Handel: Julius Caesar

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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

Overture

3:02

Act I

Scene 1

'Caesar! Caesar! Egypt acclaims thee'

1:38

Chorus

'Kneel in tribute, fair land of Egypt'

2:05

Caesar

'Curio, Caesar has come . . .'

2:33

Caesar, Cornelia, Sextus, Achillas

'Tyrant, avoid my sight'

3:57

Caesar

'Mother!' 'Cornelia!'

0:43

Sextus, Curio, Cornelia

'Grief and woe all hope deny me'

6:10

Cornelia

'The time for tears is over'

0:27

Sextus

'Come rouse yourselves to vengeance'

4:07

Sextus

Scene 2

'You shall be Queen, Cleopatra'

2:00

Cleopatra, Nirenus, Ptolemy

'Yet why despair?'

4:37

Cleopatra

'Pharaoh, my King!'

1:10

Achillas, Ptolemy

'Upstart, barbarian and traitor!'

3:41

Ptolemy

Scene 3

'Spirit of mighty Pompey'

5:19

Caesar, Curio, Cleopatra, Nirenus

'Here within thee, O friendly marble'

3:03

Cornelia

'Alas! Reviled and neglected, must I remain here for ever?'

2:03

Cornelia, Sextus, Cleopatra, Nirenus

'O star of my desire'

5:32

Cleopatra

Scene 4

'Caesar! A generous destiny . . .'

1:08

Ptolemy, Caesar, Achillas

'How silently, how slyly'

6:29

Caesar

'Sire, with Sextus her son, the lady Cornelia'

1:58

Achillas, Cornelia, Sextus, Ptolemy

'Ne'er reject a tender lover'

5:13

Achillas

'Mother!' 'My dearest!'

0:37

Sextus, Cornelia

'Condemn'd to grieve and cry, my love'

7:44

Cornelia, Sextus

75:26

COMPACT DISC TWO

Act II

Scene 1

'Have you done as I ordered, faithful Nirenus?'

2:48

Cleopatra, Nirenus, Caesar

'Lamenting, complaining of Caesar's disdaining'

4:37

Cleopatra, Caesar

'Fly then, fly, O my heart'

0:42

Caesar, Nirenus

'Fleet o'er flowery meadow gliding'

7:47

Caesar

Scene 2

'Still despairing, still lamenting'

2:19

Cornelia

'Lady, forget your grieving'

2:05

Achillas, Cornelia, Ptolemy

'Deep within my bosom burning'

3:19

Ptolemy

'So why delay?'

1:17

Cornelia, Sextus

'Sigh no more, forget lamenting'

3:14

Cornelia

'He is no son who seeks not full revenge . . .'

0:23

Sextus

'Wounded, the serpent ne'er reposes'

5:05

Sextus

Scene 3

'Soon he will come to find me'

0:44

Cleopatra

'Venus, fair lady, one favour send me'

4:53

Cleopatra

'Ah gods! What do I see?'

2:49

Caesar, Cleopatra, Curio

'In anger and fury I'll turn on the foe'

1:41

Caesar, Chorus

'They will kill him'

1:10

Cleopatra

'Hear my prayer, O gods, relenting'

9:40

Cleopatra

54:40

COMPACT DISC THREE

Symphony

0:41

Act III

Scene 1

'So! You are beaten!'

0:56

Ptolemy, Cleopatra

'I shall tame your pride unbending'

4:14

Ptolemy

'And so in one brief hour all my glory is gone?'

1:06

Cleopatra

'Flow, my tears'

6:50

Cleopatra

'From the perils of the ocean'

2:06

Caesar

'Zephyrs! Zephyrs, come to mine aid!'

6:35

Caesar

'Nirenus, the battle is fought and lost'

2:23

Sextus, Achillas, Caesar, Curio

'See in spate the high cataract storming'

4:33

Caesar

Scene 2

'Ladies, my faithful servants'

3:25

Cleopatra, Caesar

'Stormy winds my ship had shaken'

6:24

Cleopatra

Scene 3

Symphony

2:59

'Here, Curio and your legions'

2:27

Nirenus, Caesar, Sextus, Cornelia, Cleopatra

'Dearest!' 'Fairest!'

5:45

Cleopatra, Caesar

'Long, long may Egypt continue'

0:29

Caesar

'Proclaim we all great Caesar's glory'

0:52

Chorus

'A vow I give you'

0:57

Caesar, Cleopatra

'Proclaim we all great Caesar's glory'

0:49

Chorus

53:50

Dame Janet Baker mezzo-soprano - Julius Caesar

Christopher Booth-Jones baritone - Curio

Sarah Walker mezzo-soprano - Cornelia

Della Jones mezzo-soprano - Sextus

Valerie Masterson soprano - Cleopatra

James Bowman counter-tenor - Ptolemy

John Tomlinson bass - Achillas

David James counter-tenor - Nirenus

English National Opera Chorus

English National Opera Orchestra

Sir Charles Mackerras

Recorded in:

Abbey Road Studios, London

1-7 August 1984

Producer(s)

John Fraser

Sound Engineer(s)

Mark Vigars

Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 20 Bit

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