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Various Artists|Handel Edition Volume 5 - Semele, Israel in Egypt, Dixit Dominus, Zadok the Priest, La Resurrezione, The Ways of Zion do Mourn

Handel Edition Volume 5 - Semele, Israel in Egypt, Dixit Dominus, Zadok the Priest, La Resurrezione, The Ways of Zion do Mourn

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For opera fans, the major attraction in this six-disc set dedicated to the works of Handel will likely be the 1981 recording of his English-language opera Semele, with John Eliot Gardiner leading a strong cast of singers. While there may have been more compelling Semeles than Norma Burrowes (whose interpretation is nevertheless very sensitive), the remainder of the cast is consistently excellent, especially Anthony Rolfe Johnson's commanding portrayal of Jupiter. For oratorio fans, the attractions will likely be the three-part oratorio Israel in Egypt, the funeral anthem The Ways of Zion do Mourn, and the coronation anthem Zadok the Priest, all with Gardiner leading the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra in performances of great weight and seriousness, recorded between 1976 and 1978. The concluding two discs include an angular but expressive 1990 account of Handel's early Italian oratorio La Resurrezione, with Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, as well as a muscular performance of the Dixit Dominus from 1977, with Gardiner and the Monteverdi forces. The earlier stereo Gardiner choral recordings sound heavier and fuller than the more vivid recording of Semele, but they all sound dowdy compared with the light and air-filled digital recording of La Resurrezione. The set should be of strong interest to dedicated Handel fans.

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Handel Edition Volume 5 - Semele, Israel in Egypt, Dixit Dominus, Zadok the Priest, La Resurrezione, The Ways of Zion do Mourn

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1
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Overture
John Eliot Gardiner
00:07:18

George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

2
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Accompagnato. "Behold! Auspicious flahes rise" (Cadmus)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:01:46

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Robert Lloyd, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

3
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Chorus. "Lucky omens bless our rites" - Recitative, Air and Duet. "Daughter obey" (Priests, Cadmus, Athamas)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:04:38

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Robert Lloyd, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Timothy Penrose, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

4
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
00:03:52

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Norma Burrowes, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Timothy Penrose, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Catherine Denley, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

5
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Quartet. "Why dost thou thus untimely grieve" (Semele, Ino, Athamas, Cadmus)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:03:23

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Norma Burrowes, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Robert Lloyd, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Timothy Penrose, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Catherine Denley, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

6
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
00:03:04

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Norma Burrowes, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Robert Lloyd, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Timothy Penrose, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

7
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Chorus. "Cease your vow's, 'tis impious to proceed" (Priests)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:00:33

George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

8
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Recitative. "Oh Athamas" - Air. "Turn, hopeless lover" (Athamas, Ino)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:00:56

George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Timothy Penrose, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Catherine Denley, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

9
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Duet. "You've undone me, look not on me" (Ino, Athamas)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:03:07

George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Timothy Penrose, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Catherine Denley, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

10
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Recitative. "Ah, wretched prince" - Accompagnato. "Wing'd with our fears" (Cadmus, Athamas)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:01:48

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Robert Lloyd, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Timothy Penrose, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

11
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Recitative. "See, see! Jove's Priests" - Chorus. "Hail Cadmus, hail!" (Cadmus, Priests and Augurs)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:02:06

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Robert Lloyd, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

12
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Air. "Endless pleasure, endless love" (Semele)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:02:51

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Norma Burrowes, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

13
Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Chorus. "Endless pleasure, endless love" (Priests and Augurs)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:01:46

George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

14
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Symphony - Recitative. "Iris, impatient of thy stay" (Juno, Iris)
Della Jones
00:01:58

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Della Jones, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Patrizia Kwella, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

15
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Recitative. "Look, where Cithaeron" - Air. "There, from mortal cares" - Recitative. "No more!" - Accompagnato. "Awake Saturnia" (Juno, Iris)
Della Jones
00:06:49

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Della Jones, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Patrizia Kwella, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

16
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Air. "Hence, Iris hence away" (Juno)
Della Jones
00:03:38

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Della Jones, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

17
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Air. "Come, Zephyrs, come" - Air. "O sleep, why dost thou leave me?" (Cupid, Semele)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:06:30

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Norma Burrowes, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Elisabeth Priday, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

18
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Recitative. "Let me not another moment" (Semele)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:03:26

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Norma Burrowes, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

19
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Air. "Lay your doubts and fears aside" - Recitative. "You are mortal" (Jupiter)
Anthony rolfe Johnson
00:03:32

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

20
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Air. "With fond desiring, with bliss expiring" (Semele)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:03:28

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Norma Burrowes, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

21
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Chorus. "How engaging, how endearing" - Recitative. "Ah me! Why sighs my Semele?" (Loves and Zephyrs, Semele, Jupiter)
Anthony rolfe Johnson
00:04:45

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Norma Burrowes, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

22
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Recitative. "Too well I read her meaning" - Air. "I must with speed amuse her" (Jupiter)
Anthony rolfe Johnson
00:04:15

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

23
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Chorus. "Now Love that everlasting boy" (Loves and Zephyrs)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:02:29

George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

24
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Recitative. "By my command now at this instant" (Jupiter, Semele)
Anthony rolfe Johnson
00:00:28

