Alexander's Feast or The Power of Musick HWV 75
Richard Neville-Towle, Ludus Baroque, Sophie Bevan (Soprano), Edward Lyon (Tenor), William Berger (Bass)
2010, Edinburgh, Kirk of the Canongate
Part I
- 05:38Overture. (No tempo indication) – Allegro – Andante
- 00:50Recitative 'Twas at the royal feast' (Tenor)
- 04:34No. 1 Air 'Happy, happy, happy pair' (Tenor)
- 00:54Recitative 'Timotheus, plac'd on high' (Tenor)
- 01:14No. 3 Accompagnato 'The song began from Jove' (Soprano)
- 02:08No. 4 Chorus 'The list'ning crowd' (Chorus)
- 03:16No. 5 Air 'With ravish'd ears the monarch hears' (Soprano)
- 00:34Recitative 'The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung' (Bass, Tenor)
- 04:32No. 6 Air and Chorus 'Bacchus, ever fair and young' (Bass) – 'Bacchus blessings are a treasure' (Chorus)
- 00:42Recitative 'Sooth'd with the sound' (Tenor)
- 01:14No. 7a Accompagnato 'He choose a mournful Muse' (Soprano)
- 03:00No. 8a Air 'He sung Darius, great and good' (Soprano)
- 00:48No. 9a Accompagnato 'With downcast looks' (Soprano)
- 02:20No. 10 Chorus 'Behold Darius great and good' (Chorus)
- 00:27Recitative A 'The mighty master smil'd to see' (Tenor)
- 03:02No. 11 Arioso 'Softly sweet' (Soprano)
- 04:46No. 12 Air 'War, he sung, is toil and trouble' (Soprano)
- 03:35No. 13 Chorus 'The many rend the skies' (Chorus)
- 09:21No. 14 Air 'The Prince, unable to conceal his pain' (Soprano)
Part II
- 03:03No. 15 Accompagnato and Chorus 'Now strike the golden Lyre again!' (Tenor) – 'Break his bands of sleep asunder' (Chorus)
- 07:44No. 16a Air 'Revenge, revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries' (Bass)
- 01:12No. 17 Accompagnato 'Give the vengeance due to the valiant crew' (Tenor)
- 02:17No. 18 Air 'The princes applaud with a furious joy' (Tenor)
- 05:00No. 19 Air 'Thais led the way' (Soprano) - Chorus 'The princes applaud with a furious joy' (Chorus)
- 00:44No. 20 Accompagnato and Chorus 'Thus, long ago' (Tenor) –
- 02:58Accompagnato and Chorus 'At last devine Cecilia came' (Chorus)
- 00:23Recitative 'Let old Timotheus yield the prize' (Tenor, Bass)
- 03:34No. 21 Chorus 'Let old Timotheus yield the prize' (Chorus)
- 02:50(No. 23) Chorus 'Your voices tune, and raise them high' (Chorus) (additional movement 1736)
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