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Alexander's Feast G.F. Händel; Bachchor Stockholm, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Release: 1984 Germany, Language: English, Status: Official
Format: 12" Vinyl + 12" Vinyl, Tracks: 33, Length: 1:26:17, Barcode: [none]
Release type: Album

Contents

12" Vinyl #1
A1 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, I. Overture 6:30
A2 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, II. Recitative (tenor): "'Twas at the royal feast" 1:02
A3 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, III. Aria: "Happy, happy pair" 2:42
A4 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, IV. Chorus: "Happy, happy pair" 2:46
A5 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, V. Recitative: "Timotheus plac'd on high" 0:26
A6 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, VI. Recitative: "The song began from Jove" 1:02
A7 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, VII. Chorus: "The list'ning crowd" 2:10
A8 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, VIII. Aria (soprano): "With ravish'd ears" 3:29
B1 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, IX. Recitative: "The praise of Bacchus" 0:33
B2 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, X. Aria and chorus: "Bacchus ever fair and young" 4:24
B3 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XI. Recitative: "Sooth'd with the sound" 0:44
B4 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XII. Recitative: "He chose a mournful muse" 1:14
B5 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XIII. Aria (soprano): "He sung Darius, great and good" 3:03
B6 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XIV. Recitative: "With downcast looks" 1:01
B7 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XV. Chorus: "Behold Darius great and good" 2:47
B8 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XVI. Recitative: "The mighty master smil'd" 0:34
B9 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XVII. Arioso: "Softly sweet in Lydian measures" 3:00
B10 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XVIII. Aria: "War, he sung, is toil and trouble" 4:58
12" Vinyl #2
A1 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XIX. Chorus: "The many rend the skies with loud applause" 3:56
A2 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XX. Aria: "The prince, unable to conceal his pain" 6:36
A3 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XXI. Chorus: "The many rend the skies with loud applause" 4:04
A4 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, I. Recitative and chorus: "Now strike the golden lyre again" 0:55
A5 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, II. Chorus: "Break his bands of sleep asunder" 1:19
A6 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, III. Recitative: "Hark, hark! The horrid sound" 0:24
A7 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, IV. Aria (bass): "Revenge, Timotheus cries" 2:01
A8 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, V. Aria: "Behold the ghastly band" 6:02
B1 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, VI. Recitative: "Give vengeance the due" 1:44
B2 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, VII. Air and Chorus: "The princes applaud with a furious joy" 2:04
B3 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, VIII. Air and chorus: "Thais led the way" 5:22
B4 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, IX. Recitative: "Thus long ago" 2:48
B5 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, X. Chorus: "At last divine Cecilia came" 3:00
B6 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, XI. Recitative: "Let old Timotheus yield the prize" 0:19
B7 Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, XII. Chorus: "Let old Timotheus yield the prize" 3:18

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