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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, IX. Recitative: "Thus long ago"

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On Alexander's Feast

1984 · 33 tracks

01Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, I. Overture6:30
01Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XIX. Chorus: "The many rend the skies with loud applause"3:56
02Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, II. Recitative (tenor): "'Twas at the royal feast"1:02
02Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XX. Aria: "The prince, unable to conceal his pain"6:36
03Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XXI. Chorus: "The many rend the skies with loud applause"4:04
03Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, III. Aria: "Happy, happy pair"2:42
04Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, IV. Chorus: "Happy, happy pair"2:46
04Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, I. Recitative and chorus: "Now strike the golden lyre again"0:55
05Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, II. Chorus: "Break his bands of sleep asunder"1:19
05Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, V. Recitative: "Timotheus plac'd on high"0:26
06Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, III. Recitative: "Hark, hark! The horrid sound"0:24
06Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, VI. Recitative: "The song began from Jove"1:02
07Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, VII. Chorus: "The list'ning crowd"2:10
07Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, IV. Aria (bass): "Revenge, Timotheus cries"2:01
08Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, V. Aria: "Behold the ghastly band"6:02
08Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, VIII. Aria (soprano): "With ravish'd ears"3:29
09Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, VI. Recitative: "Give vengeance the due"1:44
09Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, IX. Recitative: "The praise of Bacchus"0:33
10Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, VII. Air and Chorus: "The princes applaud with a furious joy"2:04
10Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, X. Aria and chorus: "Bacchus ever fair and young"4:24
11Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XI. Recitative: "Sooth'd with the sound"0:44
11Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, VIII. Air and chorus: "Thais led the way"5:22
12Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XII. Recitative: "He chose a mournful muse"1:14
12Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, IX. Recitative: "Thus long ago"2:48
13Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, X. Chorus: "At last divine Cecilia came"3:00
13Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XIII. Aria (soprano): "He sung Darius, great and good"3:03
14Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XIV. Recitative: "With downcast looks"1:01
14Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, XI. Recitative: "Let old Timotheus yield the prize"0:19
15Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, XII. Chorus: "Let old Timotheus yield the prize"3:18
15Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XV. Chorus: "Behold Darius great and good"2:47
16Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XVI. Recitative: "The mighty master smil'd"0:34
17Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XVII. Arioso: "Softly sweet in Lydian measures"3:00
18Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XVIII. Aria: "War, he sung, is toil and trouble"4:58