Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) - Alexander's Feast

1 Ouvertüre: (Grave) - Allegro non troppo -
2 Andante
3 Rezitativ: 'T was at the royal feast
4 Arie: Happy, happy, happy pair
5 Chor: Happy, happy, happy pair
6 Rezitativ: Timotheus, plac'd on high
7 Accompagnato: The song began from Jove
8 Chor: The list'ning crowd
9 Arie: With ravish'd ears the monarch hears
10 Rezitativ: The praise of bacchus then the sweet musician sung
11 Arie: Bacchus, ever fair and young
12 Chor: Bacchus' blessings are a treasure
13 Rezitativ: Sooth'd with the sound
14 Accompagnato: He chose a mournful Muse
15 Arie: He sung Darius, great and good
16 Accompagnato: With downcast looks the joyless victor state
17 Chor: Behold, Darius great and good
18 Rezitativ: The mighty master smil'd to see
19 Arioso: Softly sweet in Lydian measures
20 Arie: War, he sung, is toil and trouble
21 Chor: The many rend the skies
22 Arie: The Prince, unable to conceal his pain
23 Chor: The many rend the skies
24 Accompagnato: Now strike the golden lyre again
25 Chor: Break his bands of sleep asunder
26 Accompagnato: Hark, hark! The horrid sound
27 Arie: Revenge, Timotheus cries
28 Accompagnato: Give the vengeance due to the valiant crew
29 Arie: The princes applaud with a furious joy
30 Arie: Thais led the way
31 Chorus: The princes applaud with a furious joy
32 Accompagnato: Thus, long ago, ere heaving Bellows learn'd to blow
33 Chorus: At last divine Cecilia came
34 Rezitativ: Let old Timotheus yield the prize
35 Soli und Chor: Let old Timotheus yield the prize