Handel, G.F.: Alexander's Feast

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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75 (more info)
Performed by: Bach Sinfonia, The Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra Mostly Mozart Orchestra
Composed by: George Frideric Handel David Newman
Conducted by: Daniel E. Abraham Joachim Carlos Martini Gerard Schwarz Rolf Beck
Aneta Mihalyova, soprano
Jana Mamonova, soprano
Chiyuki Okamura, soprano
Lucia Duchonova, mezzo-soprano
Karolina Sikora, mezzo-soprano
Wiard Witholt, bass
Amanda Balestrieri, soprano
Scot R. Cameron, tenor
Knut Schoch, tenor
Gerlinde Samann, soprano
Arleen Auger, soprano
Klaus Mertens, baritone
Benjamin Bruns, tenor
Recording date: 11 May 2008


1.   Part 1: Overture - 00:05:32
2.   Part 1: Recitative: 'Twas at the royal feast (Tenor) - 00:00:56
3.   Part I: Air: Happy, happy, happy pair (Tenor, Chorus) - 00:04:16
4.   Part I: Recitative: Timotheus, plac'd on high (Tenor) - 00:01:40
5.   Part 1: Accompagnato: The song began from Jove (Soprano) - 00:00:52
6.   Part 1: The list'ning Crowd (Chorus) - 00:02:24
7.   Part 1: Air: With ravish'd ears (Soprano) - 00:03:01
8.   Part 1: Recitative: The praise of Bacchus (Tenor) - 00:00:37
9.   Part 1: Air and Chorus: Bacchus, ever fair and young (Bass and Chorus) - 00:04:40
10.   Part 1: Recitative: Sooth'd with the sound (Tenor) - 00:00:38
11.   Part 1: Accompagnato: He chose a mournful muse (Soprano) - 00:00:59
12.   Part 1: Air: He sung Darius great and good (Soprano) - 00:02:17
13.   Part 1: Accompagnato: With downcast looks (Soprano) - 00:00:51
14.   Part 1: Behold Darius great and good (Chorus) - 00:02:15
15.   Part 1: Recitative: The mighty master smil'd to see (Tenor) - 00:00:31
16.   Part 1: Air: Softly sweet (Soprano) - 00:02:24
17.   Part 1: Air: War, he sung, is toil and trouble (Soprano) - 00:04:33
18.   Part 1: The many rend the skies (Chorus) - 00:04:00
19.   Part 1: Air: The Prince, unable to conceal his pain (Soprano) - 00:05:28
20.   Part 1: The many rend the skies (Chorus) - 00:04:03
21.   Part 2: Accompagnato and Chorus: Now strike the golden lyre (Tenor and Chorus) - 00:02:30
22.   Part 2: Air: Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries (Bass) - 00:07:39
23.   Part 2: Accompagnato: Give the vengeance due (Tenor) - 00:01:28
24.   Part 2: Air: The princes applaud with a furious joy (Tenor) - 00:02:02
25.   Part 2: Air and Chorus: Thais led the way (Soprano and Chorus) - 00:04:59
26.   Part 2: Accompagnato and Chorus: Thus, long ago (Tenor) - 00:05:02
27.   Part 2: Recitative: Let old Timotheus yield the prize (Tenor and Bass) - 00:00:23
28.   Part 2: Let old Timotheus yield the prize (Chorus) - 00:03:50

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