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Handel' oratorio Semele was composed in 1743 and tells of a beautiful mortal, whose short but spectacular love affair with Jupiter. King of the Gods, comes to a terrifying end in consequence of both her own vanity and the scheming of Jupiter' insanely. Album Tracks 1. Act 1. Ouvertura 2. Act 1. Gavotte 3. Act 1. Accompagnato. Behold! Auspicious Flashes Rise 4. Act 1. Chorus of Priests and Augurs. Lucky Omens Bless Our Rites 5. Act 1. Recitativo Ed Arioso. Daughter, Obey 6. Act 1. Accompagnato Ed Aria. Ah, Me! What Refuge Now Is Left Me? 7. Act 1. Aria. the Morning Lark 8. Act 1. Aria. See, She Blushing Turns Her Eyes 9. Act 1. Recitativo. Alas! She Yields 10. Act 1. Quartetto. Why Dost Thou Thus Untimely Grieve 11. Act 1. Chorus of Priests and Augurs. Avert These Omens, All Ye Pow'rs! 12. Act 1. Accompagnato. Again Auspicious Flashes Rise 13. Act 1. Recitativo. Thy Aid, Pronubial Juno 14. Act 1. Chorus of Priests and Augurs. Cease Your Vows 15. Act 1. Recitativo. O Athamas, What Torture Hast Thou Borne! 16. Act 1. Aria. Turn, Hopeless Lover 17. Act 1. Recitativo. She Weeps! 18. Act 1. Aria. Your Tuneful Voice 19. Act 1. Recitativo. Too Well I See 20. Act 1. Duetto. You've Undone Me 21. Act 1. Recitativo Ed Accompagnato. Ah, Wretched Prince 22. Act 1. Chorus of Priests and Augurs. Hail, Cadmus, Hail! 23. Act 1. Aria. Endless Pleasure, Endless Love 24. Act 1. Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs. Endless Pleasure, Endless Love 1. Act 2. Sinfonia 2. Act 2. Recitativo. Iris, Impatient of Thy Stay 3. Act 2. Aria. There, from Mortal Cares Retiring 4. Act 2. Recitativo Ed Accompagnato. No More! 5. Act 2. Aria. Hence, Iris, Hence Away! 6. Act 2. Aria. Come, Zephyrs, Come 7. Act 2. Aria. O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me? 8. Act 2. Recitativo. Let Me Not Another Moment 9. Act 2. Aria. Lay Your Doubts and Fears Aside 1
