‎Handel: Alexander's Feast by Donna Brown

Overture

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

6:12

"T'was at the royal feast"

John Eliot Gardiner, Nigel Robson, English Baroque Soloists

0:49

"Happy, happy, happy pair!"

Carolyn Watkinson, Monteverdi Choir, Donna Brown, Nigel Robson, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, Ashley Stafford, English Baroque Soloists

4:45

"Timotheus placed on high"

Nigel Robson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:19

"The song began from Jove"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Donna Brown

0:49

"The listening crowd admired the lofty sound"

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

2:15

"With ravish'd ears"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Donna Brown

3:25

"The praise of Bacchus then"

John Eliot Gardiner, Nigel Robson, English Baroque Soloists

0:28

"Bacchus, ever fair and young"

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

4:40

"Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain"

Nigel Robson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:33

"He chose a mournful Muse"

English Baroque Soloists, Carolyn Watkinson, John Eliot Gardiner

1:20

"He sung Darius, great and good"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Carolyn Watkinson

3:01

"With downcast looks the joyless victor sate"

English Baroque Soloists, Carolyn Watkinson, John Eliot Gardiner

0:52

"Behold Darius great and good"

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

3:06

"The mighty master smiled to see"

John Eliot Gardiner, Ashley Stafford, English Baroque Soloists

0:28

"Softly sweet in Lydian measures"

Ashley Stafford, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:00

"War, he sung, is toil and trouble"

English Baroque Soloists, Nigel Robson, John Eliot Gardiner

5:19

"The many rend the skies with loud applause"

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

3:56

"The prince, unable to conceal his pain"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Donna Brown

6:05

"The many rend the skies with loud applause"

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

4:02

I. Allegro

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:31

II. Largo - Adagio

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:50

III. Allegro - Adagio

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:25

IV. Andante non Presto

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

4:06

"Now strike the golden lyre again" - "Break his bond" "Hark, hark! the horrid sound"

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Nigel Robson, English Baroque Soloists

2:20

"Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries" - "Behold, a ghastly band"

English Baroque Soloists, Carolyn Watkinson, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

5:05

"Give the vengeance due"

Nigel Robson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:46

"The princes applaud with a furious joy"

English Baroque Soloists, Nigel Robson, John Eliot Gardiner

2:07

"Thaïs led the way" - "The princes applaud"

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Donna Brown

5:26

"Thus, long ago"

English Baroque Soloists, Nigel Robson, John Eliot Gardiner

2:47

"At last divine Cecilia came"

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

3:07

"Your voices tune, and raise them high"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Ashley Stafford

0:31

"Let's imitate her notes above!"

Donna Brown, John Eliot Gardiner, Ashley Stafford, English Baroque Soloists

2:28

"Let old Timotheus yield the prize"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, Nigel Robson

0:19

"Let old Timotheus yield the prize"

Ashley Stafford, Donna Brown, John Eliot Gardiner, Nigel Robson, Carolyn Watkinson, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe

3:46

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Donna Brown

Soprano
Nigel Robson

Tenor
Stephen Varcoe

Baritone, Bass
English Baroque Soloists

Orchestra, Ensemble

Una Marchetti

Producer
Albert Kos

Tape Editor
Wilhelm Hellweg

Producer
Erik Smith

Producer
Willem van Leeuwen

Recording Engineer
Onno Scholtze

Balance Engineer
Wilhelm Hellweg

Recording Engineer
Erik Smith

Recording Engineer
Jean-Francois Labie

Liner Notes
Mike Evans

Photography
Winton Dean

Liner Notes
Richard Holt

Photography
Clive Barda

Photography
Gloria Staffieri

Liner Notes

Handel: Alexander's Feast

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George Frideric Handel

Donna Brown

Nigel Robson

Stephen Varcoe

English Baroque Soloists

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Handel: Alexander's Feast

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