Tauchen Sie ein in die Welt der Barockoper mit George Frideric Handel und seinem Meisterwerk "Alexander Balus". Diese opulente Aufnahme, veröffentlicht im Oktober 1997 auf dem renommierten Label Hyperion, präsentiert die gesamte Oper in ihrer vollen Pracht und Dauer von über zwei Stunden. "Alexander Balus" ist ein Highlight im Repertoire von Handels "militärischen" Oratorien, die für ihre dramatischen und musikalischen Höhepunkte bekannt sind.
Die Oper, mit einem Libretto von Thomas Morell, erzählt die Geschichte von Alexander Balus, einem König von Syrien, und seinen politischen und persönlichen Herausforderungen. Die Musik, charakteristisch für Handels Genie, vereint prächtige Choräle, virtuose Arien und tiefgründige Rezitative, die die Handlung lebendig und packend gestalten.
Die Aufnahme, die auf zwei CDs erscheint, bietet eine beeindruckende Leistung von herausragenden Sängern und dem The King's Consort, einem der führenden Ensembles für historische Aufführungspraxis. Die klare und detailreiche Klangqualität lässt die Barockinstrumente und die Stimmen der Sänger in all ihrer Pracht erstrahlen.
"Alexander Balus" ist nicht nur ein Muss für Liebhaber der Barockmusik, sondern auch für alle, die die dramatische Kraft und musikalische Brillanz von George Frideric Handel schätzen. Lassen Sie sich von der zeitlosen Schönheit und der dramatischen Spannung dieser Oper verzaubern und genießen Sie ein unvergessliches Hörerlebnis.
Tracks
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I: Overture. [Grave] – AllegroGeorge Frideric Handel, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 1, Chorus. Flush'd with Conquest, Fir'd by Mithra (Asiates)George Frideric Handel, Robert King, Choir of The King's Consort, Choir of New College, Oxford, The King's Consort
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 2, Recit. Thus Far, Ye Glorious Partners of the War (Alexander/Jonathan)George Frideric Handel, Catherine Denley, Charles Daniels, Robert King, The King's Consort
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 3, Air. Great Author of This Harmony (Jonathan)George Frideric Handel, Charles Daniels, Robert King, The King's Consort
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 4. Flourish of TrumpetsGeorge Frideric Handel, Robert King, The King's Consort
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 5, Recit. And Thus Let Happy Egypt's King (Ptolomee)George Frideric Handel, Michael George, Robert King, The King's Consort
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 6, Air. Thrice Happy the Monarch, Whom Nations Content (Ptolomee)George Frideric Handel, Charles Daniels, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 7, Recit. Congratulation to Our Father's Friend (Cleopatra)George Frideric Handel, Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 8, Air. Hark! Hark! He Strikes the Golden Lyre (Cleopatra)George Frideric Handel, Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 9, Recit. Be It My Chief Ambition There to Rise (Alexander)George Frideric Handel, Catherine Denley, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 10, Air. Fair Virtue Shall Charm Me (Alexander)George Frideric Handel, Catherine Denley, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 11, Chorus. Ye Happy Nations Round (Asiates)George Frideric Handel, Choir of The King's Consort, The King's Consort, Robert King, Choir of New College, Oxford
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 2: No. 1, Recit. My Jonathan (Alexander)George Frideric Handel, Catherine Denley, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 2: No. 2, Air. Oh, What Resistless Charms Are Giv'n (Alexander)George Frideric Handel, Catherine Denley, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 1, Air. Subtle Love, with Fancy Viewing (Cleopatra)George Frideric Handel, Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 2, Recit. Aspasia, I Know Not What to Call (Cleopatra)George Frideric Handel, Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 3, Air. How Happy Should We Mortals Prove (Cleopatra)George Frideric Handel, Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 4, Recit. Check Not the Pleasing Accents of Thy Tongue (Aspasia)George Frideric Handel, Claron McFadden, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 5, Air. So Shall the Sweet Attractive Smile (Aspasia)George Frideric Handel, Claron McFadden, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 6, Recit. How Blissful State! (Cleopatra/Aspasia)George Frideric Handel, Claron McFadden, The King's Consort, Robert King, Lynne Dawson
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 7, Duet. O What Pleasures, Past Expressing (Cleopatra/Aspasia)George Frideric Handel, Claron McFadden, The King's Consort, Robert King, Lynne Dawson
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 4: No. 1, Recit. Why Hangs This Heavy Gloom upon the Brow (Jonathan/Alexander)George Frideric Handel, Catherine Denley, The King's Consort, Robert King, Charles Daniels
