Alexander's Feast, HWV 75

1 Alexander’s Feast: Overture. (Larghetto e staccato) – Allegro – Adagio 6:12 2 Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “’Twas at the Royal Feast” 0:49 3 Alexander’s Feast: Air and Chorus. “Happy, Happy, Happy Pair!” 4:45 4 Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “Timotheus Placed on High” 0:19 5 Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “The Song Began From Jove” 0:19 6 Alexander’s Feast: Chorus. “The Listening Crowd Admired the Lofty Sound!” 2:16 7 Alexander’s Feast: Air. “With Ravish’d Cars” 3:25 8 Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “The Praise of Bacchus Then” 0:29 9 Alexander’s Feast: Air and Chorus. “Bacchus, Ever Fair and Young” 4:40 10 Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “Soothed With the Sound, the King Grew Vain” 0:34 11 Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “He Chose a Mournful Muse” 1:20 12 Alexander’s Feast: Air. “He Sung Darius, Great and Good” 3:20 13 Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “With Downcast Looks the Joyless Victor Sate” 0:53 14 Alexander’s Feast: Chorus. “Behold Darius Great and Good” 3:06 15 Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “The Mighty Master Smiled to See” 0:28 16 Alexander’s Feast: Air. “Softly Sweet in Lydian Measures” 3:00 17 Alexander’s Feast: Air. “War, He Sung, Is Toil and Trouble” 5:19 18 Alexander’s Feast: Chorus. “The Many Rend the Skies With Loud Applause” 3:56 19 Alexander’s Feast: Air. “The Prince, Unable to Conceal His Pain” 6:05 20 Alexander’s Feast: Chorus (da capo). “The Many Rend the Skies With Loud Applause” 4:02 1 Alexander’s Feast: Concerto Grosso in C. I. Allegro 3:31 2 Alexander’s Feast: Concerto Grosso in C. II. Largo 1:51 3 Alexander’s Feast: Concerto Grosso in C. III. Allegro 3:25 4 Alexander’s Feast: Concerto Grosso in C. IV. Andante non presto 4:06 5 Alexander’s Feast: 1. Accompanied Recitative With Chorus. “Now Strike the Golden Lyre Again” 2. Accompanied Recitative With Chorus.“Break His Bonds of Sleep Asunder” 3. Accompanied Recitative With Chorus. “Hark, Hark! The Horrid Sound” 2:20 6 Alexander’s Feast: 1. Air. “Revenge, Revenge, Timotheus Cries” 2. Accompanied Recitative. “Behold, a Ghastly Band” 5:06 7 Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “Give the Vengeance Due” 1:46 8 Alexander’s Feast: Air. “The Princes Applaud With a Furious Joy” 2:07 9 Alexander’s Feast: 1. Air. “Thaïs Led the Way” 2.Chorus. “The Princes Applaud With a Furious Joy” 5:27 10 Alexander’s Feast: Accompanied Recitative. “Thus, Long Ago” 2:47 11 Alexander’s Feast: Chorus. “At Last Divine Cecilia Came” 3:08 12 Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “Your Voices Tune, and Raise Them High” 0:32 13 Alexander’s Feast: Duet. “Let’s Imitate Her Notes Above!” 2:28 14 Alexander’s Feast: Recitative. “Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize” 0:20 15 Alexander’s Feast: “Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize” 3:46