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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Ouverture |  |
9:03
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Ouverture |  |
9:03
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2
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Accompagnato: "Behold! auspicious flashes rise!" |  |
1:26
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2
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Accompagnato: "Behold! auspicious flashes rise!" |  |
1:26
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3
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Chorus: "Lucky omens bless our rites" |  |
3:07
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3
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Chorus: "Lucky omens bless our rites" |  |
3:07
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4
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Recitative and Arioso: "Daughter, obey, hear and obey!" |  |
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4
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Recitative and Arioso: "Daughter, obey, hear and obey!" |  |
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5
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Accompagnato: "Ah me! What refuge now is left me?"/Air: "O Jove! in pity teach me w |  |
2:43
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Accompagnato: "Ah me! What refuge now is left me?"/Air: "O Jove! in pity teach me w |  |
2:43
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6
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Air: "The morning lark to mine accords his note" |  |
7:04
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6
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Air: "The morning lark to mine accords his note" |  |
7:04
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7
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Recitative: "See, she blushing turns her eyes" |  |
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7
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Recitative: "See, she blushing turns her eyes" |  |
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8
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Air: "Hymen, haste, thy torch prepare" |  |
4:38
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8
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Air: "Hymen, haste, thy torch prepare" |  |
4:38
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9
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Recitative: "Alas! she yields, and has undone me" |  |
:48
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9
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Recitative: "Alas! she yields, and has undone me" |  |
:48
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10
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Quartetto: "Why dost thou thus untimely grieve" |  |
2:44
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10
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Quartetto: "Why dost thou thus untimely grieve" |  |
2:44
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11
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Chorus: "Avert these omens, all ye pow'rs!" |  |
1:59
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11
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Chorus: "Avert these omens, all ye pow'rs!" |  |
1:59
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12
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Accompagnato: "Again auspicious flashes rise" |  |
:38
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12
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Accompagnato: "Again auspicious flashes rise" |  |
:38
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13
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Recitative: "Thy aid, pronubial Juno, Athamas implores!" |  |
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13
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Recitative: "Thy aid, pronubial Juno, Athamas implores!" |  |
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14
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Chorus: "Cease, cease your vows, 'tis impious to proceed" |  |
:36
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14
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 1, Chorus: "Cease, cease your vows, 'tis impious to proceed" |  |
:36
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15
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 2, Recitative: "O Athamas, what torture hast thou borne!" |  |
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15
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 2, Recitative: "O Athamas, what torture hast thou borne!" |  |
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16
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 2, Air: "Turn, hopeless lover, turn thy eyes" |  |
8:25
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16
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 2, Air: "Turn, hopeless lover, turn thy eyes" |  |
8:25
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17
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 2, Recitative: "She weeps!" |  |
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 2, Recitative: "She weeps!" |  |
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18
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 2, Air: "Your tuneful voice my tale would tell" |  |
4:55
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18
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 2, Air: "Your tuneful voice my tale would tell" |  |
4:55
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19
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 2, Recitative: "Too well I see, thou wilt not understand me" |  |
:47
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19
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 2, Recitative: "Too well I see, thou wilt not understand me" |  |
:47
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20
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 2, Duetto: "You've undone me"/"With my life I would atone" |  |
2:28
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20
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 2, Duetto: "You've undone me"/"With my life I would atone" |  |
2:28
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21
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 3, Recitative: "Ah, wretched prince, domm'd to disastrous love!"/Accompagnato: "Wing'd |  |
2:07
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21
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 3, Recitative: "Ah, wretched prince, domm'd to disastrous love!"/Accompagnato: "Wing'd |  |
2:07
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22
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 4, Chorus: "Hail Cadmus, hail!" |  |
1:34
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22
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 4, Chorus: "Hail Cadmus, hail!" |  |
1:34
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23
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 4, Air and Chorus: "Endless pleasure, endless love" |  |
4:30
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23
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 1. Scene 4, Air and Chorus: "Endless pleasure, endless love" |  |
4:30
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24
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Sinfonia |  |
1:30
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24
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Sinfonia |  |
1:30
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25
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 1, Recitative: "Iris, impatient of thy stay" |  |
:46
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25
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 1, Recitative: "Iris, impatient of thy stay" |  |
:46
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26
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 1, Air: "There from mortal cares retiring" |  |
3:26
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26
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 1, Air: "There from mortal cares retiring" |  |
3:26
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27
