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Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Handel Edition Volume 7 - Saul, Alexander's feast, Ode for St Cecilia's Day, Utrecht Te Deum, Apollo e Dafne, Giulio Cesare

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

139 SONGS • 6 HOURS AND 32 MINUTES • AUG 25 2009

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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1: Sinfonia. Allegro - Larghetto
04:02
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 1: Chorus. "How Excellent Thy Name, Oh Lord" (Israelites)
02:51
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 1: Aria. "An Infant Rais'd by Thy Command" (Soprano)
01:36
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 1: Trio. "Along the Monster Atheist Strode" (Israelites)
01:02
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 1: Chorus. "The Youth Inspired by Thee, Oh Lord" - Chorus. "Hallelujah" (Israelites)
04:17
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 2: Recitative. "He Comes, he Comes!" - Aria. "Oh God-Like Youth" (Michal)
03:04
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 2: Recitative. "Behold, Oh King" - Aria. "Oh King, Your Favours with Delight" (Abner, Saul, David)
02:47
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 2: Recitative. "Oh Early Piety" (Jonathan)
00:27
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 2: Aria. "What Abject Thoughts a Prince Can Have!" (Merab)
02:27
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 2: Recitative. "Yet Think, on Whom This Honour You Bestow" - Aria. "Birth and Fortune I Despise" (Merab, Jonathan)
05:19
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 2: Recitative. "Thou, Merab, First in Birth" - Aria. "My Soul Rejects the Thought with Scorn" (Saul, Merab)
01:50
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 2: Aria. "See, See, with a Scournful Air" - Aria. "Ah! Lovely Youth" (Michal)
02:04
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 3: Sinfonia. Andante - Allegro
01:09
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 3: Recitative. "Already See the Daughters of the Land" (Michal)
00:15
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 3: Chorus. "Welcome, Welcome, Mighty King!" (Israelites)
01:34
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 3: Accompagnato. "What Do I Hear?" - Chorus. "David His Ten Thousands Slew" - Accompagnato. "To Him Ten Thousands" - Aria. "With Rage I Shall Burst" (Saul, Israelites)
02:46
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 4: Recitative. "Imprudent Women!" - Aria. "Fell Rage and Black Despair Posses'd" (Jonathan, Michal)
03:41
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 5: Recitative. "Racked with Infernal Pains" (Abner)
00:19
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 5: Aria. "O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless" (David)
03:20
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 5: Recitative. "Tis All in Vain" (Jonathan)
00:19
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 5: Aria. "A Serpent, in My Bosom Warmed" - Recitative. "Has He Escaped My Rage?" (Saul)
02:36
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 5: Aria. "Capricious Man, in Humour Lost" (Merab)
04:15
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 5: Accompagnato. "Oh Filial Piety!" - Aria. "No, No Cruel Father, No!" (Jonathan)
03:13
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 5: Chorus. "Preserve Him for the Glory of Thy Name" (Israelites)
02:29
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 1: Chorus. "Envy! Eldest Born of Hell!" (Israelites)
02:14
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 2: Recitative. "Ah! Dearest Friend" - Aria. "But Sooner Jordan's Stream" - Recitative. "My Father Comes" (Jonathan)
03:23
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 3: Recitative. "Hast Thou Obey'd My Orders" - Aria. "Sin Not, Oh King, Against the Youth" (Saul, Jonathan)
01:56
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 3: Aria. "As Great Jehovah Lives" (Saul)
01:16
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 3: Aria. "From Cities Stormed" (Jonathan)
02:09
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 4: Recitative. "Appear, My Friend" (Jonathan, Saul)
00:39
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 4: Aria. "Your Words, Oh King" (David)
01:10
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 4: Recitative. "Yes, He Shall Wed My Daughter" (Saul)
00:32
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 5: Recitative. "A Father's Will Has Authorized My Love" (Michal)
00:34
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 5: Duet. "Oh Fairest of Ten Thousand Fair" (Michal, David)
02:48
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 5: Chorus. "Is There a Man?" (Israelites)
01:34
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 6: Sinfonia. Largo - Allegro
02:58
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 6: Recitative. "Thy Father Is as Cruel..." - Duet. "At Persecution I Can Laugh" (David, Michal)
02:04
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 7: Recitative. "Whom Dost Thou Seek?" - Aria. "No, No Let the Guilty Tremble" (Michal, Doeg)
02:33
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 7: Recitative. "Mean as He Was" - Aria. "Author of Peace" (Merab)
03:52
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 8: Sinfonia. Allegro
01:16
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 9: Accompagnato. "The Time at Length Is Come" (Saul)
00:51
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 10: Recitative. "Where Is the Son of Jesse?" (Saul, Jonathan)
01:13
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 10: Chorus. "O Fatal Consequence" (Israelites)
02:27
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "Wretch That I am!" - Recitative. "Tis Said, Here Lives a Woman" (Saul)
03:40
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 2: Recitative. "With Me What Would'st Thou?" - Aria. "Infernal Spirits" (Witch, Saul)
02:30
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 3: Accompagnato. "Why Hast Thou Forced Me" (Samuel, Saul)
03:16
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 4: Sinfonia. Allegro
00:39
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 4: Recitative. "Whence Comst Thou?" - Aria. "Impious Wrecht" (David, An Amalekite)
03:26
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 5: Dead March
03:07
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 5: Chorus. "Mourn, Israel" (Israelites)
03:50
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 5: Aria. "Oh Let Is Not in Gath Beheard" - Aria. "From This Unhappy Day" (High Priest, Merab)
06:00
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 5: Chorus. "Eagles Were Not so Swift as They Lived" (Israelites)
00:23
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 5: Aria. "In Sweetest Harmony" - Solo and Chorus. "Oh Fatal Day!" (Michal, David, Israelites)
09:37
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 5: Recitative. "Ye Men of Judah, Weep No More" (Abner)
00:37
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Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 5: Chorus. "Gird on Thy Sword" (Israelites)
05:43
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Overture
06:33
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Recitative. "T'was at the Royal Feast, for Persia Won by Philip's Warlike Son"
01:03
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Recitative. "Timotheus, Plac'd on High"
00:26
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Accompagnato. "The Song Began from Jove"
01:02
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Chorus. "The List'ning Crowd Admire the Lofty Sound"
02:09
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Air. "With Ravish'd Ears the Monarch Hears"
03:30
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Recitative. "The Praise of Bacchus Then the Sweet Musician Sung"
00:33
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Air and Chorus. "Bacchus, ever Fair and Young" - "Bacchus' Blessings are a Treasure"
04:23
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Recitative. "Sooth'd with the Sound"
00:44
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Accompagnato. "He Choose a Mournful Muse"
01:15
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Air. "He Sung Darius, Great and Good"
03:02
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Accompagnato. "With Downcast Looks the Joyless Victor Sate"
01:01
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Chorus. "Behold Darius Great and Good"
02:47
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Recitative. "The Mighty Master Smiled to See"
00:31
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Air. "Softly Sweet in Lydian Measures"
03:02
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Air. "War, He Sung, Is Toil and Trouble"
04:59
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Chorus. "The Many Rend the Skies with Loud Applause"
03:55
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Air. "The Prince, Unable to Conceal His Pain"
06:35
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Chorus da capo. "The Many Rend the Skies with Loud Applause"
03:58
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Accompagnato and Chorus. "Now Strike the Golden Lyre Again" - "Break His Bonds of Sleep Asunder" - "Hark, Hark !"
02:42
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Air. "Revenge, Timotheus Cries"
08:04
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Accompagnato. "Give the Vengeance Due to the Valiant Crew"
01:44
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Air. "The Princes Applaud with a Furious Joy"
02:04
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Air and Chorus. "Thais Led the Way" - "The Princes Applaud with a Furious Joy"
05:21
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Accompagnato and Chorus. "Thus, Long Ago, Ere Heaving Bellows" - "At Last Divine Cecilia Came"
05:49
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Recitative and Duet. "Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize"
00:19
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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Recitative, Air and Chorus. "Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize"
03:15
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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Overture - Recitative. "From Harmony" - "When Nature"
08:44
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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Chorus. "From Harmony, From Heav'nly Harmony"
03:51
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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Air. "What Passion Cannot Music Raise and Quell"
08:43
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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Air and Chorus. "The Trumpet's Loud Clangor"
03:53
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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: March
01:51
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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Air. "The Soft Complaining Flute"
04:38
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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Air. "Sharp Violins Proclaim"
04:33
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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Air. "But Oh! What Art Can Teach"
04:03
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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Aria. "Orpheus Could Lead the Savage Race"
01:48
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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Recitative. "But Bright Cecilia"
00:36
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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Solo and Chorus. "As From the Pow'r of Sacred Lays"
07:02
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Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278 "Utrecht": I. (a) We Praise Thee, O God
02:36
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Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278 "Utrecht": I. (b) All the Earth Doth Worship Thee
01:48
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Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278 "Utrecht": II. To Thee All Angels Cry Aloud
01:05
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Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278 "Utrecht": III. To Thee, to Thee Cherubim and Seraphim
01:10
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Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278 "Utrecht": IV. (b) Thou art the King of Glory
02:05
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Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278 "Utrecht": V. (b) Thou Sittest at the Right Hand of God
01:10
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Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278 "Utrecht": VI. We Believe That Thou Shalt Come
02:48
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Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278 "Utrecht": VIII. And We Worship Thy Name
00:52
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Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278 "Utrecht": X. O Lord in Thee Have I Trusted
01:12
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Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: I. Recitativo. "La terra è liberata" (Apollo)
00:55
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Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: II. Aria. "Pende il ben dell'universo" (Apollo)
03:47
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Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: III. Recitativo. "Ch'il superbetto Amore" (Apollo)
00:34
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Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: IV. Aria. "Spezza l'arco e getta l'armi" (Apollo)
02:50
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Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: V. Aria. "Felicissima quest'alma" (Dafne)
04:37
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Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: VI. Recitativo. "Che voce! che beltà!" (Apollo, Dafne)
01:09
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Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: VII. Aria. "Ardi, adori e preghi in vano" (Dafne)
03:59
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Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: VIII. Recitativo. "Che crudel! Ch'importuno" (Apollo, Dafne)
00:15
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Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: IX. Duet. "Una guerra ho dentro il seno" (Apollo, Dafne)
01:58
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Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: X. Recitativo. "Placati al fin, o cara" (Apollo)
00:25
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Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: XI. Aria. "Come rosa in su la spina" (Apollo)
02:26
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Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: XII. Recitativo. "Ah ch'un Dio non dovrebbe" (Dafne)
00:26
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Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: XIII. Aria. "Come in ciel benigna stella" (Dafne)
03:09
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Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: XIV. Recitativo. "Odi la mia ragion" (Apollo, Dafne)
00:32
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Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: XV. Duet. "Deh lascia addolcire" (Apollo, Dafne)
02:46
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Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: XVI. Recitativo. "Sempre t'adorerò" (Apollo, Dafne)
00:23
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Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: XVII. Aria. "Mie piante correte, mie braccie stringete" (Apollo)
03:06
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Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: XVIII. Aria. "Cara pianta co'miei pianti" (Apollo)
03:42
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Overture
02:54
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1: Coro. "Viva il nostro Alcide" (Chorus)
01:51
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1: Aria. "Priva son d'ogni conforto" (Cornelia)
02:33
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1: Aria. "Presti omai l'Egizia terra" (Cesare)
06:08
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1: Recitativo. "Vani sono i lamenti" (Sesto)
00:28
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1: Aria. "Svegliatevi nel core" (Sesto)
04:59
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1: Aria. "Cara speme, questo core" (Sesto)
05:44
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1: Aria. "Va tacito e nascosto" (Cesare)
06:17
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 2: Aria. "Cessa omai di sospirare!" (Cornelia)
04:01
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 2: Aria. "Se pietà di me non senti" (Cleopatra)
09:43
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 3: Sinfonia
00:49
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 3: Aria. "Da tempeste il legno infranto" (Cleopatra)
06:15
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 3: La Marche
03:21
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 3: Finale. "Ritorni omai nel nostro core" (Chorus, Cesare, Cleopatra)
03:28
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