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Schleswig-Holstein Festival Choir & Orchestra, Rolf Beck

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A rare complete recording of one of Handel’s most popular and colorfully scored works performed by the extremely talented young musicians from the Schleswig-Holstein Festival.

Release date: 14th Sep 2009
Label: Hänssler
Catalogue number: 98592
Length: 89 minutes
Genre:
- Choral

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Handel: Alexander's Feast

Work length1:29:20

Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Aneta Mihalyova (soprano), Jana Mamonova (soprano), Chiyuki Okamura (soprano), Lucia Duchonova (mezzo-soprano), Karolina Sikora (mezzo-soprano), Wiard Witholt (bass)
Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir
Rolf Beck

Part I: Overture

Track length6:24

Part I: Recitative: 'T was at the Royal feast, for Persia won (Tenor)

Track length0:59

Part I: Aria: Happy, happy, happy pair! (Tenor, Chorus)

Track length5:06

Part I: Recitative: Timotheus, plac'd on high (Tenor)

Track length0:28

Part I: Accompanied: The song began from jove (Soprano)

Track length1:10

Part I: The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound (Chorus)

Track length2:08

Part I: Aria: With ravish'd ears (Soprano)

Track length3:23

Part I: Recitative: The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung (Tenor)

Track length0:38

Part I: Aria: Bacchus, ever fair and young (Bass, Chorus)

Track length4:14

Part I: Recitative: Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain (Tenor)

Track length0:45

Part I: Accompanied: He chose a mournful Muse (Mezzo-soprano)

Track length1:28

Part I: Aria: He sung Darius, great and good (Mezzo-soprano)

Track length3:24

Part I: Accompanied: With downcast looks the joyless victor sate (Mezzo-soprano)

Track length1:01

Part I: Behold Darius, great and good (Chorus)

Track length3:08

Part I: Recitative: The mighty master smil'd to see (Mezzo-soprano)

Track length0:23

Part I: Arioso: Softly sweet, in Lydian measures (Mezzo-soprano)

Track length3:07

Part I: Aria: War, he sung, is toil and trouble (Tenor)

Track length5:36

Part I: The many rend the skies with loud applause (Chorus)

Track length3:59

Part I: Aria: The Prince, unable to conceal his pain (Soprano)

Track length5:55

Part I: The many rend the skies (Chorus)

Track length4:06

Part II: Accompanied: Now strike the golden lyre again! (Tenor, Chorus)

Track length2:39

Part II: Aria: Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries (Bass)

Track length5:17

Part II: Accompanied: Give the Vengeance due (Tenor)

Track length1:45

Part II: Aria: The princes applaud with a furious joy (Tenor)

Track length2:31

Part II: Aria: Thais led the way (Soprano, Chorus)

Track length6:27

Part II: Accompanied: Thus long ago (Tenor, Chorus)

Track length5:42

Part II: Recitative: Your voices tune, and raise them high (Mezzo-soprano)

Track length0:32

Part II: Duet: Let's imitate her notes above (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano)

Track length2:40

Part II: Recitative: Let old Timotheus yield the Prize (Tenor, Bass)

Track length0:20

Part II: Let old Timotheus yield the Prize (Chorus)

Track length4:05

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