Act I: Overture

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Gavotte

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Accompagnato: Behold! Auspicious flashes rise (Chief Priest)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Ralf Popken

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Lucky omens bless our rites (Chorus of Priests and Augurs)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Junge Kantorei, Barockorchester Frankfurt

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Recitative and Arioso: Daughter, obey, Hear and obey! (Cadmus, Athamas)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Ralf Popken, Klaus Mertens

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Accompagnato and Aria: Ah me! What refuge now is left me? (Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Aria: The morning lark to mine accords his note (Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Aria: See, she blushing turns her eyes (Ino)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Britta Schwarz

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Recitative: Alas! She yields, and has undone me! (Ino, Athamas, Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Britta Schwarz, Ralf Popken, Elisabeth Scholl

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Quartet: Why dost thou thus untimely grieve (Cadmus, Ino, Athamas, Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl, Ralf Popken, Britta Schwarz, Klaus Mertens

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Avert these omens, all ye pow'rs! (Chorus of Priests and Augurs)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Junge Kantorei, Barockorchester Frankfurt

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Accompagnato: Again auspicious flashes rise (Cadmus)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Klaus Mertens

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Recitative: Thy aid, pronubial Juno, Athamas implores! (Athamas, Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl, Ralf Popken

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Cease, cease your vows, 'tis impious to proceed (Chorus of Priests and Augurs)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Junge Kantorei, Barockorchester Frankfurt

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Recitative: O Athamas, what torture hast thou borne! (Athamas)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Ralf Popken

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Aria: Turn, hopeless lover, turn thy eye (Ino)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Britta Schwarz

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Recitative: She weeps! (Athamas)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Ralf Popken

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Aria: Your tuneful voice my tale would tell (Athamas)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Ralf Popken

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Recitative: Too well I see, Thou wilt not understand me (Ino, Athamas)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Ralf Popken, Britta Schwarz

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Duet: You've undone me (Ino, Athamas)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Ralf Popken, Britta Schwarz

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Recitative and Accompagnato: Ah, wretched prince, doom'd to disastrous love! (Cadmus, Athamas, Ino)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Ralf Popken, Britta Schwarz, Klaus Mertens

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Hail, Cadmus, hail! Jove salutes the Theban King (Chorus of Priests and Augurs)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Junge Kantorei, Barockorchester Frankfurt

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Aria: Endless pleasure, endless love (Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act I: Endless pleasure, endless love (Chorus of Love and Zephyrs)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Junge Kantorei, Barockorchester Frankfurt

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: Symphony

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: Recitative: Iris, impatient of thy stay (Juno, Iris)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Julla Schmidt, Annette Markert

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: Aria: There, from mortal cares retiring (Iris)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Julla Schmidt

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: Recitative and Accompagnato: No more, I'll hear no more! (Juno, Iris)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Julla Schmidt, Annette Markert

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: Aria: Hence, Iris, hence away! (Juno)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Annette Markert

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: Aria: Come, Zephyrs, come (Cupid)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Julla Schmidt

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: Aria: O sleep, why dost thou leave me? (Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: Recitative: Let me not another moment bear the pangs of absence (Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: Aria: Lay your doubts and fears aside (Jupiter)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Knut Schoch

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: Recitative: You are mortal and require time to rest (Jupiter)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Knut Schoch

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: Aria: With fond desiring (Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: How engaging, how endearing (Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Junge Kantorei, Barockorchester Frankfurt

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: Recitative: Ah me! (Semele, Jupiter)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl, Knut Schoch

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: Aria: I must with speed amuse her (Jupiter)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Knut Schoch

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: Now Love, that everlasting boy (Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Junge Kantorei, Barockorchester Frankfurt

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: Recitative: By my command now (Jupiter, Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl, Knut Schoch

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: Aria: Where'er you walk (Jupiter)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Knut Schoch

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: Recitative: Dear sister, how was your passage hither? (Semele, Ino)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl, Britta Schwarz

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: Aria: But hark! (Ino)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Britta Schwarz

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: Accompagnato and Arioso: Prepare then, ye immortal choir (Ino, Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl, Britta Schwarz

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act II: Bless the glad earth with heav'nly lays (Chorus of Nymphs and Swains)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Junge Kantorei, Barockorchester Frankfurt

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Symphony

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Accompagnato: Somnus, awake! (Juno, Iris)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Julla Schmidt, Annette Markert

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Aria: Leave me, loathsome light! (Somnus)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Klaus Mertens

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Recitative: Dull God, canst thou attend the water's fall (Iris, Juno)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Julla Schmidt, Annette Markert

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Aria: More sweet is that name (Somnus)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Klaus Mertens

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Recitative: My will obey (Juno, Somnus)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Annette Markert, Klaus Mertens

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Duet: Obey my will (Juno, Somnus)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Annette Markert, Klaus Mertens

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Aria: My racking thoughts by no kind slumbers freed (Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Recitative: Thus shap'd like Ino (Juno, Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl, Annette Markert

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Accompagnato: Behold in this mirror (Juno)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Annette Markert

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Recitative: O ecstasy of happiness! (Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Aria: Myself I shall adore (Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Recitative: Be wise, as you are beautiful (Juno, Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl, Annette Markert

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Accompagnato: Conjure him by his oath (Juno)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Annette Markert

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Aria: Thus let my thanks be pay'd (Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Recitative: Rich odours fill the fragrant air (Juno, Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl, Annette Markert

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Aria: Come to my arms, my lovely fair (Jupiter)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Knut Schoch

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Recitative: O Semele! Why art thou thus insensible? (Jupiter, Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl, Knut Schoch

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Recitative: Speak, speak your desire (Jupiter, Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl, Knut Schoch

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Aria: Ah! Take heed what you press! (Jupiter)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Knut Schoch

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Aria: No, no, I'll take no less (Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Recitative: Ah, whither is she gone! (Jupiter)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Knut Schoch

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Aria: Above measure is the pleasure (Juno)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Annette Markert

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Recitative: Ah me! Too late I now repent (Semele)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Recitative: Of my ill-boding dream (Ino)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Britta Schwarz

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Chorus: Oh, terror and astonishment! (Chorus of Priests)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Junge Kantorei, Barockorchester Frankfurt

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Recitative: How I was hence remov'd (Ino, Cadmus, Athamas)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Ralf Popken, Britta Schwarz, Klaus Mertens

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Aria: Despair no more shall wound me (Athamas)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Ralf Popken

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Recitative: See from above the bellying clouds descend (Cadmus)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Klaus Mertens

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Symphony

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Recitative: Apollo comes, to relieve your care (Apollo)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

Performer: Knut Schoch

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

Act III: Happy, happy shall we be (Chorus)

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: Junge Kantorei, Barockorchester Frankfurt

Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini