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




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Disc 1


    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

Disc 2


    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

Disc 3


    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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Product Details
 
Composer(s):
Handel, George Frideric

Conductor(s):
Mackerras, Charles

Orchestra(s):
English National Opera Orchestra

Artist(s):
Baker, Janet; Booth-Jones, Christopher; Bowman, James; James, David; Jones, Della; Masterson, Valerie; Tomlinson, John; Walker, Sarah

Label: Chandos
UPC: 095115301920
Item Number: CHAN 3019(3)
Release Date: Apr 1, 1999

 
 
 

 
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