Alexander’s Feast

Album by George Frideric Handel & Ensemble Zefiro & Alfredo Bernardini & Miriam Kutrowatz & Daniel Johannsen & Damien Gastl & Arnold Schoenberg Chor

Alexander's Feast is a secular ode by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1736. The work is baroque vocal music for soloists, chorus and orchestra and is characterised by clear melodic lines, contrapuntal choral writing and orchestral interludes that follow the poem's dramatic scenes, and it was written during Handel's mature London period when he was active in composing oratorio-style works.

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  1. 1.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Overture. [Grave] – Allegro non troppo
    3:47
  2. 2.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Overture. Andante
    1:54
  3. 3.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Recitative. ’T Was at the Royal Feast
    1:05
  4. 4.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Aria. Happy, Happy, Happy Pair
    2:16
  5. 5.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Chorus. Happy, Happy, Happy Pair
    2:23
  6. 6.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Recitative. Timotheus, Plac’d on High
    0:35
  7. 7.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Accompagnato. The Song Began From Jove
    0:57
  8. 8.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Chorus. The List’ning Crowd
    2:23
  9. 9.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Aria. With Ravish’d Ears the Monarch Hears
    3:08
  10. 10.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Recitative. The Praise of Bacchus Then the Sweet Musician Sung
    0:40
  11. 11.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Aria. Bacchus, Ever Fair and Young
    2:19
  12. 12.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Chorus. Bacchus’ Blessings Are a Treasure
    1:54
  13. 13.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Recitative. Sooth’d With the Sound
    0:46
  14. 14.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Accompagnato. He Chose a Mournful Muse
    1:09
  15. 15.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Aria. He Sung Darius, Great and Good
    2:32
  16. 16.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Accompagnato. With Downcast Looks the Joyless Victor Sate
    0:56
  17. 17.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Chorus. Behold, Darius Great and Good
    2:14
  18. 18.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Recitative. The Mighty Master Smil’d to See
    0:32
  19. 19.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Arioso. Softly Sweet in Lydian Measures
    3:15
  20. 20.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Aria. War, He Sung, Is Toil and Trouble
    4:36
  21. 21.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Chorus. The Many Rend the Skies (I)
    3:58
  22. 22.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Aria. The Prince, Unable to Conceal His Pain
    5:14
  23. 23.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Chorus. The Many Rend the Skies (II)
    4:09
  24. 24.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Accompagnato. Now Strike the Golden Lyre Again
    1:04
  25. 25.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Chorus. Break His Bands of Sleep Asunder
    1:11
  26. 26.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Accompagnato. Hark, Hark! The Horrid Sound
    0:28
  27. 27.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Aria. Revenge, Timotheus Cries
    7:14
  28. 28.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Accompagnato. Give the Vengeance Due to the Valiant Crew
    1:39
  29. 29.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Aria. The Princes Applaud With a Furious Joy
    2:00
  30. 30.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Aria. Thais Led the Way
    3:08
  31. 31.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Chorus. The Princes Applaud With a Furious Joy
    2:53
  32. 32.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Accompagnato. Thus, Long Ago, Ere Heaving Bellows Learn’d to Blow
    2:22
  33. 33.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Chorus. At Last Divine Cecilia Came
    2:40
  34. 34.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Recitative. Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize
    0:23
  35. 35.
    Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Soli and Chorus. Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize
    3:43

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