Handel - Alexander's Feast (abridged version)

Haendel - Le Festin d'Alexandre (version abrégée)
Sheppard, Worthley, Bevan & Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra - Alfred Deller, dir.
Harmonia mundi HM 40.5145 [Cass.]

Contents:

    George Frideric Handel - Oratorio: Alexander's Feast
  1. Overture (maestoso, Allegro ma non troppo, andante)
  2. Air (soprano, allegro ma non presto): With ravish'd ears
  3. Air and Chorus (bass followed by chorus, andante): Bacchus, ever fair
  4. Air (soprano, large e piano): He sung Darius
  5. Air (tenor, andante allegro): War, he sung, is toil and trouble
  6. Chorus (andante): The many rend the skies
    7. -
  7. Air (bass, andante allegro): Revenge, revenge
  8. Air (soprano) ansd chorus (Andante larghetto): Thais led the way
  9. Accompanied recitative (tenor) and Chorus: Thus, long ago
  10. Recitative (tenor and bass): Let old Timotheus yield the prize
  11. Chorus and soloists (Andante - allegro): Let old Timotheus yield the prize

Playing time (from CD): 28' 20" + 25' 45" = 54' 05"

Performers:
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Honor Sheppard (soprano), Max Worthley (tenor), Maurice Bevan (bass)
Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra
Alfred Deller, dir.

Recording site and date:
Unknown [1964 or prior];
Rel.: 1981

Compilation:
Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG 666 / 667 [LPx2] George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 103-18 (jan. 1966), 399-144 (dec. 1993)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):

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Pierre-F. Roberge