Album · 1988
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Alexander’s Feast: Overture. (Larghetto e staccato) – Allegro – Adagio
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75
6:12
2
Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “’Twas at the Royal Feast”
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0:49
3
Alexander’s Feast: Air and Chorus. “Happy, Happy, Happy Pair!”
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75
4:45
4
Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “Timotheus Placed on High”
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0:19
5
Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “The Song Began From Jove”
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0:19
6
Alexander’s Feast: Chorus. “The Listening Crowd Admired the Lofty Sound!”
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2:16
7
Alexander’s Feast: Air. “With Ravish’d Cars”
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3:25
8
Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “The Praise of Bacchus Then”
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0:29
9
Alexander’s Feast: Air and Chorus. “Bacchus, Ever Fair and Young”
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4:40
10
Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “Soothed With the Sound, the King Grew Vain”
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0:34
11
Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “He Chose a Mournful Muse”
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1:20
12
Alexander’s Feast: Air. “He Sung Darius, Great and Good”
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3:20
13
Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “With Downcast Looks the Joyless Victor Sate”
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0:53
14
Alexander’s Feast: Chorus. “Behold Darius Great and Good”
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3:06
15
Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “The Mighty Master Smiled to See”
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0:28
16
Alexander’s Feast: Air. “Softly Sweet in Lydian Measures”
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3:00
17
Alexander’s Feast: Air. “War, He Sung, Is Toil and Trouble”
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5:19
18
Alexander’s Feast: Chorus. “The Many Rend the Skies With Loud Applause”
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3:56
19
Alexander’s Feast: Air. “The Prince, Unable to Conceal His Pain”
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6:05
20
Alexander’s Feast: Chorus (da capo). “The Many Rend the Skies With Loud Applause”
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4:02
Disc 2
1
Alexander’s Feast: Concerto Grosso in C. I. Allegro
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3:31
2
Alexander’s Feast: Concerto Grosso in C. II. Largo
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75
1:51
3
Alexander’s Feast: Concerto Grosso in C. III. Allegro
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75
3:25
4
Alexander’s Feast: Concerto Grosso in C. IV. Andante non presto
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75
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”
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2:20
6
Alexander’s Feast: 1. Air. “Revenge, Revenge, Timotheus Cries” 2. Accompanied Recitative. “Behold, a Ghastly Band”
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75
5:06
7
Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “Give the Vengeance Due”
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75
1:46
8
Alexander’s Feast: Air. “The Princes Applaud With a Furious Joy”
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75
2:07
9
Alexander’s Feast: 1. Air. “Thaïs Led the Way” 2.Chorus. “The Princes Applaud With a Furious Joy”
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5:27
10
Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “Thus, Long Ago”
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75
2:47
11
Alexander’s Feast: Chorus. “At Last Divine Cecilia Came”
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3:08
12
Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “Your Voices Tune, and Raise Them High”
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0:32
13
Alexander’s Feast: Duet. “Let’s Imitate Her Notes Above!”
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2:28
14
Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize”
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0:20
15
Alexander’s Feast: “Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize”
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75
3:46
In print
First pressed 1988, still pressed 2006 — 6 pressings across 2 countries.