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

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Label: Chandos

Series: Opera in English

Genre: Opera

Period: Baroque

Catalogue No: CHAN3019-21

Barcode: 095115301920

Release Date: 04/1999

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

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Disc 1

Handel, George Frideric

Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Julius Caesar), HWV 17

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Tomlinson, John (bass)
Jones, Della (mezzo-soprano)
Walker, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
Booth-Jones, Christopher (baritone)
Bowman, James (counter-tenor)
Masterson, Valerie (soprano)
James, David (counter-tenor)

1

Overture

03:02

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

2

Act I Scene 1: Caesar! Caesar! Egypt acclaims thee (Chorus)

01:38

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)

3

Act I Scene 1: Kneel in tribute, fair land of Egypt (Caesar)

02:05

Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

4

Act I Scene 1: Curio, Caesar has come … (Caesar, Cornelia, Sextus, Achillas)

02:33

Tomlinson, John (bass)
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Jones, Della (mezzo-soprano)
Walker, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

5

Act I Scene 1: Tyrant, avoid my sight (Caesar)

03:57

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

6

Act I Scene 1: Mother! Cornelia! (Sextus, Curio, Cornelia)

00:43

Jones, Della (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Booth-Jones, Christopher (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Walker, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)

7

Act I Scene 1: Grief and woe all hope deny me (Cornelia)

06:10

English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Walker, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)

8

Act I Scene 1: The time for tears is over (Sextus)

00:27

Jones, Della (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)

9

Act I Scene 1: Come rouse yourselves to vengeance (Sextus)

04:07

Jones, Della (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

10

Act I Scene 2: You shall be Queen, Cleopatra (Cleopatra, Nirenus, Ptolemy)

02:00

Bowman, James (counter-tenor)
Masterson, Valerie (soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
James, David (counter-tenor)

11

Act I Scene 2: Yet why despair? (Cleopatra)

04:37

Masterson, Valerie (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

12

Act I Scene 2: Pharaoh, my King! (Achillas, Ptolemy)

01:10

Bowman, James (counter-tenor)
Tomlinson, John (bass)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

13

Act I Scene 2: Upstart, barbarian and traitor! (Ptolemy)

03:41

Bowman, James (counter-tenor)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

14

Act I Scene 3: Spirit of mighty Pompey (Caesar, Curio, Cleopatra, Nirenus)

05:19

Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
James, David (counter-tenor)
Booth-Jones, Christopher (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Masterson, Valerie (soprano)

15

Act I Scene 3: Here within thee, O friendly marble (Cornelia)

03:03

Walker, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)

16

Act I Scene 3: Alas! Reviled and neglected, must I remain here for ever? (Cornelia, Sextus, Cleopatra, Nirenus)

02:03

Jones, Della (mezzo-soprano)
Masterson, Valerie (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Walker, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
James, David (counter-tenor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

17

Act I Scene 3: O star of my desire (Cleopatra)

05:32

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)

18

Act I Scene 4: Caesar! A generous destiny … (Ptolemy, Caesar, Achillas)

01:08

Bowman, James (counter-tenor)
Tomlinson, John (bass)
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

19

Act I Scene 4: How silently, how slyly (Caesar)

06:29

English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)

20

Act I Scene 4: Sire, with Sextus her son, the lady Cornelia (Achillas, Cornelia, Sextus, Ptolemy)

01:58

Bowman, James (counter-tenor)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Jones, Della (mezzo-soprano)
Walker, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
Tomlinson, John (bass)

21

Act I Scene 4: Ne'er reject a tender lover (Achillas)

05:13

Tomlinson, John (bass)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

22

Act I Scene 4: Mother! My dearest! (Sextus, Cornelia)

00:37

Jones, Della (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Walker, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

23

Act I Scene 4: Condemn'd to grieve and cry, my love (Cornelia, Sextus)

07:44

Jones, Della (mezzo-soprano)
Walker, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

Disc 2

1

Act II Scene 1: Have you done as I ordered, faithful Nirenus? (Cleopatra, Nirenus, Caesar)

02:48

Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
James, David (counter-tenor)
Masterson, Valerie (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

2

Act II Scene 1: Lamenting, complaining of Caesar's disdaining (Cleopatra, Caesar)

04:37

Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Masterson, Valerie (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

