Vox Orchester / Vox Chor / Lorenzo Ghirlanda -Das Alexanderfest -SME DHMD CD Grooves.land/Playthek

Details / Tracklist:

Disc 01
Alexander's Feast, HWV75

01. "Part I : Overture"

02. "Andante"

03. "'T was At The Royal Feast (Recitative)"

04. "Happy, Happy, Happy Pair! (Aria)"

05. "Happy, Happy, Happy Pair! (Chorus)"

06. "Timotheus, Plac'd On High (Recitative)"

07. "The Song Began From Jove (Acc.)"

08. "The List'ning Crowd (Chorus)"

09. "With Ravish'd Ears (Aria)"

10. "The Praise Of Bacchus (Recitative)"

11. "Bacchus, Ever Fair And Young (Aria)"

12. "Bacchus' Blessings Are A Treasure (Chorus)"

13. "Sooth'd With The Sound (Recitative)"

14. "He Chose A Mournful Muse (Acc.)"

15. "He Sung Darius Great And Good (Aria)"

16. "With Downcast Looks (Acc.)"

17. "Behold Darius Great And Good (Chorus)"

18. "The Mighty Master Smil'd To See (Recitative)"

19. "Softly Sweet (Arioso)"

20. "War, He Sung, Is Toil And Trouble (Aria)"

21. "The Many Rend The Skies (Chorus)"

22. "The Prince, Unable To Conceal His Pain (Aria)"

23. "The Many Rend The Skies (Chorus da Capo)"

Disc 02
Alexander's Feast, HWV75

01. "Part II : Now Strike The Golden Lyre (Acc.)"

02. "Break His Bands Of Sleep Asunder (Chorus)"

03. "Hark Hark! (Acc.)"

04. "Revenge, Revenge, Timotheus Cries (Aria)"

05. "Behold A Ghastly Band (Largo)"

06. "Revenge, Revenge, Timotheus Cries (Aria da Capo)"

07. "Give The Vengeance Due (Acc.)"

08. "The Princes Applaud With A Furious Joy (Aria)"

09. "Thais Led The Way (Aria)"

10. "The Princes Applaud (Chorus)"

11. "Thus, Long Ago (Acc.)"

12. "At Last Divine Cecilia Came (Chorus)"

13. "Let Old Timotheus Yield The Prize (Recitative)"

14. "Let Old Timotheus Yield The Prize (Final)"

Number of discs:

Language

English (eng)

Extra-Infos:

.. Feast Or The Power Of Music / Lorenzo Ghirlanda

Description:

One of the most successful works that Georg Friedrich Handel wrote in London is his ode "Alexander's Feast or The Power of Music". Handel composed this "Alexanderfest" as a tribute to Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music. Based on the great English choral tradition, the Alexanderfest tells the story of the general Alexander the Great, who is moved to great deeds by the power of music, and is based on a then famous text written by John Dryden in 1697. At the premiere in 1736, 1,300 listeners, including the royal family, celebrated Handel's high-contrast, exciting music for vocal soloists, choir and orchestra from majestic to melancholy. In an excellent new recording, the young Swiss Vox Orchestra, which specializes in historical performance practice, under the direction of conductor Lorenzo Ghirlanda, presents Handel's masterpiece at deutsche harmonia mundi - after a first, highly acclaimed recording with works by Purcell and Locke. For the new recording, the ensemble strengthened itself with the Vox choir and - in the solo parts - with Marie Sophie Pollak (soprano), Tobias Hunger (tenor) and Kresimir Strazanac (bass baritone). - .. FEAST OR THE POWER OF MUSIC / LORENZO GHIRLANDA

Cover:

CD size Multipack

Manufacturer No.:

19439775972

Product Safety