John Eliot Gardiner
Semele, CD 1
1983
oratorium

#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Overture 7:18
2 Act I, Scene I. "Behold! Auspicious flashes rise" (Priest) 1:47
3 Act I, Scene I. "Lucky omens bless our rites" (Chorus) 4:39
4 Act I, Scene I. "Ah, me!" (Semele) 3:53
5 Act I, Scene I. "Why dost thou thus untimely grieve" (Cadmus) 3:24
6 Act I, Scene I. "Avert these omens" (Chorus of Priests) 3:05
7 Act I, Scene I. "Cease, cease your vows" (Chorus of Priests) 0:34
8 Act I, Scene II. "Oh, Athamas; what torture hast thou borne!... 0:57
9 Act I, Scene II. "You've undone me" (Ino) 3:08
10 Act I, Scene III. "Ah, wretched prince" (Cadmus) 1:49
11 Act I, Scene IV. "See, see!" (Cadmus) 2:07
12 Act I, Scene IV. "Endless pleasure" (Semele) 2:52
13 Act I, Scene IV. "Endless pleasure" (Chorus) 1:47
14 Act II. Sinfonia / Scene I. "Iris, impatient of thy stay" (... 1:59
15 Act II, Scene I. "Look, where Cithaeron proudly stands" (Iris) 6:50
16 Act II, Scene I. "Hence, Iris, hence away!" (Juno) 3:39
17 Act II, Scene II. "Come, Zephyrs, come" (Cupid) 6:31
18 Act II, Scene III. "Let me not another moment" (Semele) 3:27
19 Act II, Scene III. "Lay your doubts" (Jupiter) 3:33
20 Act II, Scene III. "With fond desiring" (Semele) 3:29
21 Act II, Scene III. "How engaging" (Chorus of Loves and ... 4:46
22 Act II, Scene III. "Too well I read her meaning" (Jupiter) 6:43
23 Act II, Scene III. "Now Love" (Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs) 2:27
Total time 78:07