Artaxerxes
Artaxerxes

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- Overture (Poco piu che andante – Larghetto – Gavotta)Composer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Overture (Poco piu che andante – Larghetto – Gavotta)
05:13$4.80 - Recitative: Still silence reigns aroundComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: Still silence reigns around
00:29$2.40 - No.1, Duettino: Fair Aurora, prithee stayComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.1, Duettino: Fair Aurora, prithee stay
02:16$2.40 - Recitative: Alas, thou know’st that for my love to theeComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: Alas, thou know’st that for my love to thee
01:13$2.40 - No.2, Air: Adieu, thou lovely youthComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.2, Air: Adieu, thou lovely youth
03:21$2.40 - Recitative: O cruel parting! How can I survive?Composer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: O cruel parting! How can I survive?
00:57$2.40 - No.3, Air: Amid a thousand racking woesComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.3, Air: Amid a thousand racking woes
04:38$2.40 - Recitative: Be firm, my heartComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: Be firm, my heart
01:26$2.40 - No.4, Air: Behold, on Lethe’s dismal strandComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.4, Air: Behold, on Lethe’s dismal strand
03:36$2.40 - Recitative: Stay, Artaxerxes, stayComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: Stay, Artaxerxes, stay
00:29$2.40 - No.5, Air: Fair Semira, lovely maidComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.5, Air: Fair Semira, lovely maid
03:26$2.40 - Recitative: I fear some dread disaster...Composer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: I fear some dread disaster...
01:29$2.40 - No.6, Air: When real joy we missComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.6, Air: When real joy we miss
01:59$2.40 - Recitative: Ye Gods, protectors of the Persian EmpireComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: Ye Gods, protectors of the Persian Empire
00:36$2.40 - No.7, Air: How hard is the fateComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.7, Air: How hard is the fate
04:01$2.40 - Recitative: Whither do I fly?Composer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: Whither do I fly?
03:23$2.40 - No.8, Air: Thy father! Away, I renounce the soft claimComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.8, Air: Thy father! Away, I renounce the soft claim
01:23$2.40 - Recitative: Ye cruel Gods, what crime have I committedComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: Ye cruel Gods, what crime have I committed
00:14$2.40 - No.9, Air: Acquit thee of this foul offenceComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.9, Air: Acquit thee of this foul offence
01:27$2.40 - Recitative: Appearance, I must own, is strong against meComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: Appearance, I must own, is strong against me
00:48$2.40 - No.10, Air: O too lovely, too unkindComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.10, Air: O too lovely, too unkind
04:24$2.40 - Accompanied recitative: Dear and beloved shadeComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Accompanied recitative: Dear and beloved shade
00:48$2.40 - No.11, Air: Fly, soft ideas, flyComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.11, Air: Fly, soft ideas, fly
05:01$4.80 - Recitative: Guards, speed ye to the towerComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: Guards, speed ye to the tower
00:37$2.40 - No.12, Air: In infancy, our hopes and fearsComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.12, Air: In infancy, our hopes and fears
02:12$2.40 - Recitative: So far my great resolve succeedsComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: So far my great resolve succeeds
01:28$2.40 - No.13, Air: Disdainful you fly meComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.13, Air: Disdainful you fly me
02:46$2.40 - Recitative: Why, my dear friend, so pensive, so inactive?Composer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: Why, my dear friend, so pensive, so inactive?
02:05$2.40 - No.14, Air: To sigh and complainComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.14, Air: To sigh and complain
01:51$2.40 - Recitative: How many links to dire misfortune’s chainComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: How many links to dire misfortune’s chain
01:12$2.40 - No.15, Air: If o’er the cruel tyrant loveComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.15, Air: If o’er the cruel tyrant love
03:00$2.40 - Recitative: Which fatal evil shall I first oppose?Composer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: Which fatal evil shall I first oppose?
