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CD 1 |
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| 1. |
Alexander’s Feast: Overture. (Larghetto e staccato) – Allegro – Adagio |
6:12 |
| 2. |
Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “’Twas at the Royal Feast” |
0:49 |
| 3. |
Alexander’s Feast: Air and Chorus. “Happy, Happy, Happy Pair!” |
4:45 |
| 4. |
Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “Timotheus Placed on High” |
0:19 |
| 5. |
Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “The Song Began From Jove” |
0:19 |
| 6. |
Alexander’s Feast: Chorus. “The Listening Crowd Admired the Lofty Sound!” |
2:16 |
| 7. |
Alexander’s Feast: Air. “With Ravish’d Cars” |
3:25 |
| 8. |
Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “The Praise of Bacchus Then” |
0:29 |
| 9. |
Alexander’s Feast: Air and Chorus. “Bacchus, Ever Fair and Young” |
4:40 |
| 10. |
Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “Soothed With the Sound, the King Grew Vain” |
0:34 |
| 11. |
Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “He Chose a Mournful Muse” |
1:20 |
| 12. |
Alexander’s Feast: Air. “He Sung Darius, Great and Good” |
3:20 |
| 13. |
Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “With Downcast Looks the Joyless Victor Sate” |
0:53 |
| 14. |
Alexander’s Feast: Chorus. “Behold Darius Great and Good” |
3:06 |
| 15. |
Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “The Mighty Master Smiled to See” |
0:28 |
| 16. |
Alexander’s Feast: Air. “Softly Sweet in Lydian Measures” |
3:00 |
| 17. |
Alexander’s Feast: Air. “War, He Sung, Is Toil and Trouble” |
5:19 |
| 18. |
Alexander’s Feast: Chorus. “The Many Rend the Skies With Loud Applause” |
3:56 |
| 19. |
Alexander’s Feast: Air. “The Prince, Unable to Conceal His Pain” |
6:05 |
| 20. |
Alexander’s Feast: Chorus (da capo). “The Many Rend the Skies With Loud Applause” |
4:02 |
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CD 2 |
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| 1. |
Alexander’s Feast: Concerto Grosso in C. I. Allegro |
3:31 |
| 2. |
Alexander’s Feast: Concerto Grosso in C. II. Largo |
1:51 |
| 3. |
Alexander’s Feast: Concerto Grosso in C. III. Allegro |
3:25 |
| 4. |
Alexander’s Feast: Concerto Grosso in C. IV. Andante non presto |
4:06 |
| 5. |
Alexander’s Feast: 1. Accompanied Recitative With Chorus. “Now Strike the Golden Lyre Again” 2. Accompanied Recitative With Chorus.“Break His Bonds of Sleep Asunder” 3. Accompanied Recitative With Chorus. “Hark, Hark! The Horrid Sound” |
2:20 |
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Alexander’s Feast: 1. Air. “Revenge, Revenge, Timotheus Cries” 2. Accompanied Recitative. “Behold, a Ghastly Band” |
5:06 |
| 7. |
Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “Give the Vengeance Due” |
1:46 |
| 8. |
Alexander’s Feast: Air. “The Princes Applaud With a Furious Joy” |
2:07 |
| 9. |
Alexander’s Feast: 1. Air. “Thaïs Led the Way” 2.Chorus. “The Princes Applaud With a Furious Joy” |
5:27 |
| 10. |
Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “Thus, Long Ago” |
2:47 |
| 11. |
Alexander’s Feast: Chorus. “At Last Divine Cecilia Came” |
3:08 |
| 12. |
Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “Your Voices Tune, and Raise Them High” |
0:32 |
| 13. |
Alexander’s Feast: Duet. “Let’s Imitate Her Notes Above!” |
2:28 |
| 14. |
Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize” |
0:20 |
| 15. |
Alexander’s Feast: “Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize” |
3:46 |
