Album · 1984
Alexander's Feast
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, I. Overture
Alexander's Feast
6:30
2
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, II. Recitative (tenor): "'Twas at the royal feast"
Alexander's Feast
1:02
3
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, III. Aria: "Happy, happy pair"
Alexander's Feast
2:42
4
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, IV. Chorus: "Happy, happy pair"
Alexander's Feast
2:46
5
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, V. Recitative: "Timotheus plac'd on high"
Alexander's Feast
0:26
6
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, VI. Recitative: "The song began from Jove"
Alexander's Feast
1:02
7
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, VII. Chorus: "The list'ning crowd"
Alexander's Feast
2:10
8
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, VIII. Aria (soprano): "With ravish'd ears"
Alexander's Feast
3:29
9
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, IX. Recitative: "The praise of Bacchus"
Alexander's Feast
0:33
10
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, X. Aria and chorus: "Bacchus ever fair and young"
Alexander's Feast
4:24
11
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XI. Recitative: "Sooth'd with the sound"
Alexander's Feast
0:44
12
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XII. Recitative: "He chose a mournful muse"
Alexander's Feast
1:14
13
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XIII. Aria (soprano): "He sung Darius, great and good"
Alexander's Feast
3:03
14
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XIV. Recitative: "With downcast looks"
Alexander's Feast
1:01
15
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XV. Chorus: "Behold Darius great and good"
Alexander's Feast
2:47
16
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XVI. Recitative: "The mighty master smil'd"
Alexander's Feast
0:34
17
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XVII. Arioso: "Softly sweet in Lydian measures"
Alexander's Feast
3:00
18
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XVIII. Aria: "War, he sung, is toil and trouble"
Alexander's Feast
4:58
Disc 2
1
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XIX. Chorus: "The many rend the skies with loud applause"
Alexander's Feast
3:56
2
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XX. Aria: "The prince, unable to conceal his pain"
Alexander's Feast
6:36
3
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XXI. Chorus: "The many rend the skies with loud applause"
Alexander's Feast
4:04
4
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, I. Recitative and chorus: "Now strike the golden lyre again"
Alexander's Feast
0:55
5
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, II. Chorus: "Break his bands of sleep asunder"
Alexander's Feast
1:19
6
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, III. Recitative: "Hark, hark! The horrid sound"
Alexander's Feast
0:24
7
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, IV. Aria (bass): "Revenge, Timotheus cries"
Alexander's Feast
2:01
8
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, V. Aria: "Behold the ghastly band"
Alexander's Feast
6:02
9
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, VI. Recitative: "Give vengeance the due"
Alexander's Feast
1:44
10
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, VII. Air and Chorus: "The princes applaud with a furious joy"
Alexander's Feast
2:04
11
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, VIII. Air and chorus: "Thais led the way"
Alexander's Feast
5:22
12
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, IX. Recitative: "Thus long ago"
Alexander's Feast
2:48
13
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, X. Chorus: "At last divine Cecilia came"
Alexander's Feast
3:00
14
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, XI. Recitative: "Let old Timotheus yield the prize"
Alexander's Feast
0:19
15
Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, XII. Chorus: "Let old Timotheus yield the prize"
Alexander's Feast
3:18
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First pressed 1978, still pressed 2009 — 10 pressings across 4 countries.
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