00:31$2.40 - No.16, Air: If the river’s swelling wavesComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.16, Air: If the river’s swelling waves
02:34$2.40 - Recitative: Ye solid pillars of the Persian EmpireComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: Ye solid pillars of the Persian Empire
05:00$4.80 - No.17, Air: By that belov’d embraceComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.17, Air: By that belov’d embrace
03:31$2.40 - Recitative: Ah me, at poor Arbaces’ partingComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: Ah me, at poor Arbaces’ parting
00:46$2.40 - No.18, Air: Monster, awayComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.18, Air: Monster, away
02:36$2.40 - Recitative: See, lov’d SemiraComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: See, lov’d Semira
01:02$2.40 - Accompanied recitative: At last my soul has roomComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Accompanied recitative: At last my soul has room
00:37$2.40 - No.19, Air: Thou, like the glorious sunComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.19, Air: Thou, like the glorious sun
04:58$2.40 - No.20, Air: Why is death for ever lateComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.20, Air: Why is death for ever late
02:57$2.40 - Recitative: Arbaces! Gracious Heav’n, what’s this I see?Composer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: Arbaces! Gracious Heav’n, what’s this I see?
01:13$2.40 - No.21, Air: Water parted from the seaComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.21, Air: Water parted from the sea
02:19$2.40 - Recitative: That face, secure in conscious innocenceComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: That face, secure in conscious innocence
00:25$2.40 - No.22, Air: Though oft a cloud with envious shadeComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.22, Air: Though oft a cloud with envious shade
03:38$2.40 - Recitative: My son, Arbaces... where art thou retir’d?Composer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: My son, Arbaces... where art thou retir’d?
01:52$2.40 - No.23, Air: O let the danger of a sonComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.23, Air: O let the danger of a son
02:15$2.40 - Accompanied recitative: Ye adverse Gods!Composer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Accompanied recitative: Ye adverse Gods!
00:41$2.40 - No.24, Air: O, much lov’d son, if deathComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.24, Air: O, much lov’d son, if death
05:15$4.80 - Recitative: Perhaps the King releas’d ArbacesComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: Perhaps the King releas’d Arbaces
01:34$2.40 - No.25, Air: Let not rage, thy bosom firingComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.25, Air: Let not rage, thy bosom firing
04:24$2.40 - Recitative: What have I done? Alas, I vainly thoughtComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: What have I done? Alas, I vainly thought
00:24$2.40 - No.26, Air: ’Tis not true that in our griefComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.26, Air: ’Tis not true that in our grief
04:08$2.40 - Recitative: Nor here my searching eyes can find MandaneComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: Nor here my searching eyes can find Mandane
01:20$2.40 - No.27, Duetto: For thee I live, my dearestComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.27, Duetto: For thee I live, my dearest
03:37$2.40 - Recitative: To you, my people, much belov’dComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: To you, my people, much belov’d
02:20$2.40 - No.28, Air: The soldier, tir’d of war’s alarmsComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
No.28, Air: The soldier, tir’d of war’s alarms
03:33$2.40 - Recitative: Behold, my King, Arbaces at thy feetComposer(s) Thomas ArneArtist(s) Ian Page
Recitative: Behold, my King, Arbaces at thy feet
02:25$2.40 - No.29, Finale: Live to us, to Empire liveComposer(s) Duncan DruceArtist(s) Ian Page
No.29, Finale: Live to us, to Empire live
03:36$2.40
Total running time: 137 minutes.



Album information
The Classical Opera Company, directed by Ian Page, give a wonderful performance of Thomas Arne's Artaxerxes and features the exciting vocal talents of several world-class young artists.
Released to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Thomas Arne, the composer of Rule, Britannia!, The Classical Opera Company presents the first complete recording of Artaxerxes. The original scores for the opera were burned in a fire in Drury Lane Theatre – only the orchestral parts and the libretto, and some of the music survived. Noted musicologist Duncan Druce recreated the Finale and the company's director Ian Page the recitatives for this, the new performing edition, which was premiered at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 2009. The opera contains several well-known arias, including 'The soldier tir'd', made famous by the late Joan Sutherland.
The Classical Opera Company, which was founded by Ian Page in 1997, specializes in the music of Mozart and his contemporaries whilst performing with its own period-instrument orchestra. The Classical Opera Company has also established an outstanding track record for its work in discovering and developing world-class young artists. Listen to the soloists in Artaxerxes (Christopher Ainslie, Elizabeth Watts, Caitlin Hulcup, Andrew Staples, Rebecca Bottone and Daniel Norman) to hear why The Classical Opera Company is regarded as one of Britain's most exciting and highly regarded young arts organisations.