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1 Artaxerxes, Act I: Overture Ian Page 5:12

2 Artaxerxes, Act I: Recitative: “Still silence reigns around” Ian Page Elizabeth Watts Caitlin Hulcup 0:29

3 Artaxerxes, Act I: No. 1, Duettino: “Fair Aurora, prithee stay” Ian Page Elizabeth Watts Caitlin Hulcup 2:17

4 Artaxerxes, Act 1: Recitative: “Alas, thou know’st that for my love to thee” Ian Page Caitlin Hulcup Elizabeth Watts 1:13

5 Artaxerxes, Act I: No. 2, Air: “Adieu, thou lovely youth” Ian Page Elizabeth Watts 3:22

6 Artaxerxes, Act I: Recitative: “O cruel parting! How can I survive?” Ian Page Caitlin Hulcup Andrew Staples 0:57

7 Artaxerxes, Act I: No. 3, Air: “Amid a thousand racking woes” Ian Page Caitlin Hulcup 4:39

8 Artaxerxes, Act I: Recitative: “Be firm, my heart” Ian Page Andrew Staples Christopher Ainslie 1:27

9 Artaxerxes, Act I: No. 4, Air: “Behold, on Lethe’s dismal strand” Ian Page Andrew Staples 3:37

10 Artaxerxes, Act I: Recitative: “Stay, Artaxerxes, stay” Ian Page Rebecca Bottone Christopher Ainslie 0:30

11 Artaxerxes, Act I: No. 5, Air: “Fair Semira, lovely maid” Ian Page Christopher Ainslie 3:26

12 Artaxerxes, Act I: Recitative: “I fear some dread disaster” Ian Page Rebecca Bottone Daniel Norman 1:29

13 Artaxerxes, Act I: No. 6, Air: “When real joy we miss” Ian Page Daniel Norman 2:00

14 Artaxerxes, Act I: Recitative: “Ye Gods, protectors of the Persian Empire” Ian Page Rebecca Bottone 0:36

15 Artaxerxes, Act I: No. 7, Air: “How hard is the fate” Ian Page Rebecca Bottone 4:01

16 Artaxerxes, Act I: Recitative: “Whither do I fly?” Ian Page Christopher Ainslie Elizabeth Watts 3:24

17 Artaxerxes, Act I: No. 8, Air: “Thy father! Away, I renounce the soft claim” Ian Page Andrew Staples 1:24

18 Artaxerxes, Act I: Recitative: “Ye cruel Gods, what crime have I committed” Ian Page Caitlin Hulcup 0:15

19 Artaxerxes, Act I: No. 9, Air: “Acquit thee of this foul offence” Ian Page Rebecca Bottone 1:27

20 Artaxerxes, Act I: Recitative: “Appearance, I must own, is strong against me” Ian Page Caitlin Hulcup Christopher Ainslie Daniel Norman Elizabeth Watts 0:48

21 Artaxerxes, Act I: No. 10, Air: “O too lovely, too unkind” Ian Page Caitlin Hulcup 4:25

22 Artaxerxes, Act I: Accompanied recitative: “Dear and beloved shade” Ian Page Elizabeth Watts 0:49

23 Artaxerxes, Act I: No. 11, Air: “Fly, soft ideas, fly” Ian Page Elizabeth Watts 5:03

24 Artaxerxes, Act II: Recitative: “Guards, speed ye to the tower” Ian Page Christopher Ainslie Andrew Staples 0:38

25 Artaxerxes, Act II: No. 12, Air: “In infancy, our hopes and fears” Ian Page Christopher Ainslie 2:12

26 Artaxerxes, Act II: Recitative: “So far my great resolve succeeds” Ian Page Caitlin Hulcup 1:28

27 Artaxerxes, Act II: No. 13, Air: “Disdainful you fly me” (Arbaces) Ian Page Caitlin Hulcup 2:46

28 Artaxerxes, Act II: Recitative: “Why, my dear friend, so pensive” Ian Page Daniel Norman Andrew Staples Rebecca Bottone 2:05

29 Artaxerxes, Act II: No. 14, Air: “To sigh and complain” Ian Page Daniel Norman 1:52

30 Artaxerxes, Act II: Recitative: “How many links to dire misfortune’s chain” Ian Page Rebecca Bottone Elizabeth Watts 1:13

31 Artaxerxes, Act I: No. 15, Air: “If o’er the cruel tyrant love” Ian Page Elizabeth Watts 3:01

32 Artaxerxes, Act II: Recitative: “Which fatal evil shall I first oppose?” Ian Page Rebecca Bottone 0:31

33 Artaxerxes, Act II: No. 16, Air: “If the river’s swelling waves” Ian Page Rebecca Bottone 2:34

34 Artaxerxes, Act II: Recitative: “Ye solid pillars of the Persian Empire” Ian Page Christopher Ainslie Elizabeth Watts Caitlin Hulcup Andrew Staples Rebecca Bottone Daniel Norman 5:01

35 Artaxerxes, Act II: No. 17, Air: “By that belov’d embrace” Ian Page Caitlin Hulcup 3:31

36 Artaxerxes, Act II: Recitative: “Ah me, at poor Arbaces’ parting” Ian Page Elizabeth Watts Andrew Staples 0:46

37 Artaxerxes, Act II: No. 18, Air: “Monster, away” Ian Page Elizabeth Watts 2:36

38 Artaxerxes, Act II: Recitative: “See, lov’d Semira” Ian Page Christopher Ainslie Rebecca Bottone Andrew Staples 1:02

39 Artaxerxes, Act II: Accompanied recitative: “At last my soul has room” Ian Page Andrew Staples 0:38

40 Artaxerxes, Act II: No. 19, Air: “Thou, like the glorious sun” Ian Page Andrew Staples 5:03

41 Artaxerxes, Act III: No. 20, Air: “Why is death for ever late” Ian Page Caitlin Hulcup 2:58

42 Artaxerxes, Act III: Recitative: “Arbaces! Gracious Heav’n” Ian Page Christopher Ainslie Caitlin Hulcup 1:14

43 Artaxerxes, Act III: No. 21, Air: “Water parted from the sea” Ian Page Caitlin Hulcup 2:20

44 Artaxerxes, Act III: Recitative: “That face, secure in conscious innocence” Ian Page Christopher Ainslie 0:26

45 Artaxerxes, Act III: No. 22, Air: “Though oft a cloud with envious shade” Ian Page Christopher Ainslie 3:38

46 Artaxerxes, Act III: Recitative: “My son, Arbaces... where art thou retir’d?” Ian Page Andrew Staples Daniel Norman 1:52

47 Artaxerxes, Act III: No. 23, Air: “O let the danger of a son” Ian Page Daniel Norman 2:15

48 Artaxerxes, Act III: Accompanied recitative: “Ye adverse Gods!” Ian Page Andrew Staples 0:41

49 Artaxerxes, Act III: No. 24, Air: “O, much lov’d son, if death” Ian Page Andrew Staples 5:16

50 Artaxerxes, Act III: Recitative: “Perhaps the King releas’d Arbaces” Ian Page Elizabeth Watts Rebecca Bottone 1:34

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