Handel - Alexander Balus [Robert King] 2CD

CD1

1 Act 1 Ouverture: [Grave] – Allegro [2'51]
2 Act 1 Scene 1 No 01. Chorus: Flush'd with conquest, fir'd by Mithra (Asiates) [3'11]
3 Act 1 Scene 1 No 02. Recitative: Thus far, ye glorious partners of the war (Alexander/Jonathan) [1'28]
4 Act 1 Scene 1 No 03. Air: Great Author of this harmony (Jonathan) [3'17]
5 Act 1 Scene 1 No 04: Flourish of trumpets [0'11]
6 Act 1 Scene 1 No 05. Recitative: And thus let happy Egypt's king (Ptolomee) [0'24]
7 Act 1 Scene 1 No 06. Air: Thrice happy the monarch, whom nations content (Ptolomee) [3'43]
8 Act 1 Scene 1 No 07. Recitative: Congratulation to our father's friend (Cleopatra) [0'25]
9 Act 1 Scene 1 No 08. Air: Hark! hark! he strikes the golden lyre (Cleopatra) [5'56]
10 Act 1 Scene 1 No 09. Recitative: Be it my chief ambition there to rise (Alexander) [0'14]
11 Act 1 Scene 1 No 10. Air: Fair virtue shall charm me (Alexander) [2'24]
12 Act 1 Scene 1 No 11. Chorus: Ye happy nations round (Asiates) [3'01]
13 Act 1 Scene 2 No 1. Recitative: My Jonathan (Alexander) [0'35]
14 Act 1 Scene 2 No 2. Air: Oh, what resistless charms are giv'n (Alexander) [4'13]
15 Act 1 Scene 3 No 1. Air: Subtle love, with fancy viewing (Cleopatra) [4'55]
16 Act 1 Scene 3 No 2. Recitative: Aspasia, I know not what to call (Cleopatra) [0'45]
17 Act 1 Scene 3 No 3. Air: How happy should we mortals prove (Cleopatra) [2'26]
18 Act 1 Scene 3 No 4. Recitative: Check not the pleasing accents of thy tongue (Aspasia) [0'25]
19 Act 1 Scene 3 No 5. Air: So shall the sweet attractive smile (Aspasia) [2'40]
20 Act 1 Scene 3 No 6. Recitative: How blissful state! (Cleopatra/Aspasia) [0'26]
21 Act 1 Scene 3 No 7. Duet: O what pleasures, past expressing (Cleopatra/Aspasia) [3'00]
22 Act 1 Scene 4 No 1. Recitative: Why hangs this heavy gloom upon the brow (Jonathan/Alexander) [1'00]
23 Act 1 Scene 4 No 2. Air: Heroes may boast their mighty deed (Alexander) [4'52]
24 Act 1 Scene 5 No 1. Recitative: Ye sons of Judah, with high festival (Jonathan) [0'31]
25 Act 1 Scene 5 No 2. Air with chorus: Great God, from whom all blessings spring (Jonathan/Israelites) [4'28]
26 Act 2 Scene 1 No 1. Air: Kind hope, thou universal friend (Alexander) [6'04]
27 Act 2 Scene 1 No 2. Recitative: Long, long and happy live the king! (Jonathan/Alexander) [0'40]
28 Act 2 Scene 1 No 3. Air: O Mithra, with thy brightest beams (Alexander) [4'17]
29 Act 2 Scene 1 No 4. Recitative: Stay, my dread sovereign (Sycophant courtier/Alexander/Jonathan) [1'39]
30 Act 2 Scene 1 No 5. Air: Mighty love now calls to arm (Alexander) [2'36]
31 Act 2 Scene 1 No 6. Air: Hateful man! thy sland'rous tongue (Jonathan) [4'20]


