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DSL-20604

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL:
Alexander's Feast
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH:
Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn

The Bach Sinfonia
Daniel Abraham, music & artistic director
The Handel Choir of Baltimore
Melinda O'Neal, artistic director & conductor
Amanda Balestrieri, soprano
Scot Cameron, tenor
David Newman, baritone
Daniel Abraham, conductor


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This recording contains a beautiful mingling of Handel's lush cantata with a recently rediscovered, unique Bach aria. The Bach Sinfonia and the Handel Choir of Baltimore capture the triumphant splendor of Handel's setting of John Dryden's ode to Alexander the Great. Discovered in the spring of 2005 by musicologist Michael Maul, the ensembles had the honor of performing Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn for the American Musicological Society. Daniel Abraham and Melinda O'Neal's ensemble collaboration is one of the first to record and disseminate this exciting newfound work of J.S. Bach.

PROGRAM LISTING
Disc One:

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Alexander's Feast
  1. Overture: Maestoso-Allegro non troppo; Andante     6:00
  2. Recitative: 'Twas at the royal feast     1:05
  3. Air, Duet & Chorus: Happy, happy, happy pair     4:35
  4. Recitative: Timotheus plac'd on high     0:30
  5. Recitative, accompanied: The song began from Jove     1:00
  6. Chorus: The list'ning croud     2:15
  7. Air: With ravish'd ears     3:21
  8. Chorus, repeated: The list'ning croud     2:15
  9. Recitative: The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung     0:42
10. Air & Chorus: Bacchus, ever fair and young     4:43
11. Recitative: Sooth'd with the sound     0:48
12. Recitative, accompanied: He chose a mournful muse     1:30
13. Air: He sung Darius great and good     2:42
14. Recitative, accompanied: With downcast looks the joyless victor sate     0:58
15. Chorus: Behold Darius great and good     2:28
16. Recitative: The mighty master smil'd to see     0:34
17. Recitative, accompanied: Softly sweet in lydian Measures     3:13
18. Air: War, he sung, is toil and trouble     4:44
19. Chorus: The many rend the skies     4:03
20. Air: The Prince, unable to conceal his pain     6:33
21. Chorus, repeated: The many rend the skies     4:03

       Disc 1 Total       58:14

Disc Two:
  1. Recitative, accompanied: Now Strike the golden Lyre again
      Chorus: Break his bands of sleep asunder     2:45
  2. Air: Revenge, Revenge, Timotheus cries     8:15
  3. Accompanied Recitative: Give the vengeance due to the valiant crew     1:43
  4. Air: The princes applaud with a furious joy     2:07
  5. Air & Chorus: Thais led the way     6:17
  6. Recitative, accompanied: Thus long ago, ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow     2:30
  7. Grand Chorus: At last Devine Cecilia came     2:51
  8. Air-duett: Let old Timotheus yield the prize     0:25
  9. Chorus: Let old Timotheus yield the prize     3:32
10. Additional Chorus: Your voices tune and raise them high     2:46

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
11. BWV 1127: Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn     10:01
      Amanda Balestrieri, soprano

       Disc 2 Total       43:16


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