Alexander's Feast

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

Released: 1988 Classical

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Tracklist

Alexander's Feast Or The Power Of Music

"Alexander's Feast", Part One

A1 Overture. (Larghetto E Staccato) - Allegro - Adagio - Andante

6:12

A2 Recitative. "'Twas At The Royal Feast"

0:49

A3 Air And Chorus. "Happy, Happy, Happy Pair!"

4:45

A4 Recitative. "Timotheus Placed On High"

0:19

A5 Accompanied Recitative. "The Song Began From Jove"

0:19

A6 Chorus. "The Listening Crowd Admired The Lofty Sound!"

2:16

A7 Air. "With Ravish'd Cars"

3:25

A8 Recitative. "The Praise Of Bacchus Then"

0:29

A9 Air And Chorus. "Bacchus, Ever Fair And Young"

4:40

A10 Recitative. "Soothed With The Sound, The King Grew Vain"

0:34

A11 Accompanied Recitative. "He Chose A Mournful Muse"

1:20

A12 Air. "He Sung Darius, Great And Good"

3:20

B1 Accompanied Recitative. "With Downcast Looks The Joyless Victor Sate"

0:53

B2 Chorus. "Behold Darius Great And Good"

3:06

B3 Recitative. "The Mighty Master Smiled To See"

0:28

B4 Air. "Softly Sweet In Lydian Measures"

3:00

B5 Air. "War, He Sung, Is Toil And Trouble"

5:19

B6 Chorus. "The Many Rend The Skies With Loud Applause"

3:56

B7 Air. "The Prince, Unable To Conceal His Pain"

6:05

B8 Chorus (Da Capo). "The Many Rend The Skies With Loud Applause"

4:02

Concerto Grosso In C, "Alexander's Feast"

C1 Allegro

3:31

C2 Largo - Adagio

1:51

C3 Allegro - Adagio

3:25

C4 Andante Non Presto

4:06

"Alexander's Feast", Part Two

C5 Accompanied Recitative With Chorus. "Now Strike The Golden Lyre Again"

C6 Accompanied Recitative With Chorus."Break His Bonds Of Sleep Asunder"

C7 Accompanied Recitative With Chorus. "Hark, Hark! The Horrid Sound"

2:20

C8 Air. "Revenge, Revenge, Timotheus Cries"

C9 Accompanied Recitative. "Behold, A Ghastly Band"

5:06

C10 Accompanied Recitative. "Give The Vengeance Due"

1:46

D1 Air. "The Princes Applaud With A Furious Joy"

2:07

D2 Air. "Thaïs Led The Way"

D3 Chorus. "The Princes Applaud With A Furious Joy"

5:27

D4 Accompanied Recitative. "Thus, Long Ago"

2:47

D5 Chorus. "At Last Divine Cecilia Came"

3:08

D6 Recitative. "Your Voices Tune, And Raise Them High"

0:32

D7 Duet. "Let's Imitate Her Notes Above!"

2:28

D8 Recitative. "Let Old Timotheus Yield The Prize"

0:20

D9 "Let Old Timotheus Yield The Prize"

3:46