George Frideric Handel – Semele (3-CD Box Set, 1993, Deutsche Grammophon 435 782-2)

Why This CD Matters
John Nelson conducts Handel’s complete English-language dramatic oratorio with Kathleen Battle in the title role and a distinguished cast including Marilyn Horne, Samuel Ramey, John Aler, Sylvia McNair, and Michael Chance. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios with the English Chamber Orchestra and Ambrosian Opera Chorus, this production won the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.

Collector Note
This is the 1993 European Deutsche Grammophon three-CD stereo edition manufactured in Germany. The complete set includes its slipcase and 124-page booklet containing the English libretto with French, German, and Italian translations.

Availability
Single copy available—once it’s gone, it’s gone.

Condition & Details
CDs: Near Mint
Jewel Cases: Near Mint
Slipcase: VG+ with light wear
Booklet: Near Mint

Technical Details
Format: 3 x CD, Album, Stereo, Box Set, Slipcase
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalog Number: 435 782-2
Country: Europe
Year: 1993
Genre: Classical
Style: Baroque, Oratorio

Matrix / Runout
Disc 1: 435 783-2 01 + A MADE IN GERMANY
Disc 2: 435 784-2 01 / F MADE IN GERMANY
Disc 3: 435 785-2 01 / F MADE IN GERMANY

Tracklist
Disc 1 – Act I
Ouverture
Behold! Auspicious Flashes Rise
Luck Omens Bless Our Rite
Daughter, Obey
Ah Me, Oh Jove
The Morning Lark To Mine Accords His Note
See She Blushing Turns Her Eyes
Hymen, Haste, Thy Torch Prepare
Alas! She Yields, And Has Undone Me
Why Dost Thou Thus Untimely Grieve?
Avert These Omens
Again Auspicious Flashes Rise
Thy Aid, Pronubial Juno, Athamas Implores!
Cease Your Vows
O Athamas, What Torture Hast Thou Borne!
Turn, Hopeless Lover, Turn Thy Eyes
She Weeps!
Your Tuneful Voice My Tale Would Tell
Too Well I See, Thou Wilt Not Understand Me
You've Undone Me / With My Life I Would Atone
Ah, Wretched Prince / Wing'd With Our Fears / O Prodigy / See, See, Jove's Priests
Hail Cadmus!
Endless Pleasure
Disc 2 – Act II
Sinfonia
Iris, Impatient Of Thy Stay
There From Mortal Cares Retiring
No More—I'll Hear No More! / Awake Saturnia
Hence, Iris, Hence Away
Oh Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me?
Let Me Not Another Moment
Lay Your Doubts And Fears Aside
You Are Mortal And Require Time To Rest
With Fond Desiring
How Engaging, How Endearing
Ah Me! Why Sighs My Semele!
I Must With Speed Amuse Her
Now Love That Everlasting Boy Invites
By My Command
Where'er You Walk
Dear Sister
But Hark! The Heavenly Sphere
Prepare Then, Ye Immortal Choir
Bless The Glad Earth
Disc 3 – Act III
Symphony
Somnus, Awake
Leave Me, Loathsome Light
Dull God
More Sweet Is That Name
My Will Obey
Obey My Will / All I Must Grant
My Racking Thoughts By No Kind Slumbers Freed
Thus Shap'd Like Ino
Behold This Mirror
O Ecstasy Of Happiness
Myself I Shall Adore
Be Wise, As You Are Beautiful
Conjure Him By His Oath
Thus Let My Thanks Be Pay'd
Rich Odours Fill The Fragrant Air
Come To My Arms
O Semele! Why Art Thou...? / I Ever Am Granting
Speak What You Desire
By That Tremendous Flood, I Swear
You'll Grant What I Require? / Then Cast Off This Human
Ah, Take Heed
No, No, I'll Take No Less
Ah, Whither Is She Gone?
Above Measure Is The Pleasure, Which My Revenge Supplies
Ah Me, Too Late I Now Repent
Of My Ill-boding Dream
Oh, Terror And Astonishment
How I Was Hence Remov'd
Despair No More Shall Wound Me
See From Above The Belling Clouds Descend
Sinfonia: Apollo Comes
Apollo Comes, To Relieve Your Care
Happy Shall We Be

Shipping & Handling
CDs cleaned with alcohol swabs.
Ships in protective CD bag.
Cases replaced with new cases if cracked.
Packed securely for safe delivery.

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