John Eliot Gardiner

Handel: Water Music, Concerti grossi, Israel in Egypt, The Ways of Zion Do Mourn & Semele

John Eliot Gardiner

142 SONGS • 6 HOURS AND 52 MINUTES • OCT 01 1990

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Water Music Variants, HWV 331: No. 1 in F Major
04:12
2
Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: I. Overture
03:15
3
Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: II. Adagio e staccato
02:03
4
Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: III. (a) Allegro
02:14
5
Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: III. (b) Andante
02:18
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Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: IV. Minuet
02:15
7
Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: V. Passepied
03:19
8
Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VI. Air
03:50
9
Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VII. Minuet
02:21
10
Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VIII. Bourrée - IX. Hornpipe
02:22
11
Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: X. Allegro
03:26
12
Water Music Variants, HWV 331: No. 2 in F Major, Alla Hornpipe
04:44
13
Water Music, Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: I. (Minuet)
02:53
14
Water Music, Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: II. Rigaudons I & II
03:08
15
Water Music, Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: III. Minuets I & II
04:21
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Water Music, Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: IV. Gigues I & II
01:36
17
Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: I. (Allegro)
02:05
18
Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe
03:59
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Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: III. Minuet
01:25
20
Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: IV. Lentement
02:02
21
Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: V. Bourrée
01:13
22
Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4, HWV 315: I. Andante - Allegro - Adagio
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
05:50
23
Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4, HWV 315: II. Andante
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
02:12
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Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4, HWV 315: III. Allegro
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:26
25
Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4, HWV 315: IV. Minuetto alternativo
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
03:18
26
Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316: I. —
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:47
27
Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316: II. Allegro
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
02:17
28
Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316: III. Adagio
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:43
29
Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316: IV. Allegro ma non troppo
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:35
30
Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316: V. Allegro
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
03:01
31
Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 3 No. 6, HWV 317: I. Vivace
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
02:43
32
Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 3 No. 6, HWV 317: II. Allegro
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
04:20
33
Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: I. Vivace
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
02:01
34
Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: II. Largo
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
03:00
35
Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: III. Allegro
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:59
36
Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: IV. Menuet
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:49
37
Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: V. Gavotte
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
03:20
38
Concerto grosso in G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, HWV 314: I. Largo e staccato - II. Allegro
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
03:13
39
Concerto grosso in G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, HWV 314: III. Adagio - IV. Allegro
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
04:38
40
Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, HWV 312: I. Allegro
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
02:43
41
Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, HWV 312: II. Largo
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
04:46
42
Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, HWV 312: III. Allegro
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
02:41
43
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Overture. Lamentations of the Israelites for the Death of Joseph
02:14
44
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Recitative. "Now there arose a new king over Egypt"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Paul Elliott
00:27
45
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Air with Chorus. "And the children of Israel"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Christopher Royall & Monteverdi Choir
03:55
46
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Recitative. "Then sent He Moses, his servant"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Paul Elliott
00:35
47
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "They loathed to drink of the river"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
02:17
48
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Air. "Their land brought forth frogs"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Ashley Stafford
02:17
49
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "He spake the word"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
02:09
50
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "He gave them hailstones for rain"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
02:10
51
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "He sent a thick darkness"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
03:22
52
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "He smote all the first-born of Egypt"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
02:27
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Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "But as for his people"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
04:09
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Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "Egypt was glad when they departed"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
03:05
55
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "He rebuked the Red Sea"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
00:45
56
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "He led them through the deep"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
01:26
57
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: "But the waters overwhelmed their enemies" (Chorus)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
01:05
58
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "And Israel saw that great work"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
00:58
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Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "And believed the Lord"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
03:35
60
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: "Moses and the children of Israel" (Chorus)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
01:04
61
