Artaxerxes
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| 1 | Artaxerxes, Act One: Overture (Poco più che andante – Larghetto – Gavotta) Thomas Arne | 5:11 | |
| 2 | Artaxerxes, Act One: Recitative: “Still silence reigns around” (Mandane, Arbaces) Thomas Arne | 0:29 | |
| 3 | Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 1, Duettino: “Fair Aurora, prithee stay” (Mandane, Arbaces) Thomas Arne | 2:16 | |
| 4 | Artaxerxes, Act 1: Recitative: “Alas, thou know’st that for my love to thee” (Arbaces, Mandane) Thomas Arne | 1:13 | |
| 5 | Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 2, Air: “Adieu, thou lovely youth” (Mandane) Thomas Arne | 3:21 | |
| 6 | Artaxerxes, Act One: Recitative: “O cruel parting! How can I survive?” (Arbaces, Mandane) Thomas Arne | 0:57 | |
| 7 | Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 3, Air: “Amid a thousand racking woes” (Arbaces) Thomas Arne | 4:38 | |
| 8 | Artaxerxes, Act One: Recitative: “Be firm, my heart” (Artabanes, Artaxerxes) Thomas Arne | 1:26 | |
| 9 | Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 4, Air: “Behold, on Lethe’s dismal strand” (Artabanes) Thomas Arne | 3:36 | |
| 10 | Artaxerxes, Act One: Recitative: “Stay, Artaxerxes, stay” (Semira, Artaxerxes) Thomas Arne | 0:29 | |
| 11 | Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 5, Air: “Fair Semira, lovely maid” (Artaxerxes) Thomas Arne | 3:26 | |
| 12 | Artaxerxes, Act One: Recitative: “I fear some dread disaster” (Semira, Rimenes) Thomas Arne | 1:29 | |
| 13 | Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 6, Air: “When real joy we miss” (Rimenes) Thomas Arne | 1:59 | |
| 14 | Artaxerxes, Act One: Recitative: “Ye Gods, protectors of the Persian Empire” (Semira) Thomas Arne | 0:36 | |
| 15 | Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 7, Air: “How hard is the fate” (Semira) Thomas Arne | 4:01 | |
| 16 | Artaxerxes, Act One: Recitative: “Whither do I fly?” (Tutti) Thomas Arne | 3:23 | |
| 17 | Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 8, Air: “Thy father! Away, I renounce the soft claim” (Artabanes) Thomas Arne | 1:23 | |
| 18 | Artaxerxes, Act One: Recitative: “Ye cruel Gods, what crime have I committed” (Arbaces) Thomas Arne | 0:14 | |
| 19 | Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 9, Air: “Acquit thee of this foul offence” (Semira) Thomas Arne | 1:27 | |
| 20 | Artaxerxes, Act One: Recitative: “Appearance, I must own, is strong against me” (Arbaces, Artaxerxes, Rimenes, Mandane) Thomas Arne | 0:48 | |
| 21 | Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 10, Air: “O too lovely, too unkind” (Arbaces) Thomas Arne | 4:24 | |
| 22 | Artaxerxes, Act One: Accompanied recitative: “Dear and beloved shade” (Mandane) Thomas Arne | 0:48 | |
| 23 | Artaxerxes, Act One: No. 11, Air: “Fly, soft ideas, fly” (Mandane) Thomas Arne | 5:03 | |
| 24 | Artaxerxes, Act Two: Recitative: “Guards, speed ye to the tower” (Artaxerxes, Artabanes) Thomas Arne | 0:38 | |
| 25 | Artaxerxes, Act Two: No. 12, Air: “In infancy, our hopes and fears” (Artaxerxes) Thomas Arne | 2:12 | |
| 26 | Artaxerxes, Act Two: Recitative: “So far my great resolve succeeds” (Artabanes, Arbaces) Thomas Arne | 1:28 | |
| 27 | Artaxerxes, Act Two: No. 13, Air: “Disdainful you fly me” (Arbaces) Thomas Arne | 2:46 | |
| 28 | Artaxerxes, Act Two: Recitative: “Why, my dear friend, so pensive” (Rimenes, Artabanes, Semira) Thomas Arne | 2:05 | |
| 29 | Artaxerxes, Act Two: No. 14, Air: “To sigh and complain” (Rimenes) Thomas Arne | 1:51 | |
