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Händel: Alexander's Feast

Händel: Alexander's Feast

Thomas Sanderling
1978
George Frideric Handel
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75
1:36:57
Part I, Overture
Rolf Henry Kunz, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Reinhart Vogel, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer
7:28
Part I, Recitative "Twas at the Royal Feast"
Reinhart Vogel, Rolf Henry Kunz, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Jurgen Wachsmuth, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Kurt Wolfer, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Hans-Jürgen Wachsmut
1:06
Part I, Aria "Happy, Happy, Happy Pair"
Rolf Henry Kunz, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Jurgen Wachsmuth, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Kurt Wolfer, Thomas Sanderling, Reinhart Vogel, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Wolfgang Kupke, Hans-Jürgen Wachsmut
5:06
Part I, Recitative "Timotheus plac'd on high"
Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Reinhart Vogel, Rolf Henry Kunz, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Jurgen Wachsmuth, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Kurt Wolfer, Hans-Jürgen Wachsmut
0:30
Part I, "The song began from Jove"
Reinhart Vogel, Barbara Hoene, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Barbara Hoene, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Rolf Henry Kunz, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling
1:14
Part I, "The list'ning Crowd"
Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Reinhart Vogel, Kurt Wolfer, Rolf Henry Kunz, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, MDR Rundfunkchor, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch
2:49
Part I, Aria "With ravish'd ears"
Kurt Wolfer, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Barbara Hoene, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Reinhart Vogel, Barbara Hoene, Rolf Henry Kunz, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling
3:41
Part I, Recitative "The praise of Bacchus"
Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Jurgen Wachsmuth, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Kurt Wolfer, Rolf Henry Kunz, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Jürgen Wachsmut
0:31
Part I, Aria and Chorus "Bacchus, ever fair and young"
Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Hermann Christian Polster, Rolf Henry Kunz, MDR Rundfunkchor, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Hermann Christian Polster, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Reinhart Vogel
5:52
Part I, Recitative "Sooth'd with the sound"
Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Jurgen Wachsmuth, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Kurt Wolfer, Rolf Henry Kunz, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Jürgen Wachsmut
0:46
Part I !He chose a mournful Muse"
Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Rolf Henry Kunz, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Barbara Hoene, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Reinhart Vogel, Barbara Hoene
1:29
Part I, Aria "He sung Darius Great and Good"
Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Barbara Hoene, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Reinhart Vogel, Barbara Hoene, Kurt Wolfer, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Rolf Henry Kunz
3:41
Part I "With downcast Looks"
Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Thomas Sanderling, Reinhart Vogel, Barbara Hoene, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Barbara Hoene, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Rolf Henry Kunz
1:15
Part I "Behold Darius, great and good"
Kurt Wolfer, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Rolf Henry Kunz, Reinhart Vogel, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, MDR Rundfunkchor, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch
3:17
Part I, Recitative "The mighty master smil'd to see"
Rolf Henry Kunz, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Jurgen Wachsmuth, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Reinhart Vogel, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Hans-Jürgen Wachsmut
0:35
Part I "Softly sweet"
Rolf Henry Kunz, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Reinhart Vogel, Barbara Hoene, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Barbara Hoene, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch
3:39
Part I, Aria "War, he sung, is toil and trouble"
Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Barbara Hoene, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Barbara Hoene, Kurt Wolfer, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Reinhart Vogel, Rolf Henry Kunz
5:16
Part I "The many rend the skies"
Kurt Wolfer, Rolf Henry Kunz, Reinhart Vogel, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, MDR Rundfunkchor, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch
4:06
Part I, Aria "The Prince, unable to conceal"
Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Kurt Wolfer, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Rolf Henry Kunz, Reinhart Vogel, Barbara Hoene, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Barbara Hoene, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke
11:14
Part II "Now strike the Golden Lyre"
MDR Rundfunkchor, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Jurgen Wachsmuth, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Rolf Henry Kunz, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Jürgen Wachsmut
3:18
Part II, Aria "Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries"
Wolfgang Kupke, Hermann Christian Polster, Thomas Sanderling, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Hermann Christian Polster, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Reinhart Vogel, Rolf Henry Kunz, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer
8:41
Part II "Give the Vengeance due"
Rolf Henry Kunz, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Jurgen Wachsmuth, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Kurt Wolfer, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Jürgen Wachsmut
1:36
Part II, Aria "The Princes applaud with a furious Joy"
Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Jurgen Wachsmuth, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Reinhart Vogel, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Rolf Henry Kunz, Hans-Jürgen Wachsmut
2:36
Part II, Aria and Chorus "Thais led the way"
Leipzig Radio Chorus, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Barbara Hoene, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Rolf Henry Kunz, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Reinhart Vogel, Barbara Hoene, MDR Rundfunkchor, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch
5:23
Part II "Thus long ago"
Wolfgang Kupke, Rolf Henry Kunz, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Jurgen Wachsmuth, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Reinhart Vogel, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Hans-Jürgen Wachsmut
7:11
Part II "Let old Timotheus yield the Prize"
Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Hermann Christian Polster, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Hermann Christian Polster, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Jurgen Wachsmuth, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Reinhart Vogel, Rolf Henry Kunz, Hans-Jürgen Wachsmut
0:25
Part II "Let old Timotheus yield the Prize"
Kurt Wolfer, Reinhart Vogel, Barbara Hoene, MDR Rundfunkchor, Handel Festival Orchestra, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Wolfgang Kupke, Hermann Christian Polster, Rosemarie Lang, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Thomas Sanderling, Handel Festival Orchestra, Rolf Henry Kunz, Hermann Christian Polster, Barbara Hoene, Reinhart Vogel, Hans-Jurgen Wachsmuth, Hans-Rudiger Hulsch, Kurt Wolfer, Wolfgang Kupke, Thomas Sanderling, Rolf Henry Kunz, Rosemarie Lang, Hans-Jürgen Wachsmut
3:56

January 1, 1978 27 Tracks, 1 hour 36 minutes ℗ 1978 Eterna/Edel Germany GmbH

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