‎George Frideric Handel: Alexander's Feast or the Power of Music by Sinfonieorchester Aachen

Overture

Marcus Bosch, Sinfonieorchester Aachen

3:58

Overture. Text

Paul Agnew

0:39

Overture. Andante

Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Marcus Bosch

2:35

Recitative. "Twas at the Royal Feast"

Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Marcus Bosch, Paul Agnew

0:56

Air. "Happy, Happy, Happy Pair"

Paul Agnew, Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Marcus Bosch, Aachener und Overbacher Kammerchor

4:45

Recitative. "Timotheus, Plac'd on High"

Marcus Bosch, Paul Agnew, Sinfonieorchester Aachen

0:26

Recitative. "The Song Began from Jove"

Dorothee Mields, Marcus Bosch, Sinfonieorchester Aachen

0:55

Chorus. "The List'ning Crowd"

Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Marcus Bosch, Aachener und Overbacher Kammerchor

2:15

Air. "With Ravish'd Ears the Monarch Hears"

Dorothee Mields, Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Marcus Bosch

3:44

Recitative. "The Praise of Bacchus"

Marcus Bosch, Paul Agnew, Sinfonieorchester Aachen

0:35

Air and Chorus. "Bacchus, Ever Fair and Young"

Marcus Bosch, Aachener und Overbacher Kammerchor, Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Woong-jo Choi

4:06

Recitative. "Sooth'd with the Sound"

Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Marcus Bosch, Paul Agnew

0:38

Recitative. "He Chose a Mournful Muse"

Marcus Bosch, Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Dorothee Mields

1:17

Air. "He Sung Darius, Great and Good"

Marcus Bosch, Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Dorothee Mields

2:57

Recitative. "With Downcast Looks the Joyless Victor Sate"

Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Dorothee Mields, Marcus Bosch

0:49

Chorus. "Behold, Darius Great and Good"

Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Marcus Bosch, Aachener und Overbacher Kammerchor

2:28

Recitative. "The Mighty Master Smil'd to See"

Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Paul Agnew, Marcus Bosch, Aachen Chamber Choir, Woong-jo Choi, Judith Berning, Dorothee Mields, Overbacher Chamber Choir

0:28

Arioso. "Softly Sweet in Lydian Measures"

Marcus Bosch, Dorothee Mields, Sinfonieorchester Aachen

3:12

Air. "War, He Sung, Is Toil and Trouble"

Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Dorothee Mields, Marcus Bosch

5:13

Chorus. "The Many Rend the Skies"

Marcus Bosch, Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Aachener und Overbacher Kammerchor

3:50

Air. "The Prince, Unable to Conceal His Pain"

Dorothee Mields, Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Marcus Bosch

6:26

Chorus da capo. "The Many Rend the Skies"

Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Aachener und Overbacher Kammerchor, Marcus Bosch

3:51

Recitative. "Now Strike the Golden"

Aachener und Overbacher Kammerchor, Paul Agnew, Marcus Bosch, Sinfonieorchester Aachen

2:45

Air. "Revenge, Timotheus Cries"

Marcus Bosch, Woong-jo Choi, Aachener und Overbacher Kammerchor, Sinfonieorchester Aachen

2:07

Air. "Behold, the Ghastly Band"

Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Woong-jo Choi, Marcus Bosch

3:34

Air da capo

Marcus Bosch, Woong-jo Choi, Sinfonieorchester Aachen

2:11

Recitative. "Give the Vengeance Due to the Valiant Crew"

Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Paul Agnew, Marcus Bosch

1:35

Air. "The Princes Applaud with a Furious Joy"

Marcus Bosch, Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Paul Agnew

2:24

Air and Chorus. "Thais Led the Way"

Aachener und Overbacher Kammerchor, Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Marcus Bosch, Dorothee Mields

3:05

Chorus

Aachener und Overbacher Kammerchor, Marcus Bosch, Sinfonieorchester Aachen

2:26

Recitative. "Thus, Long Ago, Eere Heaving Bellows Learn'd to Blow"

Paul Agnew, Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Aachener und Overbacher Kammerchor, Marcus Bosch

2:15

Chorus. "At Last Divine Cecilia Came"

Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Marcus Bosch, Aachener und Overbacher Kammerchor

2:37

Recitative. "Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize"

Marcus Bosch, Aachener und Overbacher Kammerchor, Woong-jo Choi, Paul Agnew, Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Dorothee Mields, Aachen Chamber Choir, Judith Berning, Overbacher Chamber Choir

0:25

Recitative and Chorus. "Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize"

Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Woong-jo Choi, Paul Agnew, Dorothee Mields, Judith Berning, Marcus Bosch, Aachener und Overbacher Kammerchor

3:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sinfonieorchester Aachen

Orchestra
Marcus Bosch

Conductor
Paul Agnew

Tenor
Dorothee Mields

Soprano

Olaf Mielke

Producer
Moritz Bergfeld

Producer
Udo Potratz

Editing Engineer
Anne-Marie Münch

Engineer
Sandrine Expilly

Photography
Kai Wessler

Liner Notes
Thomas Jakobi

Booklet Editor
Regina Eimler

Creative Director

George Frideric Handel: Alexander's Feast or the Power of Music

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