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 1, Recitative: "No more - I'll hear no more!"/Accompagnato: "Awake Saturnia from thy l |  |
1:55
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 1, Recitative: "No more - I'll hear no more!"/Accompagnato: "Awake Saturnia from thy l |  |
1:55
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28
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 1, Air: "Hence, Iris, hence away" |  |
3:23
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28
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 1, Air: "Hence, Iris, hence away" |  |
3:23
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29
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 2, Air: "O sleep, why dost thou leave me?" |  |
3:09
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29
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 2, Air: "O sleep, why dost thou leave me?" |  |
3:09
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30
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 3, Recitative: "Let me not another moment bear the pangs of absence" |  |
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30
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 3, Recitative: "Let me not another moment bear the pangs of absence" |  |
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31
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 3, Air: "Lay your doubts and fears aside" |  |
3:02
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31
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 3, Air: "Lay your doubts and fears aside" |  |
3:02
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32
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 3, Recitative: "You are mortal and require time to rest" |  |
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32
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 3, Recitative: "You are mortal and require time to rest" |  |
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33
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 3, Air: "With fond desiring" |  |
2:53
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33
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 3, Air: "With fond desiring" |  |
2:53
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34
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 3, Chorus: "How engaging, how endearing" |  |
3:06
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34
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 3, Chorus: "How engaging, how endearing" |  |
3:06
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35
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 3, Recitative: "Ah me!"/"Why sighs my Semele?" |  |
1:23
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35
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 3, Recitative: "Ah me!"/"Why sighs my Semele?" |  |
1:23
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36
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 3, Air: "I must with speed amuse her" |  |
3:44
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36
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 3, Air: "I must with speed amuse her" |  |
3:44
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37
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 3, Chorus: "Now Love that everlasting boy invites" |  |
2:21
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37
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 3, Chorus: "Now Love that everlasting boy invites" |  |
2:21
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38
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 3, Recitative: "By my command" |  |
1:17
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38
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 3, Recitative: "By my command" |  |
1:17
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39
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 3, Air: "Where'er you walk" |  |
4:53
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39
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 3, Air: "Where'er you walk" |  |
4:53
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40
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 4, Recitative: "Dear sister, how was your passage hither?" |  |
:46
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40
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 4, Recitative: "Dear sister, how was your passage hither?" |  |
:46
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41
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 4, Air: "But hark! the heav'nly sphere turns round" |  |
2:13
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41
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 4, Air: "But hark! the heav'nly sphere turns round" |  |
2:13
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42
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 4, Duetto: "Prepare then, ye immortal choir" |  |
2:01
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42
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 4, Duetto: "Prepare then, ye immortal choir" |  |
2:01
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43
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 4, Chorus: "Bless the glad earth with heav'nly lays" |  |
2:43
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43
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 2. Scene 4, Chorus: "Bless the glad earth with heav'nly lays" |  |
2:43
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44
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 1, Larghetto e piano per tutto |  |
1:21
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44
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 1, Larghetto e piano per tutto |  |
1:21
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45
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 1, Accompagnato: "Somnus, awake, raise thy reclining head!" |  |
:31
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45
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 1, Accompagnato: "Somnus, awake, raise thy reclining head!" |  |
:31
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46
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 1, Air: "Leave me, loathsome light" |  |
3:07
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46
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 1, Air: "Leave me, loathsome light" |  |
3:07
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47
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 1, Recitative: "Dull God, canst thou attend the water's fall" |  |
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47
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 1, Recitative: "Dull God, canst thou attend the water's fall" |  |
:40
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48
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 1, Air: "More sweet is that name" |  |
2:14
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48
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 1, Air: "More sweet is that name" |  |
2:14
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49
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 1, Recitative: "My will obey, she shall be thine" |  |
1:22
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49
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 1, Recitative: "My will obey, she shall be thine" |  |
1:22
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50
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 1, Duetto: "Obey my will"/"All I must grant" |  |
1:52
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50
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 1, Duetto: "Obey my will"/"All I must grant" |  |
1:52
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51
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 2, Air: "My racking thoughts by no kind slumbers freed" |  |
2:53
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51
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 2, Air: "My racking thoughts by no kind slumbers freed" |  |
2:53
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52
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 3, Recitative: "Thus shap'd like Ino" |  |
1:13
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52
