Handel: Alexander's Feast
Handel: Alexander's Feast (36 years)

album

  • Release day: Friday, January 01, 1988

Handel: Alexander's Feast 36 years old

Artists

Carolyn Watkinson
Carolyn Watkinson
Stephen Varcoe
Stephen Varcoe
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel
Name
Carolyn Watkinson When album released, She was 38, now 75 years old
Stephen Varcoe When album released, He was 38, now 75 years old
George Frideric Handel This album released 228 years after his death. He was 74 years old when he died.
# Song Play
1 Alexander's Feast / Part 1: Overture by George Frideric HandelEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 06:12
2 Alexander's Feast / Part 1: "T'was at the royal feast" by George Frideric HandelNigel RobsonEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 00:49
3 Alexander's Feast / Part 1: "Happy, happy, happy pair!" by George Frideric HandelDonna BrownCarolyn WatkinsonAshley StaffordNigel RobsonStephen VarcoeThe Monteverdi ChoirEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 04:45
4 Alexander's Feast / Part 1: "Timotheus placed on high" by George Frideric HandelNigel RobsonEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 00:19
5 Alexander's Feast, HWV.75 / Part 1: "The song began from Jove" by George Frideric HandelDonna BrownEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 00:49
6 Alexander's Feast / Part 1: "The listening crowd admired the lofty sound" by George Frideric HandelThe Monteverdi ChoirEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 02:15
7 Alexander's Feast / Part 1: "With ravish'd ears" by George Frideric HandelDonna BrownEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 03:25
8 Alexander's Feast / Part 1: "The praise of Bacchus then" by George Frideric HandelNigel RobsonEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 00:28
9 Alexander's Feast / Part 1: "Bacchus, ever fair and young" by George Frideric HandelStephen VarcoeThe Monteverdi ChoirEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 04:40
10 Alexander's Feast / Part 1: "Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain" by George Frideric HandelNigel RobsonEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 00:33
11 Alexander's Feast / Part 1: "He chose a mournful Muse" by George Frideric HandelCarolyn WatkinsonEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 01:20
12 Alexander's Feast / Part 1: "He sung Darius, great and good" by George Frideric HandelCarolyn WatkinsonEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 03:01
13 Alexander's Feast / Part 1: "With downcast looks the joyless victor sate" by George Frideric HandelCarolyn WatkinsonEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 00:52
14 Alexander's Feast / Part 1: "Behold Darius great and good" by George Frideric HandelThe Monteverdi ChoirEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 03:06
15 Alexander's Feast / Part 1: "The mighty master smiled to see" by George Frideric HandelAshley StaffordEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 00:28
16 Alexander's Feast / Part 1: "Softly sweet in Lydian measures" by George Frideric HandelAshley StaffordEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 03:00
17 Alexander's Feast / Part 1: "War, he sung, is toil and trouble" by George Frideric HandelNigel RobsonEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 05:19
18 Alexander's Feast / Part 1: "The many rend the skies with loud applause" by George Frideric HandelThe Monteverdi ChoirEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 03:56
19 Alexander's Feast / Part 1: "The prince, unable to conceal his pain" by George Frideric HandelDonna BrownEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 06:05
20 Alexander's Feast / Part 1: "The many rend the skies with loud applause" by George Frideric HandelThe Monteverdi ChoirEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 04:02
1 Concerto grosso in C, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast": 1. Allegro by George Frideric HandelEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 03:31
2 Concerto grosso in C, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast": 2. Largo - Adagio by George Frideric HandelEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 01:50
3 Concerto grosso in C, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast": 3. Allegro - Adagio by George Frideric HandelEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 03:25
4 Concerto grosso in C, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast": 4. Andante non presto by George Frideric HandelEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 04:06
5 Alexander's Feast / Part 2: "Now strike the golden lyre again...Break his bond...Hark, hark! The horrid sound" by George Frideric HandelNigel RobsonThe Monteverdi ChoirEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 02:20
6 Alexander's Feast / Part 2: "Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries...Behold, a ghastly band" by George Frideric HandelCarolyn WatkinsonStephen VarcoeEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 05:05
7 Alexander's Feast / Part 2: "Give the vengeance due" by George Frideric HandelNigel RobsonEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 01:46
8 Alexander's Feast / Part 2: "The princes applaud with a furious joy" by George Frideric HandelNigel RobsonEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 02:07
9 Alexander's Feast / Part 2: "Thaïs led the way...The princes applaud" by George Frideric HandelDonna BrownThe Monteverdi ChoirEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 05:26
10 Alexander's Feast / Part 2: "Thus, long ago" by George Frideric HandelNigel RobsonEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 02:47
11 Alexander's Feast / Part 2: "At last divine Cecilia came" by George Frideric HandelThe Monteverdi ChoirEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 03:07
12 Alexander's Feast / Part 2: "Your voices tune, and raise them high" by George Frideric HandelAshley StaffordEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 00:31
13 Alexander's Feast / Part 2: "Let's imitate her notes above!" by George Frideric HandelAshley StaffordDonna BrownEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 02:28
14 Alexander's Feast / Part 2: "Let old Timotheus yield the prize" by George Frideric HandelNigel RobsonStephen VarcoeEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 00:19
15 Alexander's Feast / Part 2: "Let old Timotheus yield the prize" by George Frideric HandelCarolyn WatkinsonAshley StaffordDonna BrownNigel RobsonStephen VarcoeThe Monteverdi ChoirEnglish Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner Duration: 03:46