Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele (2022) [FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]

Semele is a masterpiece. For what else can one call a drama in which the perfect symbiosis of text and music conjures up such suggestive power? “To hold the mind, the ears and the eyes equally spellbound”: this recommendation by La Bruyère (Les Caractères: Les ouvrages de l’esprit) refers to the “machine plays” so adored by the public in the Baroque period. But even without machinery or indeed without sets or real staging, Handel’s oratorio involves us in the tragic fate of his heroine with supreme skill.

Tracklist:
1. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58: Overture (04:33)
2. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 1, Behold! Auspicious Flashes Rise (Priest) (01:20)
3. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 2, Lucky Omens Bless Our Rites (Chorus of Priests) (03:39)
4. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 3, Daughter, Obey, Hear and Obey! (Cadmus, Athamas) (01:09)
5. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 4, Ah Me! What Refuge Now is Left Me? (Semele) (01:05)
6. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 5, Oh Jove! in Pity Teach Me (Semele) (02:06)
7. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 6, The Morning Lark To Mine Accords (Semele) (07:10)
8. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 7, See, She Blushing Turns Her Eyes (Athamas) (00:18)
9. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 8, Hymen, Haste! (Athamas) (04:52)
10. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 9, Alas! She Yields (Ino, Athamas, Semele) (00:49)
11. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 10, Why Dost Thou Thus Untimely Grieve (Semele, Ino, Athamas, Cadmus) (02:32)
12. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 11, Avert These Omens (Chorus of Priests) (01:54)
13. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 12, Again Auspicious Flashes Rise (Cadmus) (00:42)
14. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 13, Thy Aid, Pronubial Juno, Athamas Implores! (Athamas, Semele) (00:19)
15. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 14, Cease, Cease Your Vow’s (Chorus of Priests) (00:38)
16. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 15, O Athamas, What Torture Hast Thou Borne! (Ino) (00:27)
17. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 16, Turn, Hopeless Lover (Ino) (08:45)
18. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 17, She Weeps! The Gentle Maid in Tender Pity (Athamas) (00:33)
19. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 18, Your Tuneful Voice My Tale Would Tell (Athamas) (05:24)
20. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 19, Too Well I See, Thou Wilt not Understand Me! (Ino, Athamas) (00:55)
21. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 20, Air (Andante Larghetto):You’ve Undone Me, Look not On Me (Ino, Athamas) (02:24)
22. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 21, Ah, Wretched Prince (Cadmus, Athamas) (00:40)
23. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 22, Wing’d With Our Fears and Pious Haste (Cadmus) (01:08)
24. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 23, O Prodigy, to Me of Dire Portent! (Athamas, Ino) (00:11)
25. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 24, See, See! Jove’s Priests and Holy Augurs Come (Cadmus) (00:17)
26. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 25, Hail Cadmus, Hail! (Chorus of Priests and Augurs) (01:35)
27. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 26, Endless Pleasure, Endless Love (Semele) (02:52)
28. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 27, Endless Pleasure, Endless Love (Chorus of Priests and Augurs) (02:09)
29. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 1, Iris, Impatient of Thy Stay (Juno, Iris) (00:50)
30. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 2, There, From Mortal Cares Retiring (Iris) (03:32)
31. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 3, No More! I’ll Hear No More! (Juno) (00:06)
32. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 4, Awake, Saturnia, From Thy Lethargy! (Juno, Iris) (02:04)
33. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 5, Hence, Hence, Iris, Hence Away (Juno) (03:28)
34. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 6, O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me? (Semele) (03:06)
35. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 7, Come, Zephyrs, Come (Cupid) (05:23)
36. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 8, Let Me not Another Moment (Semele) (00:24)
37. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 9, Lay Your Doubts and Fears Aside (Jupiter) (03:09)
38. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 10, You Are Mortal (Jupiter) (00:26)
39. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 11, With Fond Desiring (Semele) (03:09)
40. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 12, How Engaging, How Endearing (Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs) (03:18)
41. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 13, Ah Me! Why Sighs My Semele? (Semele, Jupiter) (01:26)
42. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 14, I Must With Speed Amuse Her (Jupiter) (04:03)
43. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 15, Now Love That Everlasting Boy Invites (Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs) (02:19)
44. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 16, By My Command Now (Jupiter, Semele) (01:30)
45. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 17, Where’er You Walk, Cool Gales Shall Fan the Glade (Jupiter) (04:25)
46. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 18, Dear Sister, How Was Your Passage Hither? (Semele, Ino) (00:49)
47. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 19, But Hark! the Heav’nly Sphere Turns Round (Ino) (02:03)
48. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 20, Prepare Then, Ye Immortal Choir! (Ino, Semele) (01:52)
49. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act II: No. 21, Bless the Glad Earth With Heav’nly Lays (Chorus of Nymphs) (02:52)
50. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 1, Larghetto e piano per tutto (01:18)
51. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 2, Somnus, Awake! (Juno, Iris) (00:27)
52. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 3, Leave Me, Loathsome Light! (Somnus) (03:36)
53. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 4, Dull God, Canst Thou Attend the Water’s Fall (Iris, Juno) (00:42)
54. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 5, More Sweet is That Name (Somnus) (02:05)
55. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 6, My Will Obey, She Shall Be Thine (Juno, Somnus) (01:21)
56. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 7, Obey My Will, Thy Rod Resign (Juno, Somnus) (01:56)
57. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 8, Thus Shap’d Like Ino, With Ease I Shall Deceive Her (Juno, Semele) (01:42)
58. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 9, Behold in This Mirrour (Juno) (02:51)
59. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 10, Myself I Shall Adore (Semele) (07:05)
60. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 11, Be Wise, as You Are Beautiful (Juno, Semele) (00:31)
61. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 12, Conjure Him by His Oath (Juno) (01:15)
62. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 13, Thus Let My Thanks Be Paid (Semele) (02:45)
63. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 14, Rich Odours Fill the Fragrant Air (Juno, Semele) (00:29)
64. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 15, Come to My Arms, My Lovely Fair (Jupiter) (03:41)
65. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 16, O Semele! Why Art Thou Thus Insensible? (Jupiter) (00:24)
66. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 17, By That Tremendous Flood (Jupiter) (00:27)
67. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 18, You’ll Grant What I Require? (Semele, Jupiter) (00:14)
68. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 19, Then Cast off This Human Shape (Semele) (00:15)
69. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 20, Ah! Take Heed What You Press! (Jupiter) (01:22)
70. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 21, No, No, I’ll Take No Less (Semele) (06:42)
71. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 22, Ah, Whither Is She Gone! (Jupiter) (02:01)
72. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 23, Above Measure Is the Pleasure (Juno) (02:08)
73. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 24, Ah Me! Too Late I Now Repent (Semele) (03:23)
74. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 25, Of My Illiboding Dream (Ino) (00:19)
75. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 26, Oh Terror and Astonishment! (Chorus of Priests) (04:54)
76. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 27, How I Was Hence Remov’d (Ino, Cadmus, Athamas) (00:58)
77. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 28, See From Above (Cadmus) (00:17)
78. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 29, Apollo Comes (Apollo) (00:48)
79. Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra & Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 30, Happy, Happy Shall We Be (Chorus of Priests) (03:11)