| 30 | Artaxerxes, Act Two: Recitative: “How many links to dire misfortune’s chain” (Semira, Mandane) Thomas Arne | 1:12 | |
| 31 | Artaxerxes, Act Two: No. 15, Air: “If o’er the cruel tyrant love” (Mandane) Thomas Arne | 3:00 | |
| 32 | Artaxerxes, Act Two: Recitative: “Which fatal evil shall I first oppose?” (Semira) Thomas Arne | 0:30 | |
| 33 | Artaxerxes, Act Two: No. 16, Air: “If the river’s swelling waves” (Semira) Thomas Arne | 2:34 | |
| 34 | Artaxerxes, Act Two: Recitative: “Ye solid pillars of the Persian Empire” (Tutti) Thomas Arne | 5:00 | |
| 35 | Artaxerxes, Act Two: No. 17, Air: “By that belov’d embrace” (Arbaces) Thomas Arne | 3:31 | |
| 36 | Artaxerxes, Act Two: Recitative: “Ah me, at poor Arbaces’ parting” (Mandane, Artabanes) Thomas Arne | 0:46 | |
| 37 | Artaxerxes, Act Two: No. 18, Air: “Monster, away” (Mandane) Thomas Arne | 2:36 | |
| 38 | Artaxerxes, Act Two: Recitative: “See, lov’d Semira” (Artaxerxes, Semira, Artabanes) Thomas Arne | 1:02 | |
| 39 | Artaxerxes, Act Two: Accompanied recitative: “At last my soul has room” (Artabanes) Thomas Arne | 0:37 | |
| 40 | Artaxerxes, Act Two: No. 19, Air: “Thou, like the glorious sun” (Artabanes) Thomas Arne | 5:03 | |
| 41 | Artaxerxes, Act Three: No. 20, Air: “Why is death for ever late” (Arbaces) Thomas Arne | 2:57 | |
| 42 | Artaxerxes, Act Three: Recitative: “Arbaces! Gracious Heav’n” (Artaxerxes, Arbaces) Thomas Arne | 1:13 | |
| 43 | Artaxerxes, Act Three: No. 21, Air: “Water parted from the sea” (Arbaces) Thomas Arne | 2:19 | |
| 44 | Artaxerxes, Act Three: Recitative: “That face, secure in conscious innocence” (Artaxerxes) Thomas Arne | 0:25 | |
| 45 | Artaxerxes, Act Three: No. 22, Air: “Though oft a cloud with envious shade” (Artaxerxes) Thomas Arne | 3:38 | |
| 46 | Artaxerxes, Act Three: Recitative: “My son, Arbaces... where art thou retir’d?” (Artabanes, Rimenes) Thomas Arne | 1:52 | |
| 47 | Artaxerxes, Act Three: No. 23, Air: “O let the danger of a son” (Rimenes) Thomas Arne | 2:15 | |
| 48 | Artaxerxes, Act Three: Accompanied recitative: “Ye adverse Gods!” (Artabanes) Thomas Arne | 0:41 | |
| 49 | Artaxerxes, Act Three: No. 24, Air: “O, much lov’d son, if death” (Artabanes) Thomas Arne | 5:15 | |
| 50 | Artaxerxes, Act Three: Recitative: “Perhaps the King releas’d Arbaces” (Mandane, Semira) Thomas Arne | 1:34 | |
| 51 | Artaxerxes, Act Three: No. 25, Air: “Let not rage, thy bosom firing” (Mandane) Thomas Arne | 4:24 | |
| 52 | Artaxerxes, Act Three: Recitative: “What have I done? Alas, I vainly thought” (Semira) Thomas Arne | 0:24 | |
| 53 | Artaxerxes, Act Three: No. 26, Air: “’Tis not true that in our grief” (Semira) Thomas Arne | 4:08 | |
| 54 | Artaxerxes, Act Three: Recitative: “Nor here my searching eyes” (Arbaces, Mandane) Thomas Arne | 1:20 | |
| 55 | Artaxerxes, Act Three: No. 27, Duetto: “For thee I live, my dearest” (Arbaces, Mandane) Thomas Arne | 3:37 | |
| 56 | Artaxerxes, Act Three: Recitative: “To you, my people, much belov’d” (Artaxerxes, Artabanes, Semira, Mandane) Thomas Arne | 2:20 | |
| 57 | Artaxerxes, Act Three: No. 28, Air: “The soldier, tir’d of war’s alarms” (Mandane) Thomas Arne | 3:33 | |
| 58 | Artaxerxes, Act Three: Recitative: “Behold, my King, Arbaces at thy feet” (Arbaces, Artaxerxes, Mandane, Artabanes) Thomas Arne | 2:25 | |
| 59 | Artaxerxes, Act Three: No. 29, Finale: “Live to us, to Empire live” (Semira, Mandane, Arbaces, Artabanes) Thomas Arne | 3:28 |