3

Act II Scene 1: Fly then, fly, O my heart (Caesar, Nirenus)

00:42

James, David (counter-tenor)
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

4

Act II Scene 1: Fleet o'er flowery meadow gliding (Caesar)

07:47

Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

5

Act II Scene 2: Still despairing, still lamenting (Cornelia)

02:19

Walker, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

6

Act II Scene 2: Lady, forget your grieving (Achillas, Cornelia, Ptolemy)

02:05

Walker, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
Tomlinson, John (bass)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Bowman, James (counter-tenor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

7

Act II Scene 2: Deep within my bosom burning (Ptolemy)

03:19

Bowman, James (counter-tenor)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

8

Act II Scene 2: So why delay? (Cornelia, Sextus)

01:17

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Jones, Della (mezzo-soprano)
Walker, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

9

Act II Scene 2: Sigh no more, forget lamenting (Cornelia)

03:14

Walker, Sarah (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

10

Act II Scene 2: He is no son who seeks not full revenge … (Sextus)

00:23

Jones, Della (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)

11

Act II Scene 2: Wounded, the serpent ne'er reposes

05:05

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

12

Act II Scene 3: Soon he will come to find me (Cleopatra)

00:44

Masterson, Valerie (soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)

13

Act II Scene 3: Venus, fair lady, 1 favour send me (Cleopatra)

04:53

Masterson, Valerie (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

14

Act II Scene 3: Ah gods! What do I see? (Caesar, Cleopatra, Curio)

02:49

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Booth-Jones, Christopher (baritone)
Masterson, Valerie (soprano)
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

15

Act II Scene 3: In anger and fury I'll turn on the foe (Caesar, Chorus)

01:41

English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)

16

Act II Scene 3: They will kill him (Cleopatra)

01:10

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Masterson, Valerie (soprano)

17

Act II Scene 3: Hear my prayer, O gods, relenting (Cleopatra)

09:40

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Masterson, Valerie (soprano)

Disc 3

1

Act II: Symphony

00:41

English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)

2

Act III Scene 1: So! You are beaten! (Ptolemy, Cleopatra)

00:56

Bowman, James (counter-tenor)
Masterson, Valerie (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

3

Act III Scene 1: I shall tame your pride unbending (Ptolemy)

04:14

Bowman, James (counter-tenor)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

4

Act III Scene 1: And so in 1 brief hour all my glory is gone? (Cleopatra)

01:06

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Masterson, Valerie (soprano)

5

Act III Scene 1: Flow, my tears (Cleopatra)

06:50

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Masterson, Valerie (soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

6

Act III Scene 1: From the perils of the ocean (Caesar)

02:06

Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

7

Act III Scene 1: Zephyrs! Zephyrs, come to mine aid! (Caesar)

06:35

English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)

8

Act III Scene 1: Nirenus, the battle is fought and lost (Sextus, Achillas, Caesar, Curio)

02:32

Tomlinson, John (bass)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
Booth-Jones, Christopher (baritone)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Jones, Della (mezzo-soprano)
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)

9

Act III Scene 1: See in spate the high cataract storming (Caesar)

04:33

English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)

10

Act III Scene 2: Ladies, my faithful servants (Cleopatra, Caesar)

03:25

English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Masterson, Valerie (soprano)
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)

11

Act III Scene 2: Stormy winds my ship had shaken (Cleopatra)

06:24

Masterson, Valerie (soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

12

Act III Scene 3: Symphony

02:59

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

13

Act III Scene 3: Here, Curio and your legions (Nirenus, Caesar, Sextus, Cornelia, Cleopatra)

02:27

English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)

14

Act III Scene 3: Dearest! Fairest! (Cleopatra, Caesar)

05:45

Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Masterson, Valerie (soprano)

15

Act III Scene 3: Long, long may Egypt continue (Caesar)

00:29

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)

16

Act III Scene 3: Proclaim we all great Caesar's glory (Chorus)

00:52

Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

17

Act III Scene 3: A vow I give you (Caesar, Cleopatra)

00:57

Masterson, Valerie (soprano)
Baker, Janet (mezzo-soprano)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

18

Act III Scene 3: Proclaim we all great Caesar's glory (Chorus)

00:49

English National Opera Chorus (Choir)
Mackerras, Charles (Conductor)
English National Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

Total Playing Time: 03:03:29