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ALLEN, THOMAS
Haendel : Alexander's Feast
2 Compact Disc
5 Apr 2010
Ordercode: 6285202
Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel
Other participants: Helen Donath * Heather Harper * Sally Burgess * Helen Watts * Robert Tear * James Bowman * Thomas Allen * English Chamber Orchestra * Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Audio sample & Tracklisting
| Disc 1 | |
| 01 | Overture: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 1 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 02 | `t was at the royal feast: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 1 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 03 | Happy pair!: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 1 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 04 | Timotheus, plac`d on high: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 1 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 05 | The song began from Jove: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 1 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 06 | The list`ning crowd: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 1 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 07 | With ravish`d ears: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 1 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 08 | The praise of Bacchus: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 1 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 09 | Bacchus, ever fair and young: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 1 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 10 | Sooth`d with the sound: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 1 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 11 | He chose a mournful Muse: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 1 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 12 | He sung Darius, great and good: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 1 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 13 | With downcast looks: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 1 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 14 | Behold Darius great and good: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 1 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 15 | The mighty master, mild smil`d to see: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 1 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 16 | Softly sweet in Lydian measures: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 1 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 17 | War, he sung, is toil and trouble: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 1 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 18 | The many rend the skies: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 1 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 19 | The prince, unable to conceal: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 1 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 20 | The many rend the skies Part II: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 1 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 21 | Now strike the golden Lyre again: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 2 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 22 | Revenge Timotheus cries: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 2 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 23 | Give this vengeance due: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 2 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 24 | The princes applaud: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 2 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| Disc 2 | |
| 01 | Thais led the way: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 2 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 02 | Thus, long ago: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 2 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 03 | Let old Timotheus yield the prize: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 2 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 04 | Let old Timotheus Yield the prize: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 2 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 05 | Your voices tune: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 2 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 06 | Let`s imitate her notes above: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 2 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 07 | Your voices tune and raise: Alexander's Feast (2002 Digital Remaster), Part 2 - Sir Philip Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra/Choir |
| 08 | Symphony: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 09 | See, Hercules: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 10 | Come, Blooming boy: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 11 | There the brisk sparkling nectar drain: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 12 | While for thy arms that Beauty glows: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 13 | Away, mistaken wretch, away: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 14 | This menly youth`s exalted mind: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 15 | Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 16 | Go, assert thy hean`nly race: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 17 | In peace, in war: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 18 | So shalt thou gain immortal praise: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 19 | Hearst thou, what dangers: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 20 | Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 21 | Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 22 | Yet can I hear that dulcet lay: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 23 | Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 24 | Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 25 | Where shall I go?: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 26 | Mount, mount the steep ascent!: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 27 | Mount, mount the steep ascent: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 28 | Arise, Arise: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 29 | The sounds breathe fire celestial: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 30 | Lead, Goddess, lead the way: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |
| 31 | Virtue will place three: The Choice of Hercules (2002 Digital Remaster) - Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fiel |