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CHAN 3019
Multiple Set of 3 CDs
Handel: Julius Caesar
Running Time: 183:20
Release Date: April 1999
Originally recorded in August 1984
Composer
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel
Solo mezzo-soprano - Julius Caesar
Dame Janet Baker
Dame Janet Baker
Solo baritone - Curio
Christopher Booth-Jones
Christopher Booth-Jones
Solo mezzo-soprano - Cornelia
Sarah Walker
Sarah Walker
Mezzo Voice mezzo-soprano - Sextus
Della Jones
Della Jones
Solo soprano - Cleopatra
Valerie Masterson
Valerie Masterson
Solo counter-tenor - Ptolemy
James Bowman
James Bowman
Bass Voice bass - Achillas
Sir John Tomlinson
Sir John Tomlinson
Solo counter-tenor - Nirenus
David James
David James
Orchestra
English National Opera Orchestra
English National Opera Orchestra
Conductor
Sir Charles Mackerras
Sir Charles Mackerras
Venue
Abbey Road Studio, London
Abbey Road Studio, London
Producer
John Fraser
John Fraser
Engineer
Mark Vigars
Mark Vigars
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
Temporarily out of stock
Opera - Julius Caesar
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Julius Caesar
183:56
Libretto by Nicola Haym
English translation by Brian Trowell
Edition prepared by Noel Davies and Sir Charles Mackerras
COMPACT DISC ONE
1.
Overture
3:02
Act I
Scene 1
2.
'Caesar! Caesar! Egypt acclaims thee'
1:38
Chorus
3.
'Kneel in tribute, fair land of Egypt'
2:05
Caesar
4.
'Curio, Caesar has come . . .'
2:33
Caesar, Cornelia, Sextus, Achillas
5.
'Tyrant, avoid my sight'
3:57
Caesar
6.
'Mother!' 'Cornelia!'
0:43
Sextus, Curio, Cornelia
7.
'Grief and woe all hope deny me'
6:10
Cornelia
8.
'The time for tears is over'
0:27
Sextus
9.
'Come rouse yourselves to vengeance'
4:07
Sextus
Scene 2
10.
'You shall be Queen, Cleopatra'
2:00
Cleopatra, Nirenus, Ptolemy
11.
'Yet why despair?'
4:37
Cleopatra
12.
'Pharaoh, my King!'
1:10
Achillas, Ptolemy
13.
'Upstart, barbarian and traitor!'
3:41
Ptolemy
Scene 3
14.
'Spirit of mighty Pompey'
5:19
Caesar, Curio, Cleopatra, Nirenus
15.
'Here within thee, O friendly marble'
3:03
Cornelia
16.
'Alas! Reviled and neglected, must I remain here for ever?'
2:03
Cornelia, Sextus, Cleopatra, Nirenus
17.
'O star of my desire'
5:32
Cleopatra
Scene 4
18.
'Caesar! A generous destiny . . .'
1:08
Ptolemy, Caesar, Achillas
19.
'How silently, how slyly'
6:29
Caesar
20.
'Sire, with Sextus her son, the lady Cornelia'
1:58
Achillas, Cornelia, Sextus, Ptolemy
21.
'Ne'er reject a tender lover'
5:13
Achillas
22.
'Mother!' 'My dearest!'
0:37
Sextus, Cornelia
23.
'Condemn'd to grieve and cry, my love'
7:44
Cornelia, Sextus
75:26
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act II
Scene 1
1.
'Have you done as I ordered, faithful Nirenus?'
2:48
Cleopatra, Nirenus, Caesar
2.
'Lamenting, complaining of Caesar's disdaining'
4:37
Cleopatra, Caesar
3.
'Fly then, fly, O my heart'
0:42
Caesar, Nirenus
4.
'Fleet o'er flowery meadow gliding'
7:47
Caesar
Scene 2
5.
'Still despairing, still lamenting'
2:19
Cornelia
6.
'Lady, forget your grieving'
2:05
Achillas, Cornelia, Ptolemy
7.
'Deep within my bosom burning'
3:19
Ptolemy
8.
'So why delay?'
1:17
Cornelia, Sextus
9.
'Sigh no more, forget lamenting'
3:14
Cornelia
10.
'He is no son who seeks not full revenge . . .'
0:23
Sextus
11.
'Wounded, the serpent ne'er reposes'
5:05
Sextus
Scene 3
12.
'Soon he will come to find me'
0:44
Cleopatra
13.
'Venus, fair lady, one favour send me'
4:53
Cleopatra
14.
'Ah gods! What do I see?'
2:49
Caesar, Cleopatra, Curio
15.
'In anger and fury I'll turn on the foe'
1:41
Caesar, Chorus
16.
'They will kill him'
1:10
Cleopatra
17.
'Hear my prayer, O gods, relenting'
9:40
Cleopatra
54:40
COMPACT DISC THREE
1.
Symphony
0:41
Act III
Scene 1
2.
'So! You are beaten!'
0:56
Ptolemy, Cleopatra
3.
'I shall tame your pride unbending'
4:14
Ptolemy
4.
'And so in one brief hour all my glory is gone?'
1:06
Cleopatra
5.
'Flow, my tears'
6:50
Cleopatra
6.
'From the perils of the ocean'
2:06
Caesar
7.
'Zephyrs! Zephyrs, come to mine aid!'
6:35
Caesar
8.
'Nirenus, the battle is fought and lost'
2:23
Sextus, Achillas, Caesar, Curio
9.
'See in spate the high cataract storming'
4:33
Caesar
Scene 2
10.
'Ladies, my faithful servants'
3:25
Cleopatra, Caesar
11.
'Stormy winds my ship had shaken'
6:24
Cleopatra
Scene 3
12.
Symphony
2:59
13.
'Here, Curio and your legions'
2:27
Nirenus, Caesar, Sextus, Cornelia, Cleopatra
14.
'Dearest!' 'Fairest!'
5:45
Cleopatra, Caesar
15.
'Long, long may Egypt continue'
0:29
Caesar
16.
'Proclaim we all great Caesar's glory'
0:52
Chorus
17.
'A vow I give you'
0:57
Caesar, Cleopatra
18.
'Proclaim we all great Caesar's glory'
0:49
Chorus
53:50
Solo: Dame Janet Baker mezzo-soprano - Julius Caesar
Solo: Christopher Booth-Jones baritone - Curio
Solo: Sarah Walker mezzo-soprano - Cornelia
Solo: Valerie Masterson soprano - Cleopatra
Solo: James Bowman counter-tenor - Ptolemy
Solo: David James counter-tenor - Nirenus
Choral: English National Opera Chorus
Orchestra: English National Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
1-7 August 1984
