Handel: Alexander's Feast
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Alexander's Feast
Miriam Kutrowatz; Daniel Johannsen; Damien Gastl; Arnold Schoenberg Chor; Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini
[ Arcana / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 18 July 2025
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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.
Tracks:
Overture: [Grave] - Allegro non troppo
Overture: Andante
Recitative (tenor): 'T was at the royal feast
Aria (tenor): Happy, happy, happy pair
Chorus: Happy, happy, happy pair
Recitative (tenor): Timotheus, plac'd on high
Accompagnato (soprano): The song began from Jove
Chorus: The list'ning crowd
Aria (soprano): With ravish'd ears the monarch hears
Recitative (tenor): The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung
Aria (bass): Bacchus, ever fair and young
Chorus: Bacchus' blessings are a treasure
Recitative (tenor): Sooth'd with the sound
Accompagnato (soprano): He chose a mournful Muse
Aria (soprano): He sung Darius, great and good
Accompagnato (soprano): With downcast looks the joyless victor sate
Chorus: Behold, Darius great and good
Recitative (tenor): The mighty master smil'd to see
Arioso (soprano): Softly sweet in Lydian measures
Aria (soprano): War, he sung, is toil and trouble
Chorus: The many rend the skies
Aria (soprano): The Prince, unable to conceal his pain
Chorus: The many rend the skies
Accompagnato (tenor) : Now strike the golden lyre again
Chorus: Break his bands of sleep asunder
Accompagnato (tenor) : Hark, hark! The horrid sound
Aria (bass): Revenge, Timotheus cries
Accompagnato (tenor): Give the vengeance due to the valiant crew
Aria (tenor): The princes applaud with a furious joy
Aria (soprano): Thais led the way
Chorus: The princes applaud with a furious joy
Accompagnato (tenor): Thus, long ago, ere heaving Bellows learn'd to blow
Chorus: At last divine Cecilia came
Recitative (tenor/bass): Let old Timotheus yield the prize
Soli and chorus: Let old Timotheus yield the prize
