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Released: 2025 | Track: 35 | FLAC | Time: 01:21:27 | Label : Arcana | Genre: Classical | Size: 878.41 MB

In London in 1736, the Baroque genius Handel celebrated the power of music with his oratorio about Alexander the Great, one of the foremost successes of his life. Covent Garden was never so full as on the evening of the premiere. For this original English version, Alfredo Bernardini unites the fantastic voices of the Arnold Schoenberg Choir with his lively Zefiro Baroque Orchestra. The three soloists Miriam Kutrowatz, Daniel Johannsen and Damien Gastl tell the ancient story of how the singer Timotheus was once able to change the mood of the great Alexander, evoking a whirlwind of diverse emotions, highlighting the power of music over politics and war.

Tracklist:

01. Zefiro – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Overture. [Grave] – Allegro non troppo (03:47)
02. Zefiro – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Overture. Andante (01:54)
03. Daniel Johannsen – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Recitative. ‘T Was at the Royal Feast (01:05)
04. Daniel Johannsen – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Aria. Happy, Happy, Happy Pair (02:16)
05. Arnold Schönberg Chor – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Chorus. Happy, Happy, Happy Pair (02:23)
06. Daniel Johannsen – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Recitative. Timotheus, Plac’d on High (00:35)
07. Miriam Kutrowatz – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Accompagnato. The Song Began From Jove (00:57)
08. Arnold Schönberg Chor – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Chorus. The List’ning Crowd (02:23)
09. Miriam Kutrowatz – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Aria. With Ravish’d Ears the Monarch Hears (03:08)
10. Daniel Johannsen – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Recitative. The Praise of Bacchus Then the Sweet Musician Sung (00:40)
11. Damien Gastl – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Aria. Bacchus, Ever Fair and Young (02:19)
12. Arnold Schönberg Chor – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Chorus. Bacchus’ Blessings Are a Treasure (01:54)
13. Daniel Johannsen – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Recitative. Sooth’d With the Sound (00:46)
14. Miriam Kutrowatz – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Accompagnato. He Chose a Mournful Muse (01:09)
15. Miriam Kutrowatz – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Aria. He Sung Darius, Great and Good (02:32)
16. Miriam Kutrowatz – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Accompagnato. With Downcast Looks the Joyless Victor Sate (00:56)
17. Arnold Schönberg Chor – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Chorus. Behold, Darius Great and Good (02:14)
18. Daniel Johannsen – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Recitative. The Mighty Master Smil’d to See (00:32)
19. Miriam Kutrowatz – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Arioso. Softly Sweet in Lydian Measures (03:15)
20. Miriam Kutrowatz – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Aria. War, He Sung, Is Toil and Trouble (04:36)
21. Arnold Schönberg Chor – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Chorus. The Many Rend the Skies (I) (03:58)
22. Miriam Kutrowatz – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Aria. The Prince, Unable to Conceal His Pain (05:14)
23. Arnold Schönberg Chor – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act I: Chorus. The Many Rend the Skies (II) (04:09)
24. Daniel Johannsen – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Accompagnato. Now Strike the Golden Lyre Again (01:04)
25. Arnold Schönberg Chor – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Chorus. Break His Bands of Sleep Asunder (01:11)
26. Daniel Johannsen – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Accompagnato. Hark, Hark! The Horrid Sound (00:28)
27. Damien Gastl – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Aria. Revenge, Timotheus Cries (07:14)
28. Daniel Johannsen – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Accompagnato. Give the Vengeance Due to the Valiant Crew (01:39)
29. Daniel Johannsen – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Aria. The Princes Applaud With a Furious Joy (02:00)
30. Miriam Kutrowatz – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Aria. Thais Led the Way (03:08)
31. Arnold Schönberg Chor – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Chorus. The Princes Applaud With a Furious Joy (02:53)
32. Daniel Johannsen – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Accompagnato. Thus, Long Ago, Ere Heaving Bellows Learn’d to Blow (02:22)
33. Arnold Schönberg Chor – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Chorus. At Last Divine Cecilia Came (02:40)
34. Daniel Johannsen – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Recitative. Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize (00:23)
35. Miriam Kutrowatz – Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Act II: Soli and Chorus. Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize (03:43)