Alexander's Feast or The Power of Musick HWV 75
Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum Köln, Kölner Kammerchor, Simone Kermes (Soprano), Virgil Hartinger (Tenor), Konstantin Wolff (Bass)
October 2008, Köln, Trinitatiskirche
Part I
- 06:08Overture. (No tempo indication) – Allegro – Andante
- 01:09Recitative 'Twas at the royal feast' (Tenor)
- 04:31No. 1 Air 'Happy, happy, happy pair' (Tenor) - No. 2 Chorus 'Happy, happy, happy pair' (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)
- 00:26Recitative 'Timotheus, plac'd on high' (Tenor)
- 01:10No. 3 Accompagnato 'The song began from Jove' (Soprano)
- 02:19No. 4 Chorus 'The list'ning crowd' (Chorus)
- 03:17No. 5 Air 'With ravish'd ears the monarch hears' (Soprano)
- 00:33Recitative 'The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung' (Bass, Tenor)
- 04:01No. 6 Air and Chorus 'Bacchus, ever fair and young' (Bass) – 'Bacchus blessings are a treasure' (Chorus)
- 00:38Recitative 'Sooth'd with the sound' (Tenor)
- 01:31No. 7a Accompagnato 'He choose a mournful Muse' (Soprano)
- 03:41No. 8a Air 'He sung Darius, great and good' (Soprano)
- 01:10No. 9a Accompagnato 'With downcast looks' (Soprano)
- 03:03No. 10 Chorus 'Behold Darius great and good' (Chorus)
- 00:34Recitative A 'The mighty master smil'd to see' (Tenor)
- 03:33No. 11 Arioso 'Softly sweet' (Soprano)
- 04:29No. 12 Air 'War, he sung, is toil and trouble' (Soprano)
- 04:03No. 13 Chorus 'The many rend the skies' (Chorus)
- 06:30No. 14 Air 'The Prince, unable to conceal his pain' (Soprano)
- 04:17Si replica il Coro: No. 13 Chorus 'The many rend the skies' (Chorus)
Part II
- 02:49No. 15 Accompagnato and Chorus 'Now strike the golden Lyre again!' (Tenor) – 'Break his bands of sleep asunder' (Chorus)
- 05:02No. 16a Air 'Revenge, revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries' (Bass)
- 01:29No. 17 Accompagnato 'Give the vengeance due to the valiant crew' (Tenor)
- 02:02No. 18 Air 'The princes applaud with a furious joy' (Tenor)
- 06:18No. 19 Air 'Thais led the way' (Soprano) - Chorus 'The princes applaud with a furious joy' (Chorus)
- 06:09No. 20 Accompagnato 'Thus, long ago' (Tenor) - Chorus 'At last devine Cecilia came' (Chorus)
- 00:22Recitative 'Let old Timotheus yield the prize' (Tenor, Bass)
- 03:36No. 21 Chorus 'Let old Timotheus yield the prize' (Chorus)
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