Kammerchor Feldkirch, Concerto Stella Matutina & Benjamin Lack - Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75 (2017)

Tracklist
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CD1
01. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Overture
02. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: 'Twas at the Royal Feast
03. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Happy, Happy, Happy Pair
04. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Timotheus Plac'd on High
05. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: The Song Began from Jove
06. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: The List'ning Crowd
07. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: With Ravish'd Ears
08. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: The Praise of Bacchus
09. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Bacchus, Ever Fair and Young
10. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Sooth'd with the Sound
11. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: He Chose a Mournful Muse
12. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: He Sung Darius Great and Good
13. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: With Downcast Looks
14. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Behold Darius, Great and Good
15. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: The Mighty Master Smil'd to See
16. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Softly Sweet
17. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: War, He Sung, Is Toil and Trouble
18. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: The Many Rend the Skies
19. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: The Prince, Unable to Conceal
20. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: The Many Rend the Skies (Da capo)

CD2
01. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Now Strike the Golden Lyre
02. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Revenge, Revenge, Timotheus Cries
03. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Give the Vengeance Due
04. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: The Princes Applaud with a Furious Joy
05. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Thaïs Led the Way
06. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Thus Long Ago
07. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize
08. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize

“Alexander’s Feast or The Power of Musick. An ode wrote in honour of St. Cecilia” dates from 1736, a time when Handel was attempting to counter the dwindling interest in his Italian operas with oratorios in English. Indeed this work, which resembles an oratorio, found immediate popularity and was quickly counted alongside “Messiah” among his best-loved compositions. Only “Acis and Galatea” and “Messiah” were performed more frequently than “Alexander’s Feast” during Handel’s lifetime. This high-profile recording features the singers Miriam Feuersinger, Danial Johannsen and Matthias Helm, together with the Kammerchor Feldkirch and Concerto Stella Matutina under Benjamin Lack.