‎Handel, G.F.: Alexander's Feast [Oratorio] by Karolina Sikora — Apple Music Classical

Part I: Overture

Rolf Beck, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Lucia Duchonová, Aneta Mihályová, Karolina Sikora, Wiard Witholt

6:24

Part I: Recitative: 'T Was At the Royal Feast, for Persia Won (Tenor)

Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Rolf Beck, Karolina Sikora, Lucia Duchonová, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Aneta Mihályová, Wiard Witholt

0:58

Part I: Aria: Happy, Happy, Happy Pair! (Tenor, Chorus)

Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Lucia Duchonová, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Aneta Mihályová, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Wiard Witholt, Rolf Beck, Karolina Sikora

5:06

Part I: Recitative: Timotheus, Plac'd On High (Tenor)

Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Aneta Mihályová, Rolf Beck, Wiard Witholt, Chiyuki Okamura, Karolina Sikora, Lucia Duchonová, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, Lucia Duchňová

0:28

Part I: Accompanied: The Song Began from Jove (Soprano)

Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Rolf Beck, Aneta Mihályová, Lucia Duchonová, Karolina Sikora, Wiard Witholt

1:10

Part I: The List'ning Crowd Admire the Lofty Sound (Chorus)

Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Karolina Sikora, Aneta Mihályová, Rolf Beck, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Wiard Witholt, Lucia Duchonová, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns

2:08

Part I: Aria: With Ravish'd Ears (Soprano)

Wiard Witholt, Lucia Duchonová, Rolf Beck, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Karolina Sikora, Aneta Mihályová, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir

3:22

Part I: Recitative: The Praise of Bacchus Then the Sweet Musician Sung (Tenor)

Rolf Beck, Karolina Sikora, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Lucia Duchonová, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Wiard Witholt, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Aneta Mihályová

0:38

Part I: Aria: Bacchus, Ever Fair and Young (Bass, Chorus)

Wiard Witholt, Aneta Mihályová, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Rolf Beck, Karolina Sikora, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Lucia Duchonová, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir

4:14

Part I: Recitative: Sooth'd With the Sound, the King Grew Vain (Tenor)

Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Karolina Sikora, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Lucia Duchonová, Rolf Beck, Wiard Witholt, Aneta Mihályová

0:44

Part I: Accompanied: He Chose a Mournful Muse (Mezzo-soprano)

Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Lucia Duchonová, Rolf Beck, Karolina Sikora, Wiard Witholt, Aneta Mihályová, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra

1:27

Part I: Aria: He Sung Darius, Great and Good (Mezzo-soprano)

Rolf Beck, Wiard Witholt, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Karolina Sikora, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Aneta Mihályová, Lucia Duchonová

3:24

Part I: Accompanied: With Downcast Looks the Joyless Victor Sate (Mezzo-soprano)

Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Karolina Sikora, Wiard Witholt, Rolf Beck, Lucia Duchonová, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Aneta Mihályová

1:01

Part I: Behold Darius, Great and Good (Chorus)

Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Lucia Duchonová, Rolf Beck, Aneta Mihályová, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Karolina Sikora, Wiard Witholt, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir

3:07

Part I: Recitative: The Mighty Master Smil'd to See (Mezzo-soprano)

Wiard Witholt, Rolf Beck, Chiyuki Okamura, Lucia Duchonová, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Aneta Mihályová, Karolina Sikora, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Lucia Duchňová, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra

0:23

Part I: Arioso: Softly Sweet, In Lydian Measures (Mezzo-soprano)

Lucia Duchonová, Aneta Mihályová, Wiard Witholt, Rolf Beck, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Karolina Sikora

3:07

Part I: Aria: War, He Sung, Is Toil and Trouble (Tenor)

Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Wiard Witholt, Karolina Sikora, Aneta Mihályová, Rolf Beck, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Lucia Duchonová

5:35

Part I: The Many Rend the Skies With Loud Applause (Chorus)

Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Rolf Beck, Karolina Sikora, Lucia Duchonová, Wiard Witholt, Aneta Mihályová, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns

3:58

Part I: Aria: The Prince, Unable to Conceal His Pain (Soprano)

Rolf Beck, Wiard Witholt, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Aneta Mihályová, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Lucia Duchonová, Karolina Sikora

5:55

Part I: The Many Rend the Skies (Chorus)

Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Wiard Witholt, Lucia Duchonová, Rolf Beck, Karolina Sikora, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Aneta Mihályová, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra

4:05

Part II: Accompanied: Now Strike the Golden Lyre Again! (Tenor, Chorus)

Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Lucia Duchonová, Rolf Beck, Karolina Sikora, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Wiard Witholt, Aneta Mihályová

2:39

Part II: Aria: Revenge, Revenge, Timotheus Cries (Bass)

Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Aneta Mihályová, Lucia Duchonová, Wiard Witholt, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Karolina Sikora, Rolf Beck

5:17

Part II: Accompanied: Give the Vengeance Due (Tenor)

Rolf Beck, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Karolina Sikora, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Aneta Mihályová, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Lucia Duchonová, Wiard Witholt

1:44

Part II: Aria: The Princes Applaud With a Furious Joy (Tenor)

Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Wiard Witholt, Karolina Sikora, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Aneta Mihályová, Rolf Beck, Lucia Duchonová

2:31

Part II: Aria: Thais Led the Way (Soprano, Chorus)

Aneta Mihályová, Wiard Witholt, Karolina Sikora, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Lucia Duchonová, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Rolf Beck

6:26

Part II: Accompanied: Thus Long Ago (Tenor, Chorus)

Aneta Mihályová, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Rolf Beck, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Wiard Witholt, Karolina Sikora, Lucia Duchonová, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir

5:41

Part II: Recitative: Your Voices Tune, and Raise Them High (Mezzo-soprano)

Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Wiard Witholt, Karolina Sikora, Lucia Duchonová, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Rolf Beck, Aneta Mihályová

0:32

Part II: Duet: Let's Imitate Her Notes Above (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano)

Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Wiard Witholt, Rolf Beck, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Lucia Duchonová, Aneta Mihályová, Karolina Sikora

2:40

Part II: Recitative: Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize (Tenor, Bass)

Wiard Witholt, Karolina Sikora, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Lucia Duchonová, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Rolf Beck, Aneta Mihályová

0:20

Part II: Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize (Chorus)

Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Choir, Wiard Witholt, Rolf Beck, Lucia Duchonová, Aneta Mihályová, Chiyuki Okamura, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, Jana Mamonova, Benjamin Bruns, Karolina Sikora

4:05

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Benjamin Bruns

Tenor
Rolf Beck

Conductor
Karolina Sikora

Mezzo-Soprano
Chiyuki Okamura

Soprano

Dominik Blech

Engineer
Dirk Lüdemann

Engineer
Claudia Mayerle

Cover Art
Gunter Glücklich

Photography
Axel Nickolas

Photography
Wolfgang During

Graphic Design
Gotz-Lothar Darsow

Liner Notes