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 3, Recitative: "Thus shap'd like Ino" |  |
1:13
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53
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 3, Air: "Behold in this mirror" |  |
2:40
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53
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 3, Air: "Behold in this mirror" |  |
2:40
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54
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 3, Recitative: "O ecstasy of happiness" |  |
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54
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 3, Recitative: "O ecstasy of happiness" |  |
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55
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 3, Air: "Myself I shall adore" |  |
6:39
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55
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 3, Air: "Myself I shall adore" |  |
6:39
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56
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 3, Recitative: "Be wise, as you are beautiful" |  |
:37
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56
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 3, Recitative: "Be wise, as you are beautiful" |  |
:37
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57
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 3, Accompagnato: "Conjure him by his oath" |  |
1:27
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57
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 3, Accompagnato: "Conjure him by his oath" |  |
1:27
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58
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 3, Air: "Thus let my thanks be paid" |  |
2:13
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58
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 3, Air: "Thus let my thanks be paid" |  |
2:13
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59
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 3, Recitative: "Rich odours fill the fragrant air" |  |
:31
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59
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 3, Recitative: "Rich odours fill the fragrant air" |  |
:31
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60
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 4, Air: "Come to my arms, my lovely fair" |  |
2:57
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60
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 4, Air: "Come to my arms, my lovely fair" |  |
2:57
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61
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 4, Recitative: "O Semele! Why art thou thus insensible?"/Air: "I ever am granting, you |  |
1:42
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61
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 4, Recitative: "O Semele! Why art thou thus insensible?"/Air: "I ever am granting, you |  |
1:42
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62
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 4, Recitative: "Speak, speak your desire" |  |
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62
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 4, Recitative: "Speak, speak your desire" |  |
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63
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 4, Accompagnato: "By that tremendous flood, I swear" |  |
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63
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 4, Accompagnato: "By that tremendous flood, I swear" |  |
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64
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 4, Recitative: "You'll grant what I require?"/Accompagnato: "Then cast off this human |  |
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64
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 4, Recitative: "You'll grant what I require?"/Accompagnato: "Then cast off this human |  |
:33
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65
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 4, Air: "Ah, take heed what you press" |  |
1:11
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65
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 4, Air: "Ah, take heed what you press" |  |
1:11
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66
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 4, Air: "No, no! I'll take no less" |  |
5:13
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66
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 4, Air: "No, no! I'll take no less" |  |
5:13
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67
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 5, Accompagnato: "Ah! whither is she gone!" |  |
3:01
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67
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 5, Accompagnato: "Ah! whither is she gone!" |  |
3:01
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68
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 6, Air: "Above measure is the pleasure, which my revenge supplies" |  |
2:21
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68
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 6, Air: "Above measure is the pleasure, which my revenge supplies" |  |
2:21
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69
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 7, Accompagnato: "Ah me! too late I now repent" |  |
3:44
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69
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 7, Accompagnato: "Ah me! too late I now repent" |  |
3:44
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70
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 8, Recitative: "Of my ill-boding dream" |  |
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70
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 8, Recitative: "Of my ill-boding dream" |  |
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71
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 8, Chorus: "Oh, terror and astonishment!" |  |
3:55
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71
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 8, Chorus: "Oh, terror and astonishment!" |  |
3:55
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72
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 8, Recitative: "How I was hence remov'd" |  |
:59
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72
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 8, Recitative: "How I was hence remov'd" |  |
:59
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73
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 8, Air: "Despair no more shall wound me" |  |
5:03
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73
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 8, Air: "Despair no more shall wound me" |  |
5:03
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74
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 8, Recitative: "See from above the bellying clouds descend" |  |
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74
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene 8, Recitative: "See from above the bellying clouds descend" |  |
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75
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene the last, Sinfonia |  |
1:28
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75
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene the last, Sinfonia |  |
1:28
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76
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene the last, Accompagnato: "Apollo comes, to relieve your care" |  |
:56
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76
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene the last, Accompagnato: "Apollo comes, to relieve your care" |  |
:56
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77
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene the last, Chorus: "Happy, happy shall we be" |  |
2:56
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77
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Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 - Act 3. Scene the last, Chorus: "Happy, happy shall we be" |  |
2:56
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