Kathleen Battle – Semele
| Лейбл: | Deutsche Grammophon – 435 782-2 |
| Формат: | CD |
| Страна: | US |
| Дата релиза: | 1993 |
| Жанр: | Classical |
| Стиль: | Baroque, Oratorio |
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Треклист:
| 1-1 | Ouverture – Gavotte |
9:04 | |
| Act I = Erster Akt = Acte I = Atto Primo |
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| Scene 1 = Erste Szene = Scène 1 = Scena Prima |
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| 1-2 | Accompagnato: "Behold! Auspicious Flashes Rise!" (Priest) |
1:26 | |
| 1-3 | Chorus: "Lucky Omens Bless Our Rites" (Priests) |
3:08 | |
| 1-4 | Recitative And Arioso: "Daughter, Obey, Hear And Obey!" (Cadmus, Athamas) |
0:58 | |
| 1-5.1 | Accompagnato: "Ah Me! What Refuge Now Is Left Me?" (Semele) |
2:44 | |
| 1-5.2 | Air: "O Jove! In Pity Teach Me Which To Choose" (Semele) |
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| 1-6 | Air: "The Morning Lark To Mine Accords His Note" (Semele) |
7:05 | |
| 1-7 | Recitative: "See, She Blushing Turns Her Eyes" (Semele) |
0:18 | |
| 1-8 | Air: "Hymen, Haste, Thy Torch Prepare" (Semele) |
4:38 | |
| 1-9 | Recitative: "Alas! She Yields, And Has Undone Me" (Ino, Athamas, Semele) |
0:48 | |
| 1-10 | Quartetto: "Why Dost Thou Thus Untimely Grieve" (Cadmus, Ino, Athamas, Semele) |
2:45 | |
| 1-11 | Chorus: "Avert These Omens, All Ye Pow'rs!" (Priests) |
2:00 | |
| 1-12 | Accompagnato: "Again Auspicious Flashes Rise" (Cadmus) |
0:39 | |
| 1-13 | Recitative: "Thy Aid, Pronubial Juno, Athamas Implores!" (Athamas, Semele) |
0:17 | |
| 1-14 | Chorus: "Cease, Cease Your Vows, 'Tis Impious To Proceed" (Priests) |
0:36 | |
| Scene 2 = Zweite Szene = Scène 2 = Scena Seconda |
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| 1-15 | Recitative: "O Athamas, What Torture Hast Thou Borne!" (Athamas) |
0:30 | |
| 1-16 | Air: "Turn, Hopeless Lover, Turn Thy Eyes" (Ino) |
8:26 | |
| 1-17 | Recitative: "She Weeps!" (Athamas) |
0:25 | |
| 1-18 | Air: "Your Tuneful Voice My Tale Would Tell" (Athamas) |
4:56 | |
| 1-19 | Recitative: "Too Well I See, Thou Wilt Not Understand Me" (Ino, Athamas) |
0:47 | |
| 1-20 | Duetto: "You've Undone Me" / "With My Life I Would Atone" (Ino, Athamas) |
2:29 | |
| Scene 3 = Dritte Szene = Scène 3 = Scena Terza |
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| 1-21.1 | Recitative: "Ah, Wretched Prince, Doom'd To Disastrous Love!" (Cadmus, Athamas) |
2:07 | |
| 1-21.2 | Accompagnato: "Wing'd With Our Fears And Pious Haste" (Cadmus) |
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| 1-21.3 | Recitative: "O Prodigy, To Me Of Dire Portent!" (Athamas, Ino) |
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| Scene 4 = Vierte Szene = Scène 4 = Scena Quarta |
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| 1-21.4 | Recitative: "See, See, Jove's Priests And Holy Augurs Come" (Cadmus) |
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| 1-22 | Chorus: "Hail Cadmus, Hail!" Priests, Augurs) |
1:34 | |
| 1-23 | Air And Chorus: "Endless Pleasure, Endless Love" (Semele, Chorus) |
4:30 | |
| Act II = Zweiter Akt = Acte II = Atto Secondo |
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| 2-1 | Sinfonia |
1:31 | |
| Scene 1 = Erste Szene = Scène 1 = Scena Prima |
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| 2-2 | Recitative: "Iris, Impatient Of Thy Stay" (Juno, Iris) |
0:46 | |
| 2-3 | Air: "There From Mortal Cares Retiring" (Iris) |
3:27 | |
| 2-4.1 | Recitative: "No More – I'll Hear No More!" (Juno) |
1:55 | |
| 2-4.2 | Accompagnato: "Awake Saturnia From Thy Lethargy!" |
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| 2-5 | Air: "Hence, Iris, Hence Away" (Juno, Iris) |
3:23 | |
| Scene 2 = Zweite Szene = Scène 2 = Scena Seconda |
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| 2-6 | Air: "O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me?" (Semele) |
3:10 | |
| Scene 3 = Dritte Szene = Scène 3 = Scena Terza |
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| 2-7 | Recitative: "Let Me Not Another Moment Bear The Pangs Of Absence" (Semele) |
