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Release date18.07.2025

Catalog no.A582

EAN3760195735824

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Baroque

Arcana

Handel, George Frideric

Handel: The Alexander Festival

Arnold Schönberg Choir · Bernardini, Alfredo · Gastl, Damien · Johannsen, Daniel · Kutrowatz, Miriam · Zefiro

Covent Garden had never been so crowded as on that evening in 1736 when George Frideric Handel celebrated the power of music with the premiere of his oratorio about Alexander the Great, and thus also celebrated one of his greatest successes. For this original English version, Alfredo Bernardini has brought together the... Read more

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Covent Garden had never been so crowded as on that evening in 1736 when George Frideric Handel celebrated the power of music with the premiere of his oratorio about Alexander the Great, and thus also celebrated one of his greatest successes. For this original English version, Alfredo Bernardini has brought together the fantastic voices of the Arnold Schoenberg Choir with his dynamic Zefiro Baroque Orchestra. The three soloists Miriam Kutrowatz, Daniel Johannsen and Damien Gastl tell the ancient story of the singer Timotheus's ability to influence the mood of Alexander the Great, and thus to evoke a true rush of emotion that illustrates the power of music over politics and war.

Number Title Playing time
1 The Alexander Festival or The Power of Music HWV 75
1 . 1 Overture: (Grave) - Allegro non troppo - 00:03:47 listen
2 . 2 Andante 00:01:54 listen
3 . 3 Recitative: 'T was at the royal feast 00:01:05 listen
4 . 4 Aria: Happy, happy, happy pair 00:02:16 listen
5 . 5 Chorus: Happy, happy, happy pair 00:02:23 listen
6 . 6 Recitative: Timotheus, plac'd on high 00:00:35 listen
7 . 7 Accompagnato: The song began from Jove 00:00:57 listen
8 . 8 Chorus: The list'ning crowd 00:02:23 listen
9 . 9 Aria: With ravish'd ears the monarch hears 00:03:08 listen
10 . 10 Recitative: The praise of bacchus then the sweet musician sung 00:00:40 listen
11 . 11 Aria: Bacchus, ever fair and young 00:02:19 listen
12 . 12 Chorus: Bacchus' blessings are a treasure 00:01:54 listen
13 . 13 Recitative: Sooth'd with the sound 00:00:46 listen
14 . 14 Accompagnato: He chose a mournful Muse 00:01:09 listen
15 . 15 Aria: He sung Darius, great and good 00:02:32 listen
16 . 16 Accompagnato: With downcast looks the joyless victor state 00:00:56 listen
17 . 17 Chorus: Behold, Darius great and good 00:02:14 listen
18 . 18 Recitative: The mighty master smil'd to see 00:00:32 listen
19 . 19 Arioso: Softly sweet in Lydian measures 00:03:15 listen
20 . 20 Aria: War, he sung, is toil and trouble 00:04:36 listen
21 . 21 Chorus: The many rend the skies 00:03:58 listen
22 . 22 Aria: The Prince, unable to conceal his pain 00:05:14 listen
23 . 23 Chorus: The many rend the skies 00:04:09 listen
24 . 24 Accompagnato: Now strike the golden lyre again 00:01:04 listen
25 . 25 Chorus: Break his bands of sleep asunder 00:01:11 listen
26 . 26 Accompagnato: Hark, hark! The horrid sound 00:00:28 listen
27 . 27 Aria: Revenge, Timotheus cries 00:07:14 listen
28 . 28 Accompagnato: Give the vengeance due to the valiant crew 00:01:39 listen
29 . 29 Aria: The princes applaud with a furious joy 00:02:00 listen
30 . 30 Aria: Thais led the way 00:03:08 listen
31 . 31 Chorus: The princes applaud with a furious joy 00:02:53 listen
32 . 32 Accompagnato: Thus, long ago, ere heaving Bellows learn'd to blow 00:02:22 listen
33 . 33 Chorus: At last divine Cecilia came 00:02:40 listen
34 . 34 Recitative: Let old Timotheus yield the prize 00:00:23 listen
35 . 35 Soli and Chorus: Let old Timotheus yield the prize 00:03:43 listen

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