Alexander's Feast or The Power of Musick HWV 75
Lorenzo Ghirlanda, Vox Chor, Vox Orchester, Marie-Sophie Pollak (Soprano), Tobias Hunger (Tenor), Krešimir Stražanac (Bass-baritone)
2019, Blankenburg, Kloster Michaelstein
Part I
- 03:49Overture. (No tempo indication) – Allegro –
- 02:25Andante
- 01:14Recitative 'Twas at the royal feast' (Tenor)
- 02:29No. 1 Air 'Happy, happy, happy pair' (Tenor)
- 02:32No. 2 Chorus 'Happy, happy, happy pair' (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)
- 00:35Recitative 'Timotheus, plac'd on high' (Tenor)
- 00:58No. 3 Accompagnato 'The song began from Jove' (Soprano)
- 02:12No. 4 Chorus 'The list'ning crowd' (Chorus)
- 03:16No. 5 Air 'With ravish'd ears the monarch hears' (Soprano)
- 00:40Recitative 'The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung' (Bass, Tenor)
- 02:46No. 6 Air and Chorus 'Bacchus, ever fair and young' (Bass) –
- 02:12Air and Chorus 'Bacchus blessings are a treasure' (Chorus)
- 00:54Recitative 'Sooth'd with the sound' (Tenor)
- 01:16No. 7a Accompagnato 'He choose a mournful Muse' (Soprano)
- 03:03No. 8a Air 'He sung Darius, great and good' (Soprano)
- 00:51No. 9a Accompagnato 'With downcast looks' (Soprano)
- 02:41No. 10 Chorus 'Behold Darius great and good' (Chorus)
- 00:39Recitative A 'The mighty master smil'd to see' (Tenor)
- 03:04No. 11 Arioso 'Softly sweet' (Soprano)
- 05:16No. 12 Air 'War, he sung, is toil and trouble' (Soprano)
- 03:56No. 13 Chorus 'The many rend the skies' (Chorus)
- 05:40No. 14 Air 'The Prince, unable to conceal his pain' (Soprano)
- 04:00Si replica il Coro: No. 13 Chorus 'The many rend the skies' (Chorus)
Part II
- 00:57No. 15 Accompagnato and Chorus 'Now strike the golden Lyre again!' (Tenor) –
- 01:13Accompagnato and Chorus 'Break his bands of sleep asunder' (Chorus)
- 00:26Accompagnato 'Hark, hark, the horrid sound' (Tenor)
- 02:04No. 16a Air 'Revenge, revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries' (Bass)
- 04:04No. 16b Air 'Behold, a ghastly band' (Alto)
- 02:07No. 16a Air 'Revenge, revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries' (Bass) (da capo)
- 01:41No. 17 Accompagnato 'Give the vengeance due to the valiant crew' (Tenor)
- 02:19No. 18 Air 'The princes applaud with a furious joy' (Tenor)
- 02:47No. 19 Air and Chorus 'Thais led the way' (Soprano) –
- 02:25Air and Chorus 'The princes applaud with a furious joy' (Chorus)
- 02:50No. 20 Accompagnato and Chorus 'Thus, long ago' (Tenor) –
- 02:58Accompagnato and Chorus 'At last devine Cecilia came' (Chorus)
- 00:19Recitative 'Let old Timotheus yield the prize' (Tenor, Bass)
- 03:50No. 21 Chorus 'Let old Timotheus yield the prize' (Chorus)
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