Author: Händel
Title: Alexander's Feast
Category: Classical
Style: Baroque
Year: 1988 Rating: 3.6
Format: MP1 AHX MPC MP4 RA DTS MMF FLAC MP3
MP3 album RAR size: 1844 mb | FLAC album RAR size: 1892 mb

Tracklist

Alexander's Feast Or The Power Of Music
"Alexander's Feast", Part One
Overture. (Larghetto E Staccato) - Allegro - Adagio - Andante	6:12
Recitative. "'Twas At The Royal Feast"	0:49
Air And Chorus. "Happy, Happy, Happy Pair!"	4:45
Recitative. "Timotheus Placed On High"	0:19
Accompanied Recitative. "The Song Began From Jove"	0:19
Chorus. "The Listening Crowd Admired The Lofty Sound!"	2:16
Air. "With Ravish'd Cars"	3:25
Recitative. "The Praise Of Bacchus Then"	0:29
Air And Chorus. "Bacchus, Ever Fair And Young"	4:40
Recitative. "Soothed With The Sound, The King Grew Vain"	0:34
Accompanied Recitative. "He Chose A Mournful Muse"	1:20
Air. "He Sung Darius, Great And Good"	3:20
Accompanied Recitative. "With Downcast Looks The Joyless Victor Sate"	0:53
Chorus. "Behold Darius Great And Good"	3:06
Recitative. "The Mighty Master Smiled To See"	0:28
Air. "Softly Sweet In Lydian Measures"	3:00
Air. "War, He Sung, Is Toil And Trouble"	5:19
Chorus. "The Many Rend The Skies With Loud Applause"	3:56
Air. "The Prince, Unable To Conceal His Pain"	6:05
Chorus (Da Capo). "The Many Rend The Skies With Loud Applause"	4:02
Concerto Grosso In C, "Alexander's Feast"
Allegro	3:31
Largo - Adagio	1:51
Allegro - Adagio	3:25
Andante Non Presto	4:06
"Alexander's Feast", Part Two
Accompanied Recitative With Chorus. "Now Strike The Golden Lyre Again"
Accompanied Recitative With Chorus."Break His Bonds Of Sleep Asunder"
Accompanied Recitative With Chorus. "Hark, Hark! The Horrid Sound"	2:20
Air. "Revenge, Revenge, Timotheus Cries"
Accompanied Recitative. "Behold, A Ghastly Band"	5:06
Accompanied Recitative. "Give The Vengeance Due"	1:46
Air. "The Princes Applaud With A Furious Joy"	2:07
Air. "Thaïs Led The Way"
Chorus. "The Princes Applaud With A Furious Joy"	5:27
Accompanied Recitative. "Thus, Long Ago"	2:47
Chorus. "At Last Divine Cecilia Came"	3:08
Recitative. "Your Voices Tune, And Raise Them High"	0:32
Duet. "Let's Imitate Her Notes Above!"	2:28
Recitative. "Let Old Timotheus Yield The Prize"	0:20
"Let Old Timotheus Yield The Prize"	3:46

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
422 053-2	Händel*, Carolyn Watkinson, Nigel Robson, Donna Brown, Ashley Stafford, Stephen Varcoe, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner	Händel*, Carolyn Watkinson, Nigel Robson, Donna Brown, Ashley Stafford, Stephen Varcoe, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner - Alexander's Feast ‎(2xCD + Box)	Philips Digital Classics	422 053-2	Germany	1988
422 053-1	Händel*, Carolyn Watkinson, Nigel Robson, Donna Brown, Ashley Stafford, Stephen Varcoe, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner	Händel*, Carolyn Watkinson, Nigel Robson, Donna Brown, Ashley Stafford, Stephen Varcoe, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner - Alexander's Feast ‎(2xLP + Box)	Philips Digital Classics	422 053-1	Netherlands	1988
002894757774	Händel*, Carolyn Watkinson, Nigel Robson, Donna Brown, Ashley Stafford, Stephen Varcoe, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner	Händel*, Carolyn Watkinson, Nigel Robson, Donna Brown, Ashley Stafford, Stephen Varcoe, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner - Alexander's Feast ‎(2xCD, Album, RE)	Philips Digital Classics	002894757774	Germany	2006