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "I will sing unto the Lord"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
02:36
62
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Duet. "The Lord is my strength"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
04:35
63
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "He is my God"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
00:54
64
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "And I will exalt Him"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
02:53
65
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Duet. "The Lord is a man of war"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Charles Stewart & Stephen Varcoe
05:46
66
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "The depths have covered them"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
02:52
67
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "Thy right hand, O Lord"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
01:28
68
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "And in the greatness of thine excellency"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
00:38
69
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "Thou sentest forth Thy wrath"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
02:02
70
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "And with the blast of thy nostrils"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
02:59
71
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Air. "The enemy said, I will pursue"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. William Kendall
02:32
72
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Air. "Thou didst blow with the wind"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Daryl Greene
02:25
73
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "Who is like unto Thee, O Lord"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
01:36
74
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "The earth swallowed them"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
01:11
75
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Duet. "Thou in thy mercy"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Brian Gordon & Paul Elliott
04:24
76
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "The people shall hear"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
07:30
77
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Air. "Thou shalt bring them in"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Julian Clarkson
03:57
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Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "The Lord shall reign for ever and ever"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
00:45
79
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Recitative. "For the horse of Pharoah"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Paul Elliott
00:26
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Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "The Lord shall reign for ever and ever"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
00:41
81
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Recitative. "And Miriam the prophetess"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Paul Elliott
00:23
82
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Air with Chorus. "Sing ye to the Lord"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Elisabeth Priday & Monteverdi Choir
03:27
83
Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": I. Sinfonia
02:20
84
Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": II. Chorus. "The ways of Zion do mourn"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
06:32
85
Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": VII. Chorus. "How are the mighty fall'n" (Reprise)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
02:35
86
Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": III. Chorus. "She put on righteousness"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
02:47
87
Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": IV. Soli and Chorus. "When the ear heard her"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Charles Brett, Martyn Hill, Monteverdi Choir, Norma Burrowes & Stephen Varcoe
03:24
88
Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": V. Chorus. "How are the mighty fall'n"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
00:55
89
Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": VI. Chorus. "She deliver'd the poor that cried"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
05:48
90
Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": VII. Chorus. "How are the mighty fall'n"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
00:58
91
Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": VIII. Soli and Chorus. "The righteous shall be had in everlasting"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Charles Brett, Martyn Hill, Monteverdi Choir, Norma Burrowes & Stephen Varcoe
04:05
92
Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": IX. Chorus. "Their bodies are buried in peace" - X. Chorus. "But their name liveth evermore"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
05:05
93
Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": XI. Chorus. "The people will tell of their wisdom" - XII. Chorus. "And the congregation"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
02:07
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Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": XIII. Soli and Chorus. "They shall receive a glorious kingdom"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Charles Brett, Martyn Hill, Norma Burrowes & Stephen Varcoe
03:53
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Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": XIV. Chorus. "The merciful goodness of the Lord"
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
03:47
96
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Overture
07:18
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Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Accompagnato. "Behold! Auspicious flahes rise" (Cadmus)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Robert Lloyd
01:46
98
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Chorus. "Lucky omens bless our rites" - Recitative, Air and Duet. "Daughter obey" (Priests, Cadmus, Athamas)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir, Robert Lloyd & Timothy Penrose
04:39
99
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Accompagnato. "Ah me! What refuge now is left me?" - Air. "O Jove! in pity teach me which to choose" - Recitative. "Alas, she yields" (Semele, Ino, Athamas)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Catherine Denley, Norma Burrowes & Timothy Penrose
03:53
100
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Quartet. "Why dost thou thus untimely grieve" (Semele, Ino, Athamas, Cadmus)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Catherine Denley, Norma Burrowes, Robert Lloyd & Timothy Penrose
03:24
101
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Chorus. "Avert these omens, all ye pow'rs!" - Accompagnato. "Again auspicious flashes rise" - Recitative. "Thy aid, pronubial Juno" (Priests, Cadmus, Athamas, Semele)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir, Norma Burrowes, Robert Lloyd & Timothy Penrose
03:05
102
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Chorus. "Cease your vow's, 'tis impious to proceed" (Priests)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
00:33
103
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Recitative. "Oh Athamas" - Air. "Turn, hopeless lover" (Athamas, Ino)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Catherine Denley & Timothy Penrose
00:57
104
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Duet. "You've undone me, look not on me" (Ino, Athamas)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Catherine Denley & Timothy Penrose
