2x CD

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75

Album by Georg Friedrich Händel; Carolyn Watkinson, Nigel Robson, Donna Brown, Ashley Stafford, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Released 1988

Tracklist

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