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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1Alexander’s Feast: Concerto Grosso in C. I. Allegro
Georg Friedrich Händel3:31
2Alexander’s Feast: Concerto Grosso in C. II. Largo
Georg Friedrich Händel1:51
3Alexander’s Feast: Concerto Grosso in C. III. Allegro
Georg Friedrich Händel3:25
4Alexander’s Feast: Concerto Grosso in C. IV. Andante non presto
Georg Friedrich Händel4:06
5Alexander’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”
Georg Friedrich Händel2:20
6Alexander’s Feast: 1. Air. “Revenge, Revenge, Timotheus Cries” 2. Accompanied Recitative. “Behold, a Ghastly Band”
Georg Friedrich Händel5:06
7Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “Give the Vengeance Due”
Georg Friedrich Händel1:46
8Alexander’s Feast: Air. “The Princes Applaud With a Furious Joy”
Georg Friedrich Händel2:07
9Alexander’s Feast: 1. Air. “Thaïs Led the Way” 2.Chorus. “The Princes Applaud With a Furious Joy”
Georg Friedrich Händel5:27
10Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “Thus, Long Ago”
Georg Friedrich Händel2:47
11Alexander’s Feast: Chorus. “At Last Divine Cecilia Came”
Georg Friedrich Händel3:08
12Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “Your Voices Tune, and Raise Them High”
Georg Friedrich Händel0:32
13Alexander’s Feast: Duet. “Let’s Imitate Her Notes Above!”
Georg Friedrich Händel2:28
14Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize”
Georg Friedrich Händel0:20
15Alexander’s Feast: “Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize”
Georg Friedrich Händel3:46