03:07
105
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Recitative. "Ah, wretched prince" - Accompagnato. "Wing'd with our fears" (Cadmus, Athamas)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Robert Lloyd & Timothy Penrose
01:48
106
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Recitative. "See, see! Jove's Priests" - Chorus. "Hail Cadmus, hail!" (Cadmus, Priests and Augurs)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir & Robert Lloyd
02:07
107
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Air. "Endless pleasure, endless love" (Semele)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Norma Burrowes
02:51
108
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Chorus. "Endless pleasure, endless love" (Priests and Augurs)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
01:46
109
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Symphony - Recitative. "Iris, impatient of thy stay" (Juno, Iris)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Della Jones & Patrizia Kwella
01:58
110
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Recitative. "Look, where Cithaeron" - Air. "There, from mortal cares" - Recitative. "No more!" - Accompagnato. "Awake Saturnia" (Juno, Iris)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Della Jones & Patrizia Kwella
06:49
111
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Air. "Hence, Iris hence away" (Juno)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Della Jones
03:39
112
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Air. "Come, Zephyrs, come" - Air. "O sleep, why dost thou leave me?" (Cupid, Semele)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Elisabeth Priday & Norma Burrowes
06:31
113
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Recitative. "Let me not another moment" (Semele)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Norma Burrowes
03:26
114
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Air. "Lay your doubts and fears aside" - Recitative. "You are mortal" (Jupiter)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Anthony Rolfe Johnson
03:32
115
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Air. "With fond desiring, with bliss expiring" (Semele)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Norma Burrowes
03:28
116
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Chorus. "How engaging, how endearing" - Recitative. "Ah me! Why sighs my Semele?" (Loves and Zephyrs, Semele, Jupiter)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Monteverdi Choir & Norma Burrowes
04:46
117
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Recitative. "Too well I read her meaning" - Air. "I must with speed amuse her" (Jupiter)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Anthony Rolfe Johnson
04:16
118
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Chorus. "Now Love that everlasting boy" (Loves and Zephyrs)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
02:30
119
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Recitative. "By my command now at this instant" (Jupiter, Semele)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Anthony Rolfe Johnson & Norma Burrowes
00:29
120
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Recitative. "See, she appears" - Air. "Where'er you walk" (Jupiter)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Anthony Rolfe Johnson
05:57
121
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Recitative. "Dear sister?" - Air. "But hark! the heav'nly sphere" (Semele, Ino)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Catherine Denley & Norma Burrowes
02:54
122
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Duet. "Prepare then, ye" (Semele, Ino)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Catherine Denley & Norma Burrowes
01:58
123
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Chorus. "Bless the glad earth with heav'nly lays" (Nymphs and Swains)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
02:41
124
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Symphony - Accompagnato. "Somnus, awake!" (Juno, Iris)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Della Jones & Patrizia Kwella
02:31
125
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "Leave me, loathsome light!" - Recitative. "Dull God" (Somnus, Iris, Juno)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. David Thomas, Della Jones & Patrizia Kwella
04:33
126
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "More sweet is that name" - Recitative. "My will obey, she shall be thine" (Juno, Somnus)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. David Thomas & Della Jones
04:14
127
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Duet. "Obey my will, thy rod resign" (Juno, Somnus)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. David Thomas & Della Jones
02:14
128
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "My racking thoughts by no kind slumbers freed" (Semele)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Norma Burrowes
02:56
129
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Recitative. "Thus shap'd like Ino" (Juno, Semele)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Della Jones & Norma Burrowes
01:38
130
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Recitative. "O ecstasy of happiness!" - Air. "Myself I shall adore" - Recitative. "Be wise, as you are beautiful" (Juno, Semele)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Della Jones & Norma Burrowes
08:08
131
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Accompagnato. "Conjure him" (Juno)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Della Jones
01:22
132
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "Thus let my thanks be pay'd" - Recitative. "Rich odours" (Semele, Juno)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Della Jones & Norma Burrowes
03:14
133
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Recitative. "Oh Semele! Why art thou thus insensible?" (Jupiter)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Anthony Rolfe Johnson
02:51
134
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "I ever am granting" - Accompagnato. "Then cast off this human shape" (Semele, Jupiter)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Anthony Rolfe Johnson & Norma Burrowes
03:11
135
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "Ah! Take heed what you press!" (Jupiter)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Anthony Rolfe Johnson
01:14
136
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "No, no, I'll tak no less" (Semele)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Norma Burrowes
05:07
137
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Accompagnato. "Ah, wither is she gone!" (Jupiter)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Anthony Rolfe Johnson
03:25
138
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "Above measure is the pleasure" (Juno)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Della Jones
02:27
139
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Accompagnato. "Ah me! Too late I now repent" (Semele)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Norma Burrowes
03:22
140
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Recitative. "Of my ill-boding dream" - Chorus. "Oh terror and astonishment!" (Ino, Priests)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Catherine Denley & Monteverdi Choir
04:12
141
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Recitative. "See from above" - Sinfonia - Accompagnato. "Apollo comes" (Cadmus, Apollo)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Maldwyn Davies & Robert Lloyd
02:32
142
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Chorus. "Happy shall we be, and free from care" (Priests)
John Eliot Gardiner feat. Monteverdi Choir
03:16
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