Alexander's Feast or The Power of Musick HWV 75
Rolf Beck, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Chor, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchester, Aneta Mihályová (Soprano), Yana Mamonova (Soprano), Chiyuki Okamura (Soprano), Lucia Duchoňová (Mezzo-soprano), Karolina Sikora (Mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Bruns (Tenor), Wiard Witholt (Bass-baritone)
2009, Kiel, Schloss
Part I
- 06:24Overture. (No tempo indication) – Allegro – Andante
- 00:59Recitative 'Twas at the royal feast' (Tenor)
- 05:06No. 1 Air 'Happy, happy, happy pair' (Tenor) - No. 2 Chorus 'Happy, happy, happy pair' (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)
- 00:28Recitative 'Timotheus, plac'd on high' (Tenor)
- 01:11No. 3 Accompagnato 'The song began from Jove' (Soprano)
- 02:08No. 4 Chorus 'The list'ning crowd' (Chorus)
- 03:23No. 5 Air 'With ravish'd ears the monarch hears' (Soprano)
- 00:39Recitative 'The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung' (Bass, Tenor)
- 04:14No. 6 Air and Chorus 'Bacchus, ever fair and young' (Bass) – 'Bacchus blessings are a treasure' (Chorus)
- 00:45Recitative 'Sooth'd with the sound' (Tenor)
- 01:28No. 7b Accompagnato 'He choose a mournful Muse' (Alto)
- 03:24No. 8b Air 'He sung Darius, great and good' (Alto)
- 01:02No. 9b Accompagnato 'With downcast looks' (Alto)
- 03:08No. 10 Chorus 'Behold Darius great and good' (Chorus)
- 00:24Recitative B 'The mighty master smil'd to see' (Alto)
- 03:07No. 11 Arioso 'Softly sweet' (Soprano)
- 05:36No. 12 Air 'War, he sung, is toil and trouble' (Soprano)
- 03:59No. 13 Chorus 'The many rend the skies' (Chorus)
- 05:55No. 14 Air 'The Prince, unable to conceal his pain' (Soprano)
- 04:06Si replica il Coro: No. 13 Chorus 'The many rend the skies' (Chorus)
Part II
- 02:39No. 15 Accompagnato and Chorus 'Now strike the golden Lyre again!' (Tenor) – 'Break his bands of sleep asunder' (Chorus)
- 05:18No. 16a Air 'Revenge, revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries' (Bass)
- 01:45No. 17 Accompagnato 'Give the vengeance due to the valiant crew' (Tenor)
- 02:32No. 18 Air 'The princes applaud with a furious joy' (Tenor)
- 06:27No. 19 Air 'Thais led the way' (Soprano) - Chorus 'The princes applaud with a furious joy' (Chorus)
- 05:42No. 20 Accompagnato 'Thus, long ago' (Tenor) - Chorus 'At last devine Cecilia came' (Chorus)
- 00:20Recitative 'Let old Timotheus yield the prize' (Tenor, Bass)
- 04:06No. 21 Chorus 'Let old Timotheus yield the prize' (Chorus)
- 00:32Recitative 'Your voices tune, and raise them high' (Alto) (additional movement 1751)
- 02:41(No. 22) Duet 'Let's imitate her notes above' (Soprano, Alto) (additional movement 1742/1751)
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