Alexander's Feast or The Power of Musick HWV 75
Joachim Carlos Martini, Barockorchester Frankfurt, Junge Kantorei, Gerlinde Sämann (Soprano), Knut Schoch (Tenor), Klaus Mertens (Bass)
May 2008, Rheingau, Basilika Kloster Eberbach
Part I
- 05:30Overture. (No tempo indication) – Allegro – Andante
- 00:56Recitative 'Twas at the royal feast' (Tenor)
- 04:16No. 1 Air 'Happy, happy, happy pair' (Tenor) - No. 2 Chorus 'Happy, happy, happy pair' (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)
- 01:40Recitative 'Timotheus, plac'd on high' (Tenor)
- 00:52No. 3 Accompagnato 'The song began from Jove' (Soprano)
- 02:24No. 4 Chorus 'The list'ning crowd' (Chorus)
- 02:58No. 5 Air 'With ravish'd ears the monarch hears' (Soprano)
- 00:37Recitative 'The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung' (Bass, Tenor)
- 04:40No. 6 Air and Chorus 'Bacchus, ever fair and young' (Bass) – 'Bacchus blessings are a treasure' (Chorus)
- 00:38Recitative 'Sooth'd with the sound' (Tenor)
- 00:59No. 7a Accompagnato 'He choose a mournful Muse' (Soprano)
- 02:17No. 8a Air 'He sung Darius, great and good' (Soprano)
- 00:51No. 9a Accompagnato 'With downcast looks' (Soprano)
- 02:15No. 10 Chorus 'Behold Darius great and good' (Chorus)
- 00:31Recitative A 'The mighty master smil'd to see' (Tenor)
- 02:24No. 11 Arioso 'Softly sweet' (Soprano)
- 04:33No. 12 Air 'War, he sung, is toil and trouble' (Soprano)
- 04:00No. 13 Chorus 'The many rend the skies' (Chorus)
- 05:28No. 14 Air 'The Prince, unable to conceal his pain' (Soprano)
- 04:03Si replica il Coro: No. 13 Chorus 'The many rend the skies' (Chorus)
Part II
- 02:26No. 15 Accompagnato and Chorus 'Now strike the golden Lyre again!' (Tenor) – 'Break his bands of sleep asunder' (Chorus)
- 07:39No. 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)
- 04:59No. 19 Air 'Thais led the way' (Soprano) - Chorus 'The princes applaud with a furious joy' (Chorus)
- 05:02No. 20 Accompagnato 'Thus, long ago' (Tenor) - Chorus 'At last devine Cecilia came' (Chorus)
- 00:23Recitative 'Let old Timotheus yield the prize' (Tenor, Bass)
- 03:50No. 21 Chorus 'Let old Timotheus yield the prize' (Chorus)
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