Thomas ARNE Artaxerxes 2CDs

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C'te English opera. Robson, Partridge, Spence, Bott, Parley of Insts/ Goodman (Hyp)

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Artaxerxes

CD1
1 Act 1 No 01: Overture. Poco più che andante – Larghetto – Gavotta [5'01]
2 Act 1 No 02. Recitative: Still silence reigns around (Mandane/Arbaces) [0'27]
Catherine Bott (soprano), Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano)
3 Act 1 No 03. Duettino: Fair Aurora, pr'ythee stay (Mandane/Arbaces) [2'19]
Catherine Bott (soprano), Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano)
4 Act 1 No 04. Recitative: Alas, thou know'st that for my Love of thee (Arbaces/Mandane) [1'18]
Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano), Catherine Bott (soprano)
5 Act 1 No 05. Air: Adieu, thou lovely Youth (Mandane) [3'07]
Catherine Bott (soprano)
6 Act 1 No 06. Recitative: O cruel parting! (Arbaces/Artabanes) [1'10]
Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor)
7 Act 1 No 07. Air: Amid a thousand racking Woes (Arbaces) [4'28]
Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano)
8 Act 1 No 08. Recitative: Be firm my Heart (Artabanes/Artaxerxes) [2'00]
Ian Partridge (tenor), Christopher Robson (countertenor)
9 Act 1 No 09. Air: Behold, on Lethe's dismal Strand (Artabanes) [3'37]
Ian Partridge (tenor)
10 Act 1 No 10. Recitative: Stay, Artaxerxes, stay (Semira/Artaxerxes) [0'30]
Philippa Hyde (soprano), Christopher Robson (countertenor)
11 Act 1 No 11. Air: Fair Semira, lovely Maid (Artaxerxes) [3'08]
Christopher Robson (countertenor)
12 Act 1 No 12. Recitative: I fear some dread Disaster (Semira/Rimenes) [1'28]
Philippa Hyde (soprano), Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor)
13 Act 1 No 13. Air: When real Joys we miss (Rimenes) [1'57]
Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor)
14 Act 1 No 14. Recitative: Ye Gods, Protectors of the Persian Empire (Semira) [0'33]
Philippa Hyde (soprano)
15 Act 1 No 15. Air: How hard is the Fate (Semira) [3'38]
Philippa Hyde (soprano)
16 Act 1 No 16. Recitative: Where do I fly? (Mandane/Artaxerxes/Artabanes/Semira/Rimenes/Arbaces) [3'56]
Catherine Bott (soprano), Christopher Robson (countertenor), Ian Partridge (tenor), Philippa Hyde (soprano), Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor), Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano)
17 Act 1 No 17. Air: Thy Father! away, I renounce the soft Claim (Artabanes) [1'37]
Ian Partridge (tenor)
18 Act 1 No 18. Recitative: Ye cruel Gods, what Crime have I committed? (Arbaces) [0'18]
Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano)
19 Act 1 No 19. Air: Acquit thee of this foul Offence (Semira) [1'33]
Philippa Hyde (soprano)
20 Act 1 No 20. Recitative: Appearance, I must own, is strong against me (Arbaces/Artaxerxes/Rimenes/Mandane) [0'47]
Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano), Christopher Robson (countertenor), Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor), Catherine Bott (soprano)
21 Act 1 No 21. Air: O too lovely, too unkind (Arbaces) [4'49]
Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano)
22 Act 1 No 22. Recitative: Dear and beloved Shade of my dead Father (Mandane) [0'48]
Catherine Bott (soprano)
23 Act 1 No 23. Air: Fly, soft Ideas, fly (Mandane) [5'02]
Catherine Bott (soprano)
24 Act 2 No 01. Recitative: Guards, speed ye to the Tower (Artaxerxes/Artabanes) [0'40]
Christopher Robson (countertenor), Ian Partridge (tenor)
25 Act 2 No 02. Air: In Infancy, our Hopes and Fears (Artaxerxes) [2'10]
Christopher Robson (countertenor)
26 Act 2 No 03. Recitative: So far my great Resolve succeeds (Artabanes/Arbaces) [1'31]
Ian Partridge (tenor), Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano)
27 Act 2 No 04. Air: Disdainful you fly me (Arbaces) [3'01]
Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano)
28 Act 2 No 05. Recitative: Why, my dear Friend, so pensive, so inactive? (Rimenes/Artabanes/Semira) [2'10]
Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor), Ian Partridge (tenor), Philippa Hyde (soprano)
29 Act 2 No 06. Air: To sigh and complain (Rimenes) [1'51]
Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor)
30 Act 2 No 07. Recitative: How many Links to dire Misfortune's Chain! (Semira/Mandane) [1'15]
Philippa Hyde (soprano), Catherine Bott (soprano)
31 Act 2 No 08. Air: If o'er the cruel Tyrant Love (Mandane) [2'41]
Catherine Bott (soprano)
32 Act 2 No 09. Recitative: Which fatal Evil shall I first oppose? (Semira) [0'26]
Philippa Hyde (soprano)
33 Act 2 No 10. Air: If the River's swelling Waves (Semira) [2'32]
Philippa Hyde (soprano)


