Les Lunes du Cousin Jacques - Semele (Complete) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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.

Serse is performed by the Early Music Company under Christian Curnyn, who won a BBC Music Award in 2013 for it's recording of Handel's Alceste. They are joined on this recording by a host of excellent soloists including Rosemary Joshua in the role of Romilda, Anna Ste-phany as Xerxes, David Daniels as Arsamene, and Hilary Summers as Amastre.

Triple Feature.