Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Julius Caesar) (Sung in English)

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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 (Sung in English) (more info)
Performed by: English National Opera Orchestra
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Charles Mackerras
Valerie Masterson, soprano
Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano
James Bowman, alto
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
David James, counter-tenor
Christopher Booth-Jones, baritone
Sarah Walker, mezzo-soprano
John Tomlinson, bass


1.   Overture - 3:02
2.   Act I Scene 1: Caesar! Caesar! Egypt acclaims thee (Chorus) - 1:38
3.   Act I Scene 1: Kneel in tribute, fair land of Egypt (Caesar) - 2:05
4.   Act I Scene 1: Curio, Caesar has come … (Caesar, Cornelia, Sextus, Achillas) - 2:33
5.   Act I Scene 1: Tyrant, avoid my sight (Caesar) - 3:57
6.   Act I Scene 1: Mother! Cornelia! (Sextus, Curio, Cornelia) - 0:43
7.   Act I Scene 1: Grief and woe all hope deny me (Cornelia) - 6:10
8.   Act I Scene 1: The time for tears is over (Sextus) - 0:27
9.   Act I Scene 1: Come rouse yourselves to vengeance (Sextus) - 4:07
10.   Act I Scene 2: You shall be Queen, Cleopatra (Cleopatra, Nirenus, Ptolemy) - 2:00
11.   Act I Scene 2: Yet why despair? (Cleopatra) - 4:37
12.   Act I Scene 2: Pharaoh, my King! (Achillas, Ptolemy) - 1:10
13.   Act I Scene 2: Upstart, barbarian and traitor! (Ptolemy) - 3:41
14.   Act I Scene 3: Spirit of mighty Pompey (Caesar, Curio, Cleopatra, Nirenus) - 5:19
15.   Act I Scene 3: Here within thee, O friendly marble (Cornelia) - 3:03
16.   Act I Scene 3: Alas! Reviled and neglected, must I remain here for ever? (Cornelia, Sextus, Cleopatra, Nirenus) - 2:03
17.   Act I Scene 3: O star of my desire (Cleopatra) - 5:32
18.   Act I Scene 4: Caesar! A generous destiny … (Ptolemy, Caesar, Achillas) - 1:08
19.   Act I Scene 4: How silently, how slyly (Caesar) - 6:29
20.   Act I Scene 4: Sire, with Sextus her son, the lady Cornelia (Achillas, Cornelia, Sextus, Ptolemy) - 1:58
21.   Act I Scene 4: Ne'er reject a tender lover (Achillas) - 5:13
22.   Act I Scene 4: Mother! My dearest! (Sextus, Cornelia) - 0:37
23.   Act I Scene 4: Condemn'd to grieve and cry, my love (Cornelia, Sextus) - 7:44

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 (Sung in English) (more info)
Performed by: English National Opera Orchestra
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Charles Mackerras
Valerie Masterson, soprano
Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano
James Bowman, alto
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
David James, counter-tenor
Christopher Booth-Jones, baritone
Sarah Walker, mezzo-soprano
John Tomlinson, bass


1.   Act II Scene 1: Have you done as I ordered, faithful Nirenus? (Cleopatra, Nirenus, Caesar) - 2:48
2.   Act II Scene 1: Lamenting, complaining of Caesar's disdaining (Cleopatra, Caesar) - 4:37
3.   Act II Scene 1: Fly then, fly, O my heart (Caesar, Nirenus) - 0:42
4.   Act II Scene 1: Fleet o'er flowery meadow gliding (Caesar) - 7:47
5.   Act II Scene 2: Still despairing, still lamenting (Cornelia) - 2:19
6.   Act II Scene 2: Lady, forget your grieving (Achillas, Cornelia, Ptolemy) - 2:05
7.   Act II Scene 2: Deep within my bosom burning (Ptolemy) - 3:19
8.   Act II Scene 2: So why delay? (Cornelia, Sextus) - 1:17
9.   Act II Scene 2: Sigh no more, forget lamenting (Cornelia) - 3:14
10.   Act II Scene 2: He is no son who seeks not full revenge … (Sextus) - 0:23
11.   Act II Scene 2: Wounded, the serpent ne'er reposes - 5:05
12.   Act II Scene 3: Soon he will come to find me (Cleopatra) - 0:44
13.   Act II Scene 3: Venus, fair lady, 1 favour send me (Cleopatra) - 4:53
14.   Act II Scene 3: Ah gods! What do I see? (Caesar, Cleopatra, Curio) - 2:49
15.   Act II Scene 3: In anger and fury I'll turn on the foe (Caesar, Chorus) - 1:41
16.   Act II Scene 3: They will kill him (Cleopatra) - 1:10
17.   Act II Scene 3: Hear my prayer, O gods, relenting (Cleopatra) - 9:40

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 (Sung in English) (more info)
Performed by: English National Opera Orchestra
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Charles Mackerras
Valerie Masterson, soprano
Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano
James Bowman, alto
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
David James, counter-tenor
Christopher Booth-Jones, baritone
Sarah Walker, mezzo-soprano
John Tomlinson, bass


1.   Act II: Symphony - 0:41
2.   Act III Scene 1: So! You are beaten! (Ptolemy, Cleopatra) - 0:56
3.   Act III Scene 1: I shall tame your pride unbending (Ptolemy) - 4:14
4.   Act III Scene 1: And so in 1 brief hour all my glory is gone? (Cleopatra) - 1:06
5.   Act III Scene 1: Flow, my tears (Cleopatra) - 6:50
6.   Act III Scene 1: From the perils of the ocean (Caesar) - 2:06
7.   Act III Scene 1: Zephyrs! Zephyrs, come to mine aid! (Caesar) - 6:35
8.   Act III Scene 1: Nirenus, the battle is fought and lost (Sextus, Achillas, Caesar, Curio) - 2:32
9.   Act III Scene 1: See in spate the high cataract storming (Caesar) - 4:33
10.   Act III Scene 2: Ladies, my faithful servants (Cleopatra, Caesar) - 3:25
11.   Act III Scene 2: Stormy winds my ship had shaken (Cleopatra) - 6:24
12.   Act III Scene 3: Symphony - 2:59
13.   Act III Scene 3: Here, Curio and your legions (Nirenus, Caesar, Sextus, Cornelia, Cleopatra) - 2:27
14.   Act III Scene 3: Dearest! Fairest! (Cleopatra, Caesar) - 5:45
15.   Act III Scene 3: Long, long may Egypt continue (Caesar) - 0:29
16.   Act III Scene 3: Proclaim we all great Caesar's glory (Chorus) - 0:52
17.   Act III Scene 3: A vow I give you (Caesar, Cleopatra) - 0:57
18.   Act III Scene 3: Proclaim we all great Caesar's glory (Chorus) - 0:49

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