Georg Friedrich Händel
Alexander's Feast (The Sixteen feat. conductor: Harry Christophers)
1991

CD 1
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Alexander's Feast: Overture 6:21
2 Alexander's Feast: Recitative (Tenor) "'Twas the Royal Feast" 0:58
3 Alexander's Feast: Aria (Tenor) - Chorus "Happy Pair" 4:45
4 Alexander's Feast: Recitative (Tenor) "Timotheus Plac'd on High" 0:26
5 Alexander's Feast: Harp Concerto, Op. 4 No. 6 in B-flat major: I. Allegro (feat, concertino: Tragicomedia, triple harp: Andrew Lawrence-King) 6:24
6 Alexander's Feast: Harp Concerto, Op. 4 No. 6 in B-flat major: II. Larghetto (feat, concertino: Tragicomedia, triple harp: Andrew Lawrence-King) 4:15
7 Alexander's Feast: Harp Concerto, Op. 4 No. 6 in B-flat major: III. Allegro Moderato (feat, concertino: Tragicomedia, triple harp: Andrew Lawrence-King) 2:43
8 Alexander's Feast: Recitative (Soprano) "The Song Began From Jove" 1:01
9 Alexander's Feast: Chorus "The List'ning Crowd" 2:09
10 Alexander's Feast: Aria (Soprano) "With Ravish'd Ears" 3:35
11 Alexander's Feast: Recitative (Tenor) "The Praise of Bacchus" 0:36
12 Alexander's Feast: Aria (Basse) - Chorus "Bacchus, Ever Fair and Young" 5:09
13 Alexander's Feast: Recitative (Tenor) "Sooth'd With the Sound" 0:45
14 Alexander's Feast: Accompanied Recitative (Soprano) "He Chose Mournful Muse" 1:25
15 Alexander's Feast: Aria (Soprano) "He Sung Darius, Great and Good" 2:48
16 Alexander's Feast: Accompanied Recitative (Soprano) "With Downcast Looks" 0:55
17 Alexander's Feast: Chorus "Behold Darius, Great and Good" 2:13
18 Alexander's Feast: Recitative (Tenor) "The Mighty Master Smil'd" 0:31
19 Alexander's Feast: Arioso (Soprano) "Softly Sweet, in Lydian Measures" 3:35
20 Alexander's Feast: Aria (Soprano) "War, He Sung, Is Toil and Trouble" 4:38
21 Alexander's Feast: Chorus "The Many Rend the Skies" 3:58
22 Alexander's Feast: Aria (Soprano) "The Prince, Unable to Conceal His Pain" 6:27
23 Alexander's Feast: Chorus "The Many Rend the Skies" 4:03
Total time 69:40
CD 2
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Alexander's Feast: Accompanied Recitative (Tenor) - Chorus "Now Strike the Golden Lyre Again" 2:38
2 Alexander's Feast: Aria (Bass) "Revenge, Timotheus Cries" 7:52
3 Alexander's Feast: Accompanied Recitative (Tenor) "Give the Vengence Due" 1:25
4 Alexander's Feast: Aria (Tenor) "The Princes Applaud With a Furious Joy" 2:23
5 Alexander's Feast: Aria (Soprano) - Chorus "Thais Led the Way" 5:13
6 Alexander's Feast: Accompanied Recitative (Tenor) "Thus Long Ago" 2:21
7 Alexander's Feast: Grand Chorus "At Last Divine Cicilia Came" 2:29
8 Alexander's Feast: Recitative (Tenor & Bass) "Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize" 0:22
9 Alexander's Feast: Chorus "Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize" 3:28
10 Alexander's Feast: Organ Concerto Op. 4 No. 1 in G Minor: I. Larghetto, E Staccato (feat. organ: Paul Nicholson) 4:49
11 Alexander's Feast: Organ Concerto Op. 4 No. 1 in G Minor: II. Allegro (feat. organ: Paul Nicholson) 4:50
12 Alexander's Feast: Organ Concerto Op. 4 No. 1 in G Minor: III. Adagio (feat. organ: Paul Nicholson) 1:14
13 Alexander's Feast: Organ Concerto Op. 4 No. 1 in G Minor: IV. Andante (feat. organ: Paul Nicholson) 3:59
14 Alexander's Feast: Additional Chorus "Your Voices Tune" 3:00
Total time 46:02



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