CD2

1 Act 2 Scene 1 No 7. Chorus: O calumny, on virtue waiting (Israelites) [4'21]
2 Act 2 Scene 2 No 1. Recitative: Ah! whence these dire forebodings of the mind? (Cleopatra) [0'39]
3 Act 2 Scene 2 No 2. Air: Tossed from thought to thought I rove (Cleopatra) [6'29]
4 Act 2 Scene 2 No 3. Recitative: Give to the winds, fair princess, these vain doubts (Aspasia) [0'22]
5 Act 2 Scene 2 No 4. Air: Love, glory, ambition, whate'er can inspire (Aspasia) [2'50]
6 Act 2 Scene 3 No 1. Recitative: Thus far my wishes thrive (Ptolomee) [0'54]
7 Act 2 Scene 3 No 2. Air: Virtue, thou ideal name (Ptolomee) [3'43]
8 Act 2 Scene 4 No 1. Accompagnato: Ye happy people, with loud accents speak (Jonathan) [0'37]
9 Act 2 Scene 4 No 2. Soli with chorus: Triumph Hymen in the pair [2'40]
10 Act 2 Scene 4 No 3. Recitative: Glad time, at length, hath reach'd the happy point (Alexander/Cleopatra) [0'48]
11 Act 2 Scene 4 No 4. Duet: Hail wedded love, mysterious law! (Alexander/Cleopatra) [3'39]
12 Act 2 Scene 4 No 5. Chorus: Hymen, fair Urania's son (Asiates) [2'27]
13 Act 3 Introduction: Sinfonia [1'15]
14 Act 3 Scene 1 No 1. Recitative: 'Tis true, instinctive nature seldom points (Cleopatra) [0'29]
15 Act 3 Scene 1 No 2. Air with chorus: Here amid the shady woods (Cleopatra/Ruffians) [4'17]
16 Act 3 Scene 2 No 1. Recitative: Ah! was it not my Cleopatra's voice? (Alexander) [0'41]
17 Act 3 Scene 2 No 2. Air: Pow'rful guardians of all nature (Alexander) [2'53]
18 Act 3 Scene 2 No 3. Recitative: Treach'ry, O king, unheard of treachery (Jonathan/Alexander/Aspasia) [1'23]
19 Act 3 Scene 2 No 4. Air: Fury, with red sparkling eyes (Alexander) [6'24]
20 Act 3 Scene 2 No 5. Recitative: Gods! can there be a more afflicting sight (Aspasia) [0'24]
21 Act 3 Scene 2 No 6. Air: Strange reverse of human fate (Aspasia) [2'50]
22 Act 3 Scene 2 No 7. Recitative: May he return with laurel'd victory (Jonathan) [0'26]
23 Act 3 Scene 2 No 8. Air: To God who made the radiant sun (Jonathan) [3'13]
24 Act 3 Scene 2 No 9. Chorus: Sun, moon, and stars, and all ye Host of Heav'n (Israelites) [2'51]
25 Act 3 Scene 3 No 1. Recitative: Yes he was false, my daughter, false to you (Jonathan/Cleopatra) [1'19]
26 Act 3 Scene 3 No 2. Accompagnato: Ungrateful child, by ev'ry sacred pow'r (Ptolomee) [0'26]
27 Act 3 Scene 3 No 3. Air: O sword, and thou, all-daring hand (Ptolomee) [2'50]
28 Act 3 Scene 4 No 1. Accompagnato: Shall Cleopatra ever smile again? (Cleopatra) [0'43]
29 Act 3 Scene 4 No 2. Recitative: Ungrateful tidings to the royal ear (Messenger) [1'23]
30 Act 3 Scene 4 No 3. Air: O take me from this hateful light (Cleopatra) [5'17]
31 Act 3 Scene 4 No 4. Recitative: Forgive, O queen, the messenger of ill! (Second messenger/Cleopatra) [1'23]
32 Act 3 Scene 4 No 5. Accompagnato: Calm thou my soul (Cleopatra) [0'47]
33 Act 3 Scene 4 No 6. Air: Convey me to some peaceful shore (Cleopatra) [2'41]
34 Act 3 Scene 5 No 1. Recitative: Mysterious are thy ways, O Providence! (Jonathan) [1'20]
35 Act 3 Scene 5 No 2. Chorus with solo: Ye servants of th' eternal King (Jonathan/Israelites) [3'20]