Serse: “Ombra mai fu”

Name: Serse: “Ombra mai fu”
Duration: 3 min 8 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.4	Serse: Ombra Mai Fu	3:10	Georg Friedrich Händel	The Ultimate Opera Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-1992-09-01	Erato	2292 45797-2
2.19	”Ombra Mai Fu” from Xerxes (Handel’s Largo)	3:05	Georg Friedrich Händel	Händel’s Largos	Georg Friedrich Händel	Album	-1999	Erato	3984-26307-2
1.9	Serse: “Ombra mai fu”	3:08	George Frideric Handel	Les Indispensables de l’opéra	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR1999	Erato	3984 26500 2
1.9	Xerxes: “Ombra mai fu”	3:08	George Frideric Handel	Simply the Best Night at the Opera	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1999	Erato	39842 64992, 39842-64992
1.9	Xerxes: “Ombra mai fu”	3:08	George Frideric Handel	Simply the Best Night at the Opera	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1999	Erato	39842 64992

mezzo-soprano vocals:	Marilyn Horne (American operatic mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:	I Solisti Veneti
conductor:	Claudio Scimone (conductor)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Erato Classics snc (not for release label use! for copyrights use only) (in 1983)

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)