CD2
1 Act 2 No 11. Recitative: Ye solid Pillars of the Persian Empire (Artaxerxes/Mandane/Artabanes/Rimenes/Semira/Arbaces) [5'22]
Christopher Robson (countertenor), Catherine Bott (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor), Philippa Hyde (soprano), Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano)
2 Act 2 No 12. Air: By that belov'd Embrace (Arbaces) [3'22]
Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano)
3 Act 2 No 13. Recitative: Ah me! at poor Arbaces parting (Mandane/Artabanes) [0'50]
Catherine Bott (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor)
4 Act 2 No 14. Air: Monster, away! (Mandane) [2'34]
Catherine Bott (soprano)
5 Act 2 No 15. Recitative: See, lov'd Semira! (Artaxerxes/Semira/Artabanes) [1'55]
Christopher Robson (countertenor), Philippa Hyde (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor)
6 Act 2 No 16. Air: Thou, like the glorious Sun (Artabanes) [3'12]
Ian Partridge (tenor)
7 Act 3 No 01. Arietta: Why is Death for ever late (Arbaces) [3'04]
Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano)
8 Act 3 No 02. Recitative: Arbaces! (Artaxerxes/Arbaces) [1'25]
Christopher Robson (countertenor), Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano)
9 Act 3 No 03. Air: Water parted from the Sea (Arbaces) [2'44]
Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano)
10 Act 3 No 04. Recitative: That Front, secure in conscious Innocence (Artaxerxes) [0'22]
Christopher Robson (countertenor)
11 Act 3 No 05. Air: Tho' oft a Cloud, with envious Shade (Artaxerxes) [3'42]
Christopher Robson (countertenor)
12 Act 3 No 06. Recitative: My Son, Arbaces – where art thou retir'd? (Artabanes/Rimenes) [2'16]
Ian Partridge (tenor), Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor)
13 Act 3 No 07. Air: O let the Danger of a Son (Rimenes) [2'13]
Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor)
14 Act 3 No 08. Recitative: Ye adverse Gods! (Artabanes) [0'46]
Ian Partridge (tenor)
15 Act 3 No 09. Air: O, much lov'd Son, if Death (Artabanes) [5'19]
Ian Partridge (tenor)
16 Act 3 No 10. Recitative: Perhaps the King releas'd Arbaces (Mandane/Semira) [1'25]
Catherine Bott (soprano), Philippa Hyde (soprano)
17 Act 3 No 11. Air: Let not Rage thy Bosom firing (Mandane) [4'16]
Catherine Bott (soprano)
18 Act 3 No 12. Recitative: What have I done! alas, I vainly thought (Semira) [0'26]
Philippa Hyde (soprano)
19 Act 3 No 13. Air: 'Tis not true, that in our Grief (Semira) [5'00]
Philippa Hyde (soprano)
20 Act 3 No 14. Recitative: Nor here my searching Eyes can find Mandane (Arbaces/Mandane) [1'13]
Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano), Catherine Bott (soprano)
21 Act 3 No 15. Duetto: For thee I live, my Dearest (Arbaces/Mandane) [3'42]
Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano), Catherine Bott (soprano)
22 Act 3 No 16. Recitative: To you my People, much belov'd, I offer (Artaxerxes/Artabanes/Semira/Mandane) [2'36]
Christopher Robson (countertenor), Ian Partridge (tenor), Philippa Hyde (soprano), Catherine Bott (soprano)
23 Act 3 No 17. Air: The Soldier, tir'd of War's Alarms (Mandane) [3'27]
Catherine Bott (soprano)
24 Act 3 No 18. Recitative: Behold my King, Arbaces at thy Feet (Arbaces/Artaxerxes/Mandane/Artabanes) [2'50]
Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano), Christopher Robson (countertenor), Catherine Bott (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor)
25 Act 3 No 19. Chorus: Live to us, to Empire live [3'19]
Christopher Robson (countertenor), Ian Partridge (tenor), Patricia Spence (mezzo-soprano), Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor), Catherine Bott (soprano), Philippa Hyde (soprano)

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