Handel: Alexander Balus

The King's Consort & Robert King

1997-10-01 • Classical

Tracklist

• 1
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I: Overture. [Grave] – Allegro
  2:52
• 2
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 1, Chorus. Flush'd with Conquest, Fir'd by Mithra (Asiates)
  3:11
• 3
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 2, Recit. Thus Far, Ye Glorious Partners of the War (Alexander/Jonathan)
  1:29
• 4
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 3, Air. Great Author of This Harmony (Jonathan)
  3:18
• 5
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 4. Flourish of Trumpets
  0:12
• 6
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 5, Recit. And Thus Let Happy Egypt's King (Ptolomee)
  0:24
• 7
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 6, Air. Thrice Happy the Monarch, Whom Nations Content (Ptolomee)
  3:43
• 8
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 7, Recit. Congratulation to Our Father's Friend (Cleopatra)
  0:26
• 9
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 8, Air. Hark! Hark! He Strikes the Golden Lyre (Cleopatra)
  5:59
• 10
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 9, Recit. Be It My Chief Ambition There to Rise (Alexander)
  0:14
• 11
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 10, Air. Fair Virtue Shall Charm Me (Alexander)
  2:24
• 12
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 11, Chorus. Ye Happy Nations Round (Asiates)
  3:02
• 13
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 2: No. 1, Recit. My Jonathan (Alexander)
  0:35
• 14
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 2: No. 2, Air. Oh, What Resistless Charms Are Giv'n (Alexander)
  4:14
• 15
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 1, Air. Subtle Love, with Fancy Viewing (Cleopatra)
  4:55
• 16
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 2, Recit. Aspasia, I Know Not What to Call (Cleopatra)
  0:46
• 17
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 3, Air. How Happy Should We Mortals Prove (Cleopatra)
  2:26
• 18
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 4, Recit. Check Not the Pleasing Accents of Thy Tongue (Aspasia)
  0:25
• 19
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 5, Air. So Shall the Sweet Attractive Smile (Aspasia)
  2:40
• 20
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 6, Recit. How Blissful State! (Cleopatra/Aspasia)
  0:26
• 21
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 7, Duet. O What Pleasures, Past Expressing (Cleopatra/Aspasia)
  3:01
• 22
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 4: No. 1, Recit. Why Hangs This Heavy Gloom upon the Brow (Jonathan/Alexander)
  1:00
• 23
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 4: No. 2, Air. Heroes May Boast Their Mighty Deed (Alexander)
  4:53
• 24
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 5: No. 1, Recit. Ye Sons of Judah, with High Festival (Jonathan)
  0:31
• 25
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 5: No. 2, Air with Chorus. Great God, from Whom All Blessings Spring (Jonathan/Israelites)
  4:38
• 26
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 1, Air. Kind Hope, Thou Universal Friend (Alexander)
  6:04
• 27
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 2, Recit. Long, Long and Happy Live the King! (Jonathan/Alexander)
  0:40
• 28
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 3, Air. O Mithra, with Thy Brightest Beams (Alexander)
  4:18
• 29
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 4, Recit. Stay, My Dread Sovereign (Sycophant Courtier/Alexander/Jonathan)
  1:39
• 30
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 5, Air. Mighty Love Now Calls to Arm (Alexander)
  2:36
• 31
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 6, Air. Hateful Man! Thy Sland'rous Tongue (Jonathan)
  4:21
• 1
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 7, Chorus. O Calumny, on Virtue Waiting (Israelites)
  4:22
• 2
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 2: No. 1, Recit. Ah! Whence These Dire Forebodings of the Mind? (Cleopatra)
  0:39
• 3
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 2: No. 2, Air. Tossed from Thought to Thought I Rove (Cleopatra)
  6:29
• 4
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 2: No. 3, Recit. Give to the Winds, Fair Princess, These Vain Doubts (Aspasia)
  0:23
• 5
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 2: No. 4, Air. Love, Glory, Ambition, Whate'er Can Inspire (Aspasia)
  2:51
• 6
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 3: No., Recit. Thus Far My Wishes Thrive (Ptolomee)
  0:54
• 7
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 3: No. 1, Air. Virtue, Thou Ideal Name (Ptolomee)
  3:44
• 8
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 4: No. 2, Accompagnato. Ye Happy People, with Loud Accents Speak (Jonathan)
  0:38
• 9
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 4: No. 1, Soli with Chorus. Triumph Hymen in the Pair
  2:41
• 10
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 4: No. 2, Recit. Glad Time, at Length, Hath Reach'd the Happy Point (Alexander/Cleopatra)
  0:48
• 11
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 4: No. 3, Duet. Hail Wedded Love, Mysterious Law! (Alexander/Cleopatra)
  3:39
• 12
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 4: No. 4, Chorus. Hymen, Fair Urania's Son (Asiates)
  2:38
• 13
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III: Introduction. Sinfonia
  1:16
• 14
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 1: No. 1, Recit. 'Tis True, Instinctive Nature Seldom Points (Cleopatra)
  0:30
• 15
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 1: No. 2, Air with Chorus. Here Amid the Shady Woods (Cleopatra/Ruffians)
  4:17
• 16
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 1, Recit. Ah! Was It Not My Cleopatra's Voice? (Alexander)
  0:41
• 17
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 2, Air. Pow'rful Guardians of All Nature (Alexander)
  2:53
• 18
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 3, Recit. Treach'ry, O King, Unheard of Treachery (Jonathan/Alexander/Aspasia)
  1:23
• 19
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 4, Air. Fury, with Red Sparkling Eyes (Alexander)
  6:24
• 20
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 5, Recit. Gods! Can There Be a More Afflicting Sight (Aspasia)
  0:25
• 21
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 6, Air. Strange Reverse of Human Fate (Aspasia)
  2:50
• 22
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 7, Recit. May He Return with Laurel'd Victory (Jonathan)
  0:27
• 23
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 8, Air. To God Who Made the Radiant Sun (Jonathan)
  3:14
• 24
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 9, Chorus. Sun, Moon, and Stars, and All Ye Host of Heav'n (Israelites)
  2:51
• 25
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 3: No. 1, Recit. Yes He Was False, My Daughter, False to You (Jonathan/Cleopatra)
  1:20
• 26
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 3: No. 2, Accompagnato. Ungrateful Child, by Ev'ry Sacred Pow'r (Ptolomee)
  0:26
• 27
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 3: No. 3, Air. O Sword, and Thou, All-Daring Hand (Ptolomee)
  2:51
• 28
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 4: No. 1, Accompagnato. Shall Cleopatra Ever Smile Again? (Cleopatra)
  0:43
• 29
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 4: No. 2, Recit. Ungrateful Tidings to the Royal Ear (Messenger)
  1:23
• 30
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 4: No. 3, Air. O Take Me from This Hateful Light (Cleopatra)
  5:18
• 31
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 4: No. 4, Recit. Forgive, O Queen, the Messenger of Ill! (Second Messenger/Cleopatra)
  1:23
• 32
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 4: No. 5, Accompagnato. Calm Thou My Soul (Cleopatra)
  0:48
• 33
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 4: No. 6, Air. Convey Me to Some Peaceful Shore (Cleopatra)
  2:42
• 34
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 5: No. 1, Recit. Mysterious Are Thy Ways, O Providence! (Jonathan)
  1:20
• 35
  Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 5: No. 2, Chorus with Solo. Ye Servants of th' Eternal King (Jonathan/Israelites)
  3:21