Georg Friedrich 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) Europe 2006

Georg Friedrich 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, Europe, 2006

Condition: Mint (M) media / Near Mint (NM or M-) sleeve
New & Sealed small crack in case

Live recording, Stadthalle Göttingen, June 13 & 14, 1987 (Göttingen Händel Festival) ℗ 1988 Universal International Music BV © 2006 Decca Music Group Limited Made in the EU

Tracklist:
. Alexander's Feast Or The Power Of Music
. "Alexander's Feast", Part One = Erster Teil = Première Partie = Parte Prima
1-1. Overture: (Larghetto E Staccato) – Allegro – Adagio – Andante 6:12
1-2. Recitative: "'Twas At The Royal Feast" (Tenor) 0:49
1-3. Air And Chorus: "Happy, Happy, Happy Pair!" (Tenor, Chorus, Soloists) 4:45
1-4. Recitative: "Timotheus Placed On High" (Tenor) 0:19
1-5. Accompanied Recitative: "The Song Began From Jove" (Soprano) 0:19
1-6. Chorus: "The Listening Crowd Admired The Lofty Sound!" 2:16
1-7. Air: "With Ravish'd Ears" (Soprano) 3:25
1-8. Recitative: "The Praise Of Bacchus Then" (Tenor) 0:29
1-9. Air And Chorus: "Bacchus, Ever Fair And Young" (Bass, Chorus) 4:40
1-10. Recitative: "Soothed With The Sound, The King Grew Vain" (Tenor) 0:34
1-11. Accompanied Recitative: "He Chose A Mournful Muse" (Contralto) 1:20
1-12. Air: "He Sung Darius, Great And Good" (Contralto) 3:20
1-13. Accompanied Recitative: "With Downcast Looks The Joyless Victor Sate" (Contralto) 0:53
1-14. Chorus: "Behold Darius Great And Good" 3:06
1-15. Recitative: "The Mighty Master Smiled To See" (Countertenor) 0:28
1-16. Air: "Softly Sweet In Lydian Measures" (Countertenor) 3:00
1-17. Air: "War, He Sung, Is Toil And Trouble" (Tenor) 5:19
1-18. Chorus: "The Many Rend The Skies With Loud Applause" 3:56
1-19. Air: "The Prince, Unable To Conceal His Pain" (Soprano) 6:05
1-20. Chorus (Da Capo): "The Many Rend The Skies With Loud Applause" 4:02
. Concerto Grosso In C, "Alexander's Feast"
. "Alexander's Feast", Part Two = Zweiter Teil = Seconde Partie = Parte Seconda
2-5.1. Accompanied Recitative With Chorus: "Now Strike The Golden Lyre Again" (Tenor) 2:20
2-5.2. "Break His Bonds Of Sleep Asunder" (Chorus)
2-5.3. "Hark, Hark! The Horrid Sound" (Tenor)
2-6.1. Air: "Revenge, Revenge, Timotheus Cries" (Bass) 5:06
2-6.2. Accompanied Recitative: "Behold, A Ghastly Band" (Contralto)
2-7. Accompanied Recitative: "Give The Vengeance Due" (Tenor) 1:46
2-8. Air: "The Princes Applaud With A Furious Joy" (Tenor) 2:07
2-9.1. Air: "Thaïs Led The Way" (Soprano) 5:27
2-9.2. Chorus: "The Princes Applaud With A Furious Joy"
2-10. Accompanied Recitative: "Thus, Long Ago" (Tenor) 2:47
2-11. Chorus: "At Last Divine Cecilia Came" 3:08
2-12. Recitative: "Your Voices Tune, And Raise Them High" (Countertenor) 0:32
2-13. Duet: "Let's Imitate Her Notes Above!" (Soprano, Countertenor) 2:28
2-14. Recitative: "Let Old Timotheus Yield The Prize" (Tenor, Bass) 0:20
2-15. "Let Old Timotheus Yield The Prize" (Soloists, Chorus) 3:46

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Recorded At Stadthalle Göttingen
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Made By EDC, Germany

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