii: Recitativo: My Will Obey, She Shall Be Thine (Juno, Somnus)
7 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Andante): Obey My Will, Thy Rod Resign (Juno, Somnus)
8 Semele, Act Iii: Recitativo: Thus Shap'd Like Ino, With Ease I Shall Deceive Her (Juno, Semele)
9 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Allegro): Behold In This Mirrour (Juno)
10 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Allegro): Myself I Shall Adore (Semele)
11 Semele, Act Iii: Recitativo: Be Wise, As You Are Beautiful (Juno, Semele)
12 Semele, Act Iii: Accompagnato: Conjure Him By His Oath (Juno)
13 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Alla Siciliana): Thus Let My Thanks Be Paid (Semele)
14 Semele, Act Iii: Recitativo: Rich Odours Fill The Fragrant Air (Juno, Semele)
15 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Larghetto): Come To My Arms, My Lovely Fair (Jupiter)
16 Semele, Act Iii: Recitativo: O Semele! Why Art Thou Thus Insensible? (Jupiter)
17 Semele, Act Iii: Accompagnato: By That Tremendous Flood (Jupiter)
18 Semele, Act Iii: Recitativo: You'll Grant What I Require? (Semele, Jupiter)
19 Semele, Act Iii: Accompagnato: Then Cast Off This Human Shape (Semele)
20 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Allegro): Ah! Take Heed What You Press! (Jupiter)
21 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Allegro): No, No, I'll Take No Less (Semele)
22 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Largo E Piano): Ah, Whither Is She Gone! (Jupiter)
23 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Andante Moderato): Above Measure Is The Pleasure (Juno)
24 Semele, Act Iii: Air (Larghetto Assai E Piano): Ah Me! Too Late I Now Repent (Semele)
25 Semele, Act Iii: Recitativo: Of My Illiboding Dream (Ino)
26 Semele, Act Iii: Chorus: Oh Terror And Astonishment! (Chorus Of Priests)
27 Semele, Act Iii: Recitativo: How I Was Hence Remov'd (Ino, Cadmus, Athamas)
28 Semele, Act Iii: Recitativo: See From Above (Cadmus)
29 Semele, Act Iii: Accompagnato: Apollo Comes (Apollo)
30 Semele, Act Iii: Chorus: Happy, Happy Shall We Be (Chorus Of Priests)