Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75; Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76

Collegium Cartusianum, Cologne Chamber Choir & Peter Neumann

2009-04-01 • Classical

Tracklist

• 1
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 1: 1. Overture
  6:08
• 2
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 1: 2. "T'was at the royal feast"
  1:09
• 3
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 1: 3. "Happy, happy, happy pair!"
  4:31
• 4
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 1: 4. "Timotheus placed on high"
  0:26
• 5
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 1: 5. "The song began from Jove"
  1:10
• 6
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 1: 6. "The listening crowd admired the lofty sound"
  2:19
• 7
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 1: 7. "With ravish'd ears"
  3:17
• 8
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 1: 8. "The praise of Bacchus then"
  0:33
• 9
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 1: 9. "Bacchus, ever fair and young" - 10. "Bacchus's blessings are a treasure"
  4:01
• 10
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 1: 11. "Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain"
  0:38
• 11
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 1: 12. "He chose a mournful Muse"
  1:31
• 12
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 1: 13. "He sung Darius, great and good"
  3:41
• 13
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 1: 14. "With downcast looks the joyless victor sate"
  1:10
• 14
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 1: 15. "Behold Darius great and good"
  3:03
• 15
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 1: 16. "The mighty master smiled to see"
  0:34
• 16
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 1: 17. "Softly sweet in Lydian measures"
  3:33
• 17
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 1: 18. "War, he sung, is toil and trouble"
  4:29
• 18
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 1: 20. "The many rend the skies"
  4:03
• 19
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 1: 19. "The prince, unable to conceal his pain"
  6:30
• 20
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 1: 20. "The many rend the skies" (II)
  4:17
• 1
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 2: 21. "Now strike the golden lyre again" - 22. "Break his bond" - 23. "Hark, hark! The horrid sound"
  2:49
• 2
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 2: 24. "Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries" - 25. "Behold, a ghastly band"
  5:02
• 3
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 2: 26. "Give the vengeance due"
  1:29
• 4
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 2: 27. "The princes applaud with a furious joy"
  2:02
• 5
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 2: 28. "Thaïs led the way" - "The princes applaud"
  6:18
• 6
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 2: 29. "Thus long ago" - 30. "At last divine Cecilia came"
  6:09
• 7
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 2: 31. "Let old Timotheus yield the price"
  0:22
• 8
  Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Pt. 2: 31. "Let old Timotheus yield the price" (II)
  3:44
• 9
  Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 1. Overture
  4:60
• 10
  Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 2. "From Harmony; When Nature"
  3:46
• 11
  Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 3. "From Harmony, from Heavenly Harmony"
  3:47
• 12
  Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 4. "What Passion cannot Music Raise and Quell"
  8:06
• 13
  Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 5. "The Trumpet's Loud Clangour"
  3:25
• 14
  Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 6. March
  2:03
• 15
  Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 7. "The Soft Complaining Flute"
  5:25
• 16
  Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 8. "Sharp Violins Proclaim their Jealous Pangs"
  4:05
• 17
  Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 9. "But Oh! What Art can Teach"
  5:21
• 18
  Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 10. "Orpheus could Lead the Savage Race"
  1:43
• 19
  Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 11. "But Bright Cecilia Raised the Wonder Higher"
  0:45
• 20
  Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 12. "As from the Power of Sacred Lays"
  7:08