0:17 | |
| 2-8 | Air: "Lay Your Doubts And Fears Aside" (Jupiter) |
3:02 | |
| 2-9 | Recitative: "You Are Mortal And Require Time To Rest" (Jupiter) |
0:23 | |
| 2-10 | Air: "With Fond Desiring" (Semele) |
2:54 | |
| 2-11 | Chorus: "How Engaging, How Endearing" (Loves, Zephyrs) |
3:06 | |
| 2-12 | Recitative: "Ah Me!" / "Why Sighs My Semele?" (Semele, Jupiter) |
1:23 | |
| 2-13 | Air: "I Must With Speed Amuse Her" (Jupiter) |
3:44 | |
| 2-14 | Chorus: "Now Love That Everlasting Boy Invites" (Loves, Zephyrs) |
2:21 | |
| 2-15 | Recitative: "By My Command" (Jupiter, Semele) |
1:18 | |
| 2-16 | Air: "Where're You Walk" (Jupiter) |
4:53 | |
| Scene 4 = Vierte Szene = Scène 4 = Scena Quarta |
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| 2-17 | Recitative: "Dear Sister, How Was Your Passage Hither?" (Semele, Ino) |
0:46 | |
| 2-18 | Air: "But Hark! The Heav'nly Sphere Turns Round" (Ino) |
2:14 | |
| 2-19 | Duetto: "Prepare Then, Ye Immortal Choir" (Semele, Ino) |
2:02 | |
| 2-20 | Chorus: "Bless The Glad Earth With Heav'nly Lays" (Nymphs, Swains) |
2:43 | |
| Act III = Dritter Akt = Acte III = Atto Terzo |
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| Scene 1 = Erste Szene = Scène 1 = Scena Prima |
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| 3-1 | [Symphony] Larghetto E Piano Per Tutto |
1:22 | |
| 3-2 | Accompagnato: "Somnus, Awake, Raise Thy Reclining Head!" (Juno, Iris) |
0:31 | |
| 3-3 | Air: "Leave Me, Loathsome Light" (Somnus) |
3:07 | |
| 3-4 | Recitative: "Dull God, Canst Thou Attend The Water's Fall" (Iris, Juno) |
0:40 | |
| 3-5 | Air: "More Sweet Is That Name" (Somnus) |
2:14 | |
| 3-6 | Recitative: "My Will Obey, She Shall Be Thine" (Juno Somnus) |
1:23 | |
| 3-7 | Duetto: "Obey My Will" / "All I Must Grant" (Juno Somnus) |
1:53 | |
| Scene 2 = Zweite Szene = Scène 2 = Scena Seconda |
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| 3-8 | Air: "My Racking Thoughts By No Kind Slumbers Freed" (Semele) |
2:53 | |
| Scene 3 = Dritte Szene = Scène 3 = Scena Terza |
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| 3-9 | Recitative: "Thus Shap'd Like Ino" (Juno, Semele) |
1:14 | |
| 3-10 | Air: "Behold In This Mirror" (Juno) |
2:41 | |
| 3-11 | Recitative: "O Ecstasy Of Happiness" (Semele) |
0:19 | |
| 3-12 | Air: "Myself I Shall Adore" (Semele) |
6:39 | |
| 3-13 | Recitative: "Be Wise, As You Are Beautiful" (Juno, Semele) |
0:37 | |
| 3-14 | Accompagnato: "Conjure Him By His Oath" (Juno) |
1:28 | |
| 3-15 | Air: "Thus Let My Thanks Be Paid" (Semele) |
2:13 | |
| 3-16 | Recitative: "Rich Odours Fill The Fragrant Air" (Juno, Semele) |
0:32 | |
| Scene 4 = Vierte Szene = Scène 4 = Scena Quarta |
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| 3-17 | Air: "Come To My Arms, My Lovely Fair" (Jupiter) |
2:58 | |
| 3-18.1 | Recitative: "O Semele! Why Art Thou Thus Insensible?" (Jupiter) |
1:42 | |
| 3-18.2 | Air: "I Ever Am Granting, You Always Complain" (Semele) |
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| 3-19 | Recitative: "Speak, Speak Your Desire" (Jupiter, Semele) |
0:15 | |
| 3-20 | Accompagnato: "By That Tremendous Flood, I Swear" (Jupiter) |
0:27 | |
| 3-21.1 | Recitative: "You'll Grant What I Require?" (Semele, Jupiter) |
0:34 | |
| 3-21.2 | Accompagnato: "Then Cast Off This Human Shape" (Semele) |
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| 3-22 | Air: "Ah, Take Heed What You Press" (Jupiter) |
1:11 | |
| 3-23 | Air: "No, No! I'll Take No Less" (Semele) |
5:14 | |
| Scene 5 = Fünfte Szene = Scène 5 = Scena Quinta |
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| 3-24 | Accompagnato: "Ah! Whither Is She Gone!" (Jupiter) |
3:01 | |
| Scene 6 = Sechste Szene = Scène 6 = Scena Sesta |
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| 3-25 | Air: "Above Measure Is The Pleasure, Which My Revenge Supplies" (Juno) |
2:22 | |
| Scene 7 = Sibte Szene = Scène 7 = Scena Settima |
