Alexander's Feast, HWV 75

~ Release by Georg Friedrich Händel; Carolyn Watkinson, Nigel Robson, Donna Brown, Ashley Stafford, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Alexander’s Feast: Overture. (Larghetto e staccato) – Allegro – Adagio
Georg Friedrich Händel6:12
2Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “’Twas at the Royal Feast”
Georg Friedrich Händel0:49
3Alexander’s Feast: Air and Chorus. “Happy, Happy, Happy Pair!”
Georg Friedrich Händel4:45
4Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “Timotheus Placed on High”
Georg Friedrich Händel0:19
5Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “The Song Began From Jove”
Georg Friedrich Händel0:19
6Alexander’s Feast: Chorus. “The Listening Crowd Admired the Lofty Sound!”
Georg Friedrich Händel2:16
7Alexander’s Feast: Air. “With Ravish’d Cars”
Georg Friedrich Händel3:25
8Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “The Praise of Bacchus Then”
Georg Friedrich Händel0:29
9Alexander’s Feast: Air and Chorus. “Bacchus, Ever Fair and Young”
Georg Friedrich Händel4:40
10Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “Soothed With the Sound, the King Grew Vain”
Georg Friedrich Händel0:34
11Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “He Chose a Mournful Muse”
Georg Friedrich Händel1:20
12Alexander’s Feast: Air. “He Sung Darius, Great and Good”
Georg Friedrich Händel3:20
13Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “With Downcast Looks the Joyless Victor Sate”
Georg Friedrich Händel0:53
14Alexander’s Feast: Chorus. “Behold Darius Great and Good”
Georg Friedrich Händel3:06
15Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “The Mighty Master Smiled to See”
Georg Friedrich Händel0:28
16Alexander’s Feast: Air. “Softly Sweet in Lydian Measures”
Georg Friedrich Händel3:00
17Alexander’s Feast: Air. “War, He Sung, Is Toil and Trouble”
Georg Friedrich Händel5:19
18Alexander’s Feast: Chorus. “The Many Rend the Skies With Loud Applause”
Georg Friedrich Händel3:56
19Alexander’s Feast: Air. “The Prince, Unable to Conceal His Pain”
Georg Friedrich Händel6:05
20Alexander’s Feast: Chorus (da capo). “The Many Rend the Skies With Loud Applause”
Georg Friedrich Händel4:02
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