Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75; Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76

Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor & Peter Neumann

40 SONGS • 2 HOURS AND 15 MINUTES • APR 01 2009

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

Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

06:09

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 2. "T'was at the royal feast"

Virgil Hartinger, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

01:09

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 3. "Happy, happy, happy pair!"

Virgil Hartinger, Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor & Peter Neumann

04:31

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 4. "Timotheus placed on high"

Virgil Hartinger, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

00:26

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 5. "The song began from Jove"

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

01:10

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 6. "The listening crowd admired the lofty sound"

02:19

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 7. "With ravish'd ears"

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

03:18

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 8. "The praise of Bacchus then"

Virgil Hartinger, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

00:33

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 9. "Bacchus, ever fair and young" - 10. "Bacchus's blessings are a treasure"

Konstantin Wolff, Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor & Peter Neumann

04:01

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 11. "Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain"

Virgil Hartinger, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

00:38

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 12. "He chose a mournful Muse"

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

01:31

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 13. "He sung Darius, great and good"

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

03:41

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 14. "With downcast looks the joyless victor sate"

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

01:10

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 15. "Behold Darius great and good"

03:03

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 16. "The mighty master smiled to see"

Virgil Hartinger, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

00:34

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 17. "Softly sweet in Lydian measures"

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

03:33

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 18. "War, he sung, is toil and trouble"

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

04:29

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 20. "The many rend the skies"

04:03

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 19. "The prince, unable to conceal his pain"

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

06:31

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 20. "The many rend the skies" (II)

04:17

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 2: 21. "Now strike the golden lyre again" - 22. "Break his bond" - 23. "Hark, hark! The horrid sound"

Virgil Hartinger, Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor & Peter Neumann

02:49

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 2: 24. "Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries" - 25. "Behold, a ghastly band"

Konstantin Wolff, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

05:02

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 2: 26. "Give the vengeance due"

Virgil Hartinger, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

01:29

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 2: 27. "The princes applaud with a furious joy"

Virgil Hartinger, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

02:02

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 2: 28. "Thaïs led the way" - "The princes applaud"

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor & Peter Neumann

06:19

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 2: 29. "Thus long ago" - 30. "At last divine Cecilia came"

Virgil Hartinger, Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor & Peter Neumann

06:09

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 2: 31. "Let old Timotheus yield the price"

Virgil Hartinger, Konstantin Wolff, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

00:22

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Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 2: 31. "Let old Timotheus yield the price" (II)

03:44

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Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 1. Overture

Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

05:00

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Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 2. "From Harmony; When Nature"

Virgil Hartinger, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

03:46

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Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 3. "From Harmony, from Heavenly Harmony"

03:47

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Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 4. "What Passion cannot Music Raise and Quell"

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

08:06

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Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 5. "The Trumpet's Loud Clangour"

Virgil Hartinger, Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor & Peter Neumann

03:25

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Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 6. March

Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

02:03

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Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 7. "The Soft Complaining Flute"

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

05:25

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Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 8. "Sharp Violins Proclaim their Jealous Pangs"

Virgil Hartinger, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

04:05

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Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 9. "But Oh! What Art can Teach"

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

05:21

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Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 10. "Orpheus could Lead the Savage Race"

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

01:43

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Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 11. "But Bright Cecilia Raised the Wonder Higher"

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum & Peter Neumann

00:45

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Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 12. "As from the Power of Sacred Lays"

07:08

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