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Handel - Alexander’s Feast & Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day

Simone Kermes, Virgil Hartinger & Konstantin Wolff

Cologne Chamber Choir & Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

Neumann's forces respond magnificently. Solo voices have a rare, natural ease. In Alexander's Feast, Simone Kermes's accompanied recitative… is breathtaking; Konstantin Wolff is thrilling in... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…
  • Release Date: 15th Jun 2009
  • Catalogue No: CARUS83424
  • Label: Carus
  • Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1

Work length56:56
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  • Virgil Hartinger (tenor), Simone Kermes (soprano), Konstantin Wolff (bass (vocal))
  • Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor
  • Peter Neumann
  • Recorded: 2009-04-01

1. Overture

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2. "T'was at the royal feast"

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3. "Happy, happy, happy pair!"

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4. "Timotheus placed on high"

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5. "The song began from Jove"

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6. "The listening crowd admired the lofty sound"

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7. "With ravish'd ears"

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8. "The praise of Bacchus then"

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9. "Bacchus, ever fair and young" - 10. "Bacchus's blessings are a treasure"

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11. "Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain"

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12. "He chose a mournful Muse"

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13. "He sung Darius, great and good"

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14. "With downcast looks the joyless victor sate"

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15. "Behold Darius great and good"

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16. "The mighty master smiled to see"

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17. "Softly sweet in Lydian measures"

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18. "War, he sung, is toil and trouble"

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20. "The many rend the skies"

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19. "The prince, unable to conceal his pain"

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20. "The many rend the skies" (II)

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 2

Work length27:51
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  • Virgil Hartinger (tenor), Konstantin Wolff (bass (vocal)), Simone Kermes (soprano)
  • Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor
  • Peter Neumann
  • Recorded: 2009-04-01

21. "Now strike the golden lyre again" - 22. "Break his bond" - 23. "Hark, hark! The horrid sound"

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24. "Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries" - 25. "Behold, a ghastly band"

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26. "Give the vengeance due"

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27. "The princes applaud with a furious joy"

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28. "Thaïs led the way" - "The princes applaud"

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29. "Thus long ago" - 30. "At last divine Cecilia came"

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31. "Let old Timotheus yield the price"

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31. "Let old Timotheus yield the price" (II)

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Handel: Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV76

Work length50:24
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  • Simone Kermes (soprano), Virgil Hartinger (tenor)
  • Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor
  • Peter Neumann
  • Recorded: 2009-04-01

1. Overture

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2. "From Harmony; When Nature"

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3. "From Harmony, from Heavenly Harmony"

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4. "What Passion cannot Music Raise and Quell"

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5. "The Trumpet's Loud Clangour"

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6. March

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7. "The Soft Complaining Flute"

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8. "Sharp Violins Proclaim their Jealous Pangs"

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9. "But Oh! What Art can Teach"

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10. "Orpheus could Lead the Savage Race"

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11. "But Bright Cecilia Raised the Wonder Higher"

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12. "As from the Power of Sacred Lays"

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