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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75 Georg Friedrich Händel; Carolyn Watkinson, Nigel Robson, Donna Brown, Ashley Stafford, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Release: 1988 Germany, Language: English, Status: Official
Format: CD + CD, Tracks: 35, Length: 1:37:57, Barcode: 028942205321
Release type: Album

Contents

CD #1
1 Alexander’s Feast: Overture. (Larghetto e staccato) – Allegro – Adagio 6:12
2 Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “’Twas at the Royal Feast” 0:49
3 Alexander’s Feast: Air and Chorus. “Happy, Happy, Happy Pair!” 4:45
4 Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “Timotheus Placed on High” 0:19
5 Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “The Song Began From Jove” 0:19
6 Alexander’s Feast: Chorus. “The Listening Crowd Admired the Lofty Sound!” 2:16
7 Alexander’s Feast: Air. “With Ravish’d Cars” 3:25
8 Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “The Praise of Bacchus Then” 0:29
9 Alexander’s Feast: Air and Chorus. “Bacchus, Ever Fair and Young” 4:40
10 Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “Soothed With the Sound, the King Grew Vain” 0:34
11 Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “He Chose a Mournful Muse” 1:20
12 Alexander’s Feast: Air. “He Sung Darius, Great and Good” 3:20
13 Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “With Downcast Looks the Joyless Victor Sate” 0:53
14 Alexander’s Feast: Chorus. “Behold Darius Great and Good” 3:06
15 Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “The Mighty Master Smiled to See” 0:28
16 Alexander’s Feast: Air. “Softly Sweet in Lydian Measures” 3:00
17 Alexander’s Feast: Air. “War, He Sung, Is Toil and Trouble” 5:19
18 Alexander’s Feast: Chorus. “The Many Rend the Skies With Loud Applause” 3:56
19 Alexander’s Feast: Air. “The Prince, Unable to Conceal His Pain” 6:05
20 Alexander’s Feast: Chorus (da capo). “The Many Rend the Skies With Loud Applause” 4:02
CD #2
1 Alexander’s Feast: Concerto Grosso in C. I. Allegro 3:31
2 Alexander’s Feast: Concerto Grosso in C. II. Largo 1:51
3 Alexander’s Feast: Concerto Grosso in C. III. Allegro 3:25
4 Alexander’s Feast: Concerto Grosso in C. IV. Andante non presto 4:06
5 Alexander’s Feast: 1. Accompanied Recitative With Chorus. “Now Strike the Golden Lyre Again” 2. Accompanied Recitative With Chorus.“Break His Bonds of Sleep Asunder” 3. Accompanied Recitative With Chorus. “Hark, Hark! The Horrid Sound” 2:20
6 Alexander’s Feast: 1. Air. “Revenge, Revenge, Timotheus Cries” 2. Accompanied Recitative. “Behold, a Ghastly Band” 5:06
7 Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “Give the Vengeance Due” 1:46
8 Alexander’s Feast: Air. “The Princes Applaud With a Furious Joy” 2:07
9 Alexander’s Feast: 1. Air. “Thaïs Led the Way” 2.Chorus. “The Princes Applaud With a Furious Joy” 5:27
10 Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “Thus, Long Ago” 2:47
11 Alexander’s Feast: Chorus. “At Last Divine Cecilia Came” 3:08
12 Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “Your Voices Tune, and Raise Them High” 0:32
13 Alexander’s Feast: Duet. “Let’s Imitate Her Notes Above!” 2:28
14 Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize” 0:20
15 Alexander’s Feast: “Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize” 3:46

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