Largo from ‘Xerxes’

Name: Largo from ‘Xerxes’
Duration: 2 min 52 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.8	Largo from ‘Xerxes’	2:52	Plácido Domingo with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra	The Best of Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa & Pavarotti	Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Pavarotti	Album + Compilation	GB1992	Reader’s Digest	LDOM-A-212
1.8	Largo from ‘Xerxes’	2:52	George Frideric Handel	The Best of Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa & Pavarotti	Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Pavarotti	Album + Compilation	-1992	Reader’s Digest
2.5	Xerxes (Ombra mai fu)	2:56	Georg Friedrich Händel	Ich mag keine Klassik, aber das gefällt mir	Various Artists	Album	DE2015-08-28	RCA Red Seal

tenor vocals:	Plácido Domingo (tenor)
orchestra:	Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:	Helmuth Froschauer (conductor and chorus master)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	BMG Music (in 1979)

recording of:	Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)

composer:	George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1737-12-26 until 1738-01-09)
librettist:	[anonymous] (special purpose artist)

referred to in medleys:	Hooked on Romance
later translated versions:	Xerxès HWV 40 : Largo “Bois de lent oubli” (french version)
part of:	Serse, HWV 40: Atto I (order: 2)
arrangements:	Crux fidelis (translated) Holy Art Thou (Largo from “Xerxes”) Largo (transcription F. Pourcel) Largo from “Xerxes” (for violin, harp, organ and strings, arr. Hellmesberger) Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse) (for violin and piano, Sarasate) Serse, HWV 40: Atto I. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (“largo”; catch‐all for arrangements) Serse, HWV 40: Atto I. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (for organ, Martin) Serse, HWV 40: Atto I. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse) (for cello and orchestra)