Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75; Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76 – Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor, Peter Neumann & George Frideric Handel

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

Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann & George Frideric Handel

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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 & George Frideric Handel

1:09

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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

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

Virgil Hartinger, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann & George Frideric Handel

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

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann & George Frideric Handel

1:10

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

Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor, Peter Neumann & George Frideric Handel

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

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann & George Frideric Handel

3:18

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

Virgil Hartinger, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann & George Frideric Handel

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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

4:02

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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 & George Frideric Handel

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

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann & George Frideric Handel

1:32

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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 & George Frideric Handel

3:41

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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 & George Frideric Handel

1:10

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

Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor, Peter Neumann & George Frideric Handel

3:03

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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 & George Frideric Handel

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

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann & George Frideric Handel

3:33

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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 & George Frideric Handel

4:30

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

Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor, Peter Neumann & George Frideric Handel

4:04

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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 & George Frideric Handel

6:31

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

Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor, Peter Neumann & George Frideric Handel

4:17

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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

2:50

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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 & George Frideric Handel

5:02

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

Virgil Hartinger, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann & George Frideric Handel

1:30

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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 & George Frideric Handel

2:02

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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

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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

6:09

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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

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

Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor, Peter Neumann & George Frideric Handel

3:44

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

Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann & George Frideric Handel

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

Virgil Hartinger, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann & George Frideric Handel

3:46

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

Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor, Peter Neumann & George Frideric Handel

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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 & George Frideric Handel

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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

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

Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann & George Frideric Handel

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

Simone Kermes, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann & George Frideric Handel

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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 & George Frideric Handel

4:05

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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 & George Frideric Handel

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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 & George Frideric Handel

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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 & George Frideric Handel

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

Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor, Peter Neumann & George Frideric Handel

7:08