Zefiro - Handel: Alexander S Feast

Alexander's Feast or The Power of Musick, HWV 75

– First Part

1. Overture: [Grave] – Allegro Non Troppo 3:47

2. Overture: Andante 1:54

3. Recitative: 't Was At The Royal Feast 1:05

4. Aria: Happy, Happy, Happy Pair 2:16

5. Chorus: Happy, Happy, Happy Pair 2:23

6. Recitative: Timotheus, Plac'd On High 0:35

7. Accompagnato: The Song Began From Jove 0:57

8. Chorus: The List'ning Crowd 2:23

9. Aria: With Ravish'd Ears The Monarch Hears 3:08

10. Recitative: The Praise Of Bacchus Then The Sweet Musician Sung 0:40

11. Aria: Bacchus, Ever Fair And Young 2:19

12. Chorus: Bacchus' Blessings Are A Treasure 1:54

13. Recitative: Sooth'd With The Sound 0:46

14. Accompagnato: He Chose A Mournful Muse 1:09

15. Aria: He Sung Darius, Great And Good 2:32

16. Accompagnato: With Downcast Looks The Joyless Victor Sate 0:56

17. Chorus: Behold, Darius Great And Good 2:14

18. Recitative: The Mighty Master Smil'd To See 0:32

19. Arioso: Softly Sweet In Lydian Measures 3:15

20. Aria: War, He Sung, Is Toil And Trouble 4:36

21. Chorus: The Many Rend The Skies 3:58

22. Aria: The Prince, Unable To Conceal His Pain 5:14

23. Chorus: The Many Rend The Skies 4:09

– Second Part

24. Accompagnato: Now Strike The Golden Lyre Again 1:04

25. Chorus: Break His Bands Of Sleep Asunder 1:11

26. Accompagnato: Hark, Hark! The Horrid Sound 0:28

27. Aria: Revenge, Timotheus Cries 7:14

28. Accompagnato: Give The Vengeance Due To The Valiant Crew 1:39

29. Aria: The Princes Applaud With A Furious Joy 2:00

30. Aria: Thais Led The Way 3:08

31. Chorus: The Princes Applaud With A Furious Joy 2:53

32. Accompagnato: Thus, Long Ago, Ere Heaving Bellows Learn'd To Blow 2:22

33. Chorus: At Last Divine Cecilia Came 2:40

34. Recitative: Let Old Timotheus Yield The Prize 0:23

35. Soli And Chorus: Let Old Timotheus Yield The Prize 3:43