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| 3-26 | Accompagnato: "Ah Me! Too Late I Now Repent" (Semele) |
3:44 | |
| Scene 8 = Achte Szene = Scène 8 = Scena Ottava |
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| 3-27 | Recitative: "Of My Ill-Boding Dream" (Ino) |
0:22 | |
| 3-28 | Chorus: "Oh, Terror And Astonishment!" (Chorus) |
3:56 | |
| 3-29 | Recitative: "How I Was Hence Remov'd" (Ino, Cadmus, Athamas) |
1:00 | |
| 3-30 | Air: "Despair No More Shall Wound Me" (Cadmus) |
5:03 | |
| 3-31 | Recitative: "See From Above The Bellying Clouds Descend" (Cadmus) |
0:17 | |
| Scene The Last = Schlußszene = Dernière Scène = Scena Ultima |
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| 3-32 | Sinfonia |
1:29 | |
| 3-33 | Accompagnato: "Apollo Comes, To Relieve Your Care" (Apollo ) |
0:57 | |
| 3-34 | Chorus: "Happy, Happy Shall We Be" (Chorus) |
2:56 |
Участники записи:
- Basso Continuo, Harpsichord – Anthony Newman
- Basso Continuo, Lute, Theorbo – Dorothy Linell
- Basso Continuo, Organ – Ian Wilson (28)
- Basso Continuo, Violoncello – Dietrich Bethge
- Basso Continuo, Violoncello – Olga Hegedus
- Booklet Editor – David Butchart
- Booklet Editor [Libretto] – Adele Poindexter
- Chorus – The Ambrosian Opera Chorus
- Chorus Master [Director] – John McCarthy
- Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel
- Conductor – John Nelson (5)
- Coordinator [Coordination] – Claudia Hamann
- Coordinator [Coordination] – Pål Christian Moe
- Cover [Booklet Cover], Illustration – Thomas Hudson
- Double Bass – Stephen Williams (3)
- Engineer [Balance Engineer] – Helmut Burk
- Liner Notes – Ellen T. Harris
- Orchestra – English Chamber Orchestra
- Painting [William Congreve] – Godfrey Kneller
- Photography By [Artist Photos] – Clive Barda
- Photography By [Kathleen Battle] – Christian Steiner (6)
- Producer – Steven Paul
- Producer [Post-Production] – Christopher Alder
- Text By – William Congreve
- Vocals [Apollo] – Neil Mackie (2)
- Vocals [Athamas] – Michael Chance
- Vocals [Cadmus / Somnus] – Samuel Ramey
- Vocals [Iris] – Sylvia McNair
- Vocals [Juno / Ino] – Marilyn Horne
- Vocals [Jupiter] – John Aler
- Vocals [Priest] – Mark S. Doss
- Vocals [Semele] – Kathleen Battle
Лейблы и идентификаторы:
- Barcode Text: 0 28943 57822 6
- Barcode Scanned: 028943578226
- Label Code : LC 0173
- Price Code : POL 928
- SPARS Code : DDD
- Matrix / Runout CD1: 435 783-2 01@ D
- Matrix / Runout CD2: 435 784-2 01% ZZ
- Matrix / Runout CD3: 435 785-2 01% G
Компании:
- Copyright (c) – Prof. Ellen T. Harris
- Manufactured By – PolyGram Classics & Jazz
- Marketed By – PolyGram Classics & Jazz
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
- Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios
Участники записи:
- Basso Continuo, Harpsichord – Anthony Newman
- Basso Continuo, Lute, Theorbo – Dorothy Linell
- Basso Continuo, Organ – Ian Wilson (28)
- Basso Continuo, Violoncello – Dietrich Bethge
- Basso Continuo, Violoncello – Olga Hegedus
- Booklet Editor – David Butchart
- Booklet Editor [Libretto] – Adele Poindexter
- Chorus – The Ambrosian Opera Chorus
- Chorus Master [Director] – John McCarthy
- Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel
- Conductor – John Nelson (5)
- Coordinator [Coordination] – Claudia Hamann
- Coordinator [Coordination] – Pål Christian Moe
- Cover [Booklet Cover], Illustration – Thomas Hudson
- Double Bass – Stephen Williams (3)
- Engineer [Balance Engineer] – Helmut Burk
- Liner Notes – Ellen T. Harris
- Orchestra – English Chamber Orchestra
- Painting [William Congreve] – Godfrey Kneller
- Photography By [Artist Photos] – Clive Barda
- Photography By [Kathleen Battle] – Christian Steiner (6)
- Producer – Steven Paul
- Producer [Post-Production] – Christopher Alder
- Text By – William Congreve
- Vocals [Apollo] – Neil Mackie (2)
- Vocals [Athamas] – Michael Chance
- Vocals [Cadmus / Somnus] – Samuel Ramey
- Vocals [Iris] – Sylvia McNair
- Vocals [Juno / Ino] – Marilyn Horne
- Vocals [Jupiter] – John Aler
- Vocals [Priest] – Mark S. Doss
- Vocals [Semele] – Kathleen Battle
