Artaxerxes
Album
59
Song(s)
• 2 Hours, 17 Minutes
Songs
Disc
1
01
Overture (Poco più che andante – Larghetto – Gavotta)Christopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
5:13
02
Recitative: Still silence reigns aroundChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
0:29
03
No.1, Duettino: Fair Aurora, prithee stayChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
2:16
04
Recitative: Alas, thou know’st that for my love to theeChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
1:13
05
No.2, Air: Adieu, thou lovely youthChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
3:21
06
Recitative: O cruel parting! How can I survive?Christopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
0:57
07
No.3, Air: Amid a thousand racking woesChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
4:38
08
Recitative: Be firm, my heartChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
1:26
09
No.4, Air: Behold, on Lethe’s dismal strandChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
3:36
10
Recitative: Stay, Artaxerxes, stayChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
0:29
11
No.5, Air: Fair Semira, lovely maidChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
3:26
12
Recitative: I fear some dread disaster…Christopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
1:29
13
No.6, Air: When real joy we missChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
1:59
14
Recitative: Ye Gods, protectors of the Persian EmpireChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
0:36
15
No.7, Air: How hard is the fateChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
4:01
16
Recitative: Whither do I fly?Christopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
3:23
17
No.8, Air: Thy father! Away, I renounce the soft claimChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
1:23
18
Recitative: Ye cruel Gods, what crime have I committedChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
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0:14
19
No.9, Air: Acquit thee of this foul offenceChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
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1:27
20
Recitative: Appearance, I must own, is strong against meChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
0:48
21
No.10, Air: O too lovely, too unkindChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
4:24
22
Accompanied recitative: Dear and beloved shadeChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
0:48
23
No.11, Air: Fly, soft ideas, flyChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
5:03
24
Recitative: Guards, speed ye to the towerChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
0:37
25
No.12, Air: In infancy, our hopes and fearsChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
2:12
26
Recitative: So far my great resolve succeedsChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
1:28
27
No.13, Air: Disdainful you fly meChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
2:46
28
Recitative: Why, my dear friend, so pensive, so inactive?Christopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
2:05
29
No.14, Air: To sigh and complainChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
1:51
30
Recitative: How many links to dire misfortune’s chainChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
1:12
31
No.15, Air: If o’er the cruel tyrant loveChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
3:00
Disc
2
01
Recitative: Which fatal evil shall I first oppose?Christopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
0:31
02
No.16, Air: If the river’s swelling wavesChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
2:34
03
Recitative: Ye solid pillars of the Persian EmpireChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
5:00
04
No.17, Air: By that belov’d embraceChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
3:31
05
Recitative: Ah me, at poor Arbaces’ partingChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
0:46
06
No.18, Air: Monster, awayChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
2:36
07
Recitative: See, lov’d SemiraChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
1:02
08
Accompanied recitative: At last my soul has roomChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
0:37
09
No.19, Air: Thou, like the glorious sunChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
5:02
10
No.20, Air: Why is death for ever lateChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
2:57
11
Recitative: Arbaces! Gracious Heav’n, what’s this I see?Christopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
1:13
12
No.21, Air: Water parted from the seaChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
2:19
13
Recitative: That face, secure in conscious innocenceChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
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0:25
14
No.22, Air: Though oft a cloud with envious shadeChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
3:38
15
Recitative: My son, Arbaces... where art thou retir’d?Christopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
1:52
16
No.23, Air: O let the danger of a sonChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
2:15
17
Accompanied recitative: Ye adverse Gods!Christopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
0:41
18
No.24, Air: O, much lov’d son, if deathChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
5:15
19
Recitative: Perhaps the King releas’d ArbacesChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
1:34
20
No.25, Air: Let not rage, thy bosom firingChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
4:24
21
Recitative: What have I done? Alas, I vainly thoughtChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
0:24
22
No.26, Air: ’Tis not true that in our griefChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
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4:08
23
Recitative: Nor here my searching eyes can find MandaneChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
1:20
24
No.27, Duetto: For thee I live, my dearestChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
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3:37
25
Recitative: To you, my people, much belov’dChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
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2:20
26
No.28, Air: The soldier, tir’d of war’s alarmsChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
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3:33
27
Recitative: Behold, my King, Arbaces at thy feetChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
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2:25
28
No.29, Finale: Live to us, to Empire liveChristopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Ian Page
Artaxerxes
3:26