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 4: No. 2, Air. Heroes May Boast Their Mighty Deed (Alexander)George Frideric Handel, Catherine Denley, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 5: No. 1, Recit. Ye Sons of Judah, with High Festival (Jonathan)George Frideric Handel, The King's Consort, Robert King, Charles Daniels
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 5: No. 2, Air with Chorus. Great God, from Whom All Blessings Spring (Jonathan/Israelites)George Frideric Handel, Charles Daniels, Choir of The King's Consort, The King's Consort, Robert King, Choir of New College, Oxford
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 1, Air. Kind Hope, Thou Universal Friend (Alexander)George Frideric Handel, Catherine Denley, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 2, Recit. Long, Long and Happy Live the King! (Jonathan/Alexander)George Frideric Handel, Catherine Denley, The King's Consort, Robert King, Charles Daniels
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 3, Air. O Mithra, with Thy Brightest Beams (Alexander)George Frideric Handel, Catherine Denley, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 4, Recit. Stay, My Dread Sovereign (Sycophant Courtier/Alexander/Jonathan)George Frideric Handel, Catherine Denley, Charles Daniels, The King's Consort, Robert King, Charles Pott
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 5, Air. Mighty Love Now Calls to Arm (Alexander)George Frideric Handel, Catherine Denley, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 6, Air. Hateful Man! Thy Sland'rous Tongue (Jonathan)George Frideric Handel, Charles Daniels, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 7, Chorus. O Calumny, on Virtue Waiting (Israelites)George Frideric Handel, Choir of The King's Consort, The King's Consort, Robert King, Choir of New College, Oxford
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 2: No. 1, Recit. Ah! Whence These Dire Forebodings of the Mind? (Cleopatra)George Frideric Handel, Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 2: No. 2, Air. Tossed from Thought to Thought I Rove (Cleopatra)George Frideric Handel, Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 2: No. 3, Recit. Give to the Winds, Fair Princess, These Vain Doubts (Aspasia)George Frideric Handel, Claron McFadden, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 2: No. 4, Air. Love, Glory, Ambition, Whate'er Can Inspire (Aspasia)George Frideric Handel, Claron McFadden, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 3: No., Recit. Thus Far My Wishes Thrive (Ptolomee)George Frideric Handel, Michael George, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 3: No. 1, Air. Virtue, Thou Ideal Name (Ptolomee)George Frideric Handel, Michael George, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 4: No. 2, Accompagnato. Ye Happy People, with Loud Accents Speak (Jonathan)George Frideric Handel, Charles Daniels, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 4: No. 1, Soli with Chorus. Triumph Hymen in the PairGeorge Frideric Handel, Charles Daniels, Charles Humphries, Robert King, Choir of The King's Consort, Choir of New College, Oxford, Claron McFadden
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 4: No. 2, Recit. Glad Time, at Length, Hath Reach'd the Happy Point (Alexander/Cleopatra)George Frideric Handel, The King's Consort, Robert King, Lynne Dawson, Catherine Denley
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 4: No. 3, Duet. Hail Wedded Love, Mysterious Law! (Alexander/Cleopatra)George Frideric Handel, Catherine Denley, The King's Consort, Robert King, Lynne Dawson
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 4: No. 4, Chorus. Hymen, Fair Urania's Son (Asiates)George Frideric Handel, Choir of The King's Consort, The King's Consort, Robert King, Choir of New College, Oxford
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III: Introduction. SinfoniaGeorge Frideric Handel, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 1: No. 1, Recit. 'Tis True, Instinctive Nature Seldom Points (Cleopatra)George Frideric Handel, Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 1: No. 2, Air with Chorus. Here Amid the Shady Woods (Cleopatra/Ruffians)George Frideric Handel, Choir of The King's Consort, Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort, Robert King, Choir of New College, Oxford
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 1, Recit. Ah! Was It Not My Cleopatra's Voice? (Alexander)George Frideric Handel, Catherine Denley, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 2, Air. Pow'rful Guardians of All Nature (Alexander)George Frideric Handel, Catherine Denley, The King's Consort, Robert King
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 3, Recit. Treach'ry, O King, Unheard of Treachery (Jonathan/Alexander/Aspasia)George Frideric Handel, Catherine Denley, Charles Daniels, The King's Consort, Robert King, Claron McFadden
Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 4, Air. Fury, with Red Sparkling Eyes (Alexander)George Frideric Handel, Catherine Denley, The King's Consort, Robert King
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