‎Handel: Alexander Balus (1748 English Oratorio in Three Acts) by Brewer Chamber Orchestra

Overture

Brewer Chamber Orchestra, Rudolph Palmer

2:36

Flush'd with conquest

Brewer Chamber Orchestra, Rudolph Palmer

3:31

Thus far, ye glorious partners of war

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

1:26

Great Author of this harmony

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

3:39

And thus let happy Egypt's king

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

0:36

Thrice happy the monarch

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

4:00

Congratulations to our father's friend

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

6:43

Be it my chief ambition there to rise

Brewer Chamber Orchestra, Rudolph Palmer

2:29

Ye happy nations round

Brewer Chamber Orchestra, Rudolph Palmer

2:45

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

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

3:52

Air (Cleopatra): Subtle joy, with fancy viewing

Brewer Chamber Orchestra, Rudolph Palmer

6:31

Aspasia, I know not what to call

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

2:59

Check not the pleasing aspects of thy tongue

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

2:45

How blissful state!

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

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

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

4:25

Ye sons of Judah, with high festival

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

4:30

Air (Aspasia): Kind Hope, thou universal friend

Brewer Chamber Orchestra, Rudolph Palmer

7:22

Long, long and happy live the king!

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

0:37

O Mithra, with thy brightest beams

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

4:09

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

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

1:02

Hateful man! thy sland'rous tongue

Brewer Chamber Orchestra, Rudolph Palmer

4:23

O calumny, on virute waiting

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

6:28

Ah, whence these sire forbodings...

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

6:52

Give to the winds, fair princess, these vain

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

4:07

Thus far my wishes thrive.

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

4:48

Ye happy people, with loud accents spea

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

4:27

Hymen, fair Urania's son

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

2:30

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

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

1:10

'Tis true, instinctive nature seldom points

Brewer Chamber Orchestra, Rudolph Palmer

4:21

Ah! Was it not my Cleoptra's voice?

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

1:55

Fury, with red sparkling eyes

Brewer Chamber Orchestra, Rudolph Palmer

5:31

Gods! can there be a more afflicting sight

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

3:31

May he return with laurel'd victory

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

5:23

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

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

1:42

O sword, and thou, all-daring hand

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

2:52

Shall Cleopatra ever smile again

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

2:02

O take me from this hateful light

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

4:28

Forgive, O queen, the messenger of ill!

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

1:10

Calm thou, my soul

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

3:32

Mysterious are thy ways, O Providence!

Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Chamber Orchestra

4:28

Rudolph Palmer

Producer
John Ostendorf

Producer
Stephen J. Epstein

Engineer
Steven Epstein

Engineer
Rudolph Palmer

Liner Notes
John Ostendorf

Liner Notes
Donald van Hook

Graphic Design

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

RECORD LABEL

George Frideric Handel

D'Anna Fortunato

Jennifer Lane

Rudolph Palmer

Julianne Baird

Production

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

RECORD LABEL

On This Album

George Frideric Handel

D'Anna Fortunato

Jennifer Lane

Rudolph Palmer

Julianne Baird

Production