Artaxerxes: Act I

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composer:	Thomas Arne (composer)

part of:

Artaxerxes (act) (order: 1)

parts:

1. Artaxerxes: Act I: Overture
2. Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Still silence reigns around
3. Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 1. Duettino: Fair Aurora, prithee stay
4. Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Alas, thou know’st that for my love to thee
5. Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 2. Air: Adieu, thou lovely youth
6. Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: O cruel parting! How can I survive?
7. Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 3. Air: Amid a thousand racking woes
8. Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Be firm, my heart
9. Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 4. Air: Behold, on Lethe’s dismal strand
10. Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Stay, Artaxerxes, stay
11. Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 5. Air: Fair Semira, lovely maid
12. Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: I fear some dread disaster…
13. Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 6. Air: When real joy we miss
14. Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Ye Gods, protectors of the Persian Empire
15. Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 7. Air: How hard is the fate
16. Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Whither do I fly?
17. Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 8. Air: Thy father! Away, I renounce the soft claim
18. Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Ye cruel Gods, what crime have I committed
19. Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 9. Air: Acquit thee of this foul offence
20. Artaxerxes: Act I: Recitative: Appearance, I must own, is strong against me
21. Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 10. Air: O too lovely, too unkind
22. Artaxerxes: Act I: Accompanied recitative: Dear and beloved shade
23. Artaxerxes: Act I: No. 11. Air: Fly, soft ideas, fly

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
2015-02	Artaxerxes, Act I, Scene 2: "Amid a thousand racking Woes"	partial	Helen Sherman, The Mozartists, Ian Page	4:47
2015-02	Artaxerxes, Act I, Scene 13: “O too lovely, too unkind”	partial	Helen Sherman, The Mozartists, Ian Page	4:36
	Artaxerxes, Act I: O too lovely, too unkind	partial	Roy Goodman, The Parley of Instruments	4:53