‎Handel: Alexander Balus (1748 English Oratorio in Three Acts) by Rudolph Palmer

Overture

Brewer Chamber Orchestra, Rudolph Palmer

2:36

Flush'd with conquest

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3:31

Thus far, ye glorious partners of war

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1:26

Great Author of this harmony

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3:39

And thus let happy Egypt's king

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0:36

Thrice happy the monarch

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4:00

Congratulations to our father's friend

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6:43

Be it my chief ambition there to rise

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2:29

Ye happy nations round

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2:45

Recitative/Air (Alexander): My Jonathan, did thou mark well her graces?

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3:52

Air (Cleopatra): Subtle joy, with fancy viewing

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6:31

Aspasia, I know not what to call

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2:59

Check not the pleasing aspects of thy tongue

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2:45

How blissful state!

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3:21

Recitative (Jonathan/Alexander): Why hangs this heavy gloom upon the brow

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1:01

Heroes may boast their mighty deeds

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4:25

Ye sons of Judah, with high festival

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4:30

Air (Aspasia): Kind Hope, thou universal friend

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7:22

Long, long and happy live the king!

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0:37

O Mithra, with thy brightest beams

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4:09

Alexander Balus, HWV 65 - Recitative (Sycophant Courier):, Stay, my dread sovereign...

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1:02

Hateful man! thy sland'rous tongue

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4:23

O calumny, on virute waiting

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6:28

Ah, whence these sire forbodings...

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6:52

Give to the winds, fair princess, these vain

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4:07

Thus far my wishes thrive.

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4:48

Ye happy people, with loud accents spea

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4:27

Hymen, fair Urania's son

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2:30

Alexander Balus, HWV 65 - (Act III, Scene I) Sinfonia

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1:10

'Tis true, instinctive nature seldom points

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4:21

Ah! Was it not my Cleoptra's voice?

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1:55

Fury, with red sparkling eyes

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5:31

Gods! can there be a more afflicting sight

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3:31

May he return with laurel'd victory

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5:23

Yes, he was false, my daughter, false to you

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1:42

O sword, and thou, all-daring hand

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2:52

Shall Cleopatra ever smile again

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2:02

O take me from this hateful light

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4:28

Forgive, O queen, the messenger of ill!

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

1:10

Calm thou, my soul

Brewer Chamber Orchestra, Rudolph Palmer

3:32

Mysterious are thy ways, O Providence!

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

4:28

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Rudolph Palmer

Conductor
Jennifer Lane

Vocals
Julianne Baird

Soprano, Vocals
Frederick Urrey

Vocals

Rudolph Palmer

Producer
John Ostendorf

Producer
Stephen J. Epstein

Engineer
Steven Epstein

Engineer
Rudolph Palmer

Liner Notes
Donald van Hook

Graphic Design
John Ostendorf

Liner Notes

Handel: Alexander Balus (1748 English Oratorio in Three Acts)

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George Frideric Handel

Rudolph Palmer

Jennifer Lane

Julianne Baird

Frederick Urrey

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Handel: Alexander Balus (1748 English Oratorio in Three Acts)

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