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Norma Burrowes, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

25
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Recitative. "See, she appears" - Air. "Where'er you walk" (Jupiter)
Anthony rolfe Johnson
00:05:56

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

26
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Recitative. "Dear sister?" - Air. "But hark! the heav'nly sphere" (Semele, Ino)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:02:53

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Norma Burrowes, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Catherine Denley, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

27
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Duet. "Prepare then, ye" (Semele, Ino)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:01:57

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Norma Burrowes, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Catherine Denley, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

28
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Chorus. "Bless the glad earth with heav'nly lays" (Nymphs and Swains)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:02:41

George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

29
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Symphony - Accompagnato. "Somnus, awake!" (Juno, Iris)
Della Jones
00:02:30

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Della Jones, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Patrizia Kwella, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

30
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "Leave me, loathsome light!" - Recitative. "Dull God" (Somnus, Iris, Juno)
Della Jones
00:04:32

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Della Jones, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - David Thomas, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Patrizia Kwella, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

31
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "More sweet is that name" - Recitative. "My will obey, she shall be thine" (Juno, Somnus)
Della Jones
00:04:14

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Della Jones, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - David Thomas, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

32
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Duet. "Obey my will, thy rod resign" (Juno, Somnus)
Della Jones
00:02:13

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Della Jones, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - David Thomas, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

33
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "My racking thoughts by no kind slumbers freed" (Semele)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:02:56

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Norma Burrowes, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

34
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Recitative. "Thus shap'd like Ino" (Juno, Semele)
Della Jones
00:01:38

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Della Jones, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Norma Burrowes, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

35
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Recitative. "O ecstasy of happiness!" - Air. "Myself I shall adore" - Recitative. "Be wise, as you are beautiful" (Juno, Semele)
Della Jones
00:08:07

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Della Jones, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Norma Burrowes, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

36
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Accompagnato. "Conjure him" (Juno)
Della Jones
00:01:21

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Della Jones, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

37
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "Thus let my thanks be pay'd" - Recitative. "Rich odours" (Semele, Juno)
Della Jones
00:03:14

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Della Jones, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Norma Burrowes, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

38
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Recitative. "Oh Semele! Why art thou thus insensible?" (Jupiter)
Anthony rolfe Johnson
00:02:51

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

39
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "I ever am granting" - Accompagnato. "Then cast off this human shape" (Semele, Jupiter)
Anthony rolfe Johnson
00:03:10

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Norma Burrowes, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

40
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "Ah! Take heed what you press!" (Jupiter)
Anthony rolfe Johnson
00:01:13

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

41
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "No, no, I'll tak no less" (Semele)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:05:07

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Norma Burrowes, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

42
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Accompagnato. "Ah, wither is she gone!" (Jupiter)
Anthony rolfe Johnson
00:03:24

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

43
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Air. "Above measure is the pleasure" (Juno)
Della Jones
00:02:27

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Della Jones, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

44
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Accompagnato. "Ah me! Too late I now repent" (Semele)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:03:22

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Norma Burrowes, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

45
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Recitative. "Of my ill-boding dream" - Chorus. "Oh terror and astonishment!" (Ino, Priests)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:04:11

George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Catherine Denley, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

46
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Recitative. "See from above" - Sinfonia - Accompagnato. "Apollo comes" (Cadmus, Apollo)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:02:31

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Robert Lloyd, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Maldwyn Davies, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

47
Semele, HWV 58, Act 3: Chorus. "Happy shall we be, and free from care" (Priests)
John Eliot Gardiner
00:03:16

George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

48
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Overture. Lamentations of the Israelites for the Death of Joseph
John Eliot Gardiner
00:02:13

George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Orchestra, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1980 Warner Music UK Limited

49
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Recitative. "Now there arose a new king over Egypt"
John Eliot Gardiner
00:00:27

George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Paul Elliott, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Monteverdi Orchestra, Orchestra

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1980 Warner Music UK Limited

50
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Air with Chorus. "And the children of Israel"
John Eliot Gardiner
00:03:54

George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Monteverdi Orchestra, Orchestra - Christopher Royall, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist

© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1980 Warner Music UK Limited

Album review

For opera fans, the major attraction in this six-disc set dedicated to the works of Handel will likely be the 1981 recording of his English-language opera Semele, with John Eliot Gardiner leading a strong cast of singers. While there may have been more compelling Semeles than Norma Burrowes (whose interpretation is nevertheless very sensitive), the remainder of the cast is consistently excellent, especially Anthony Rolfe Johnson's commanding portrayal of Jupiter. For oratorio fans, the attractions will likely be the three-part oratorio Israel in Egypt, the funeral anthem The Ways of Zion do Mourn, and the coronation anthem Zadok the Priest, all with Gardiner leading the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra in performances of great weight and seriousness, recorded between 1976 and 1978. The concluding two discs include an angular but expressive 1990 account of Handel's early Italian oratorio La Resurrezione, with Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, as well as a muscular performance of the Dixit Dominus from 1977, with Gardiner and the Monteverdi forces. The earlier stereo Gardiner choral recordings sound heavier and fuller than the more vivid recording of Semele, but they all sound dowdy compared with the light and air-filled digital recording of La Resurrezione. The set should be of strong interest to dedicated Handel fans.

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