Alexander Balus - 1748 English Oratorio In Three Acts
1998 · Music · Handel, Julianne Baird, Jennifer Lane, D’Anna Fortunato, Frederick Urrey, Peter Castaldi, Rudolph Palmer, Palmer Singers, Brewer Chamber Orchestra, Edward Brewer
Julianne Baird
Tracklist
- Act I - Overture
- Act I - Chorus "Flush'd With Conquest"
- Act I - Recitative "Thus Far, Ye Glorious"
- Act I - Air Jonathan "Great Author"
- Act I - Fanfare / Recitative "And Thus"
- Act I - Air Ptolomee "Thrice Happy"
- Act I - Recit / Air Cleopatra"Congratulation... Hark"
- Act I - Recit / Air Alexander "Be It... Fair Virtue"
- Act I - Chorus "Ye Happy Nations Round"
- Act I - Recit / Air Alexander "My Jonathan... Oh What"
- Act I - Air Cleopatra "Subtle Love"
- Act I - Recit / Air Cleopatra "Aspasia... How Happy"
- Act I - Recit / Air Apasia "Check Not... So Shall"
- Act I - Recit / Duet "How Blissful... O What Pleasures"
- Act I - Recitative "Why Hangs This Heavy Gloom"
- Act I - Air Alexander "Heroes May Boast"
- Act I - Recit / Air / Chorus "Ye Sons... Great God"
- Act II - Air Aspasia "Kind Hope"
- Act II - Recitative "Long, Long And Happy"
- Act II - Air Alexander "O Mithra"
- Act II - Recitative "Stay, My Dread Sovereign"
- Act II - Air Jonathan "Hateful Man"
- Act II - Chorus "O Calumny"
- Act II - Recit / Air Cleopatra "Ah, Whence... Tost"
- Act II - Recit / Air Aspasia "Give... Pow'rful Guardians"
- Act II - Recit / Air Ptolomee "Thus Far... Virtue"
- Act II - Accompanied Recit / Duet "Ye Happy... Hail"
- Act II - Chorus "Hymen, Fair"
- Act III - Sinfonia
- Act III - Recitative / Air / Chorus "Tis True... Here Amid"
- Label
- Newport Classic
- Released
- 1998
- Runtime
- 2h 26m