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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1: Overture
Part 1: Recitative: 'Twas at the royal feast (Tenor)
Part I: Air: Happy, happy, happy pair (Tenor, Chorus)
Part I: Recitative: Timotheus, plac'd on high (Tenor)
Part 1: Accompagnato: The song began from Jove (Soprano)
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1: The list'ning Crowd (Chorus)
Part 1: Air: With ravish'd ears (Soprano)
Part 1: Recitative: The praise of Bacchus (Tenor)
Part 1: Air and Chorus: Bacchus, ever fair and young (Bass and Chorus)
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1: Recitative: Sooth'd with the sound (Tenor)
Part 1: Accompagnato: He chose a mournful muse (Soprano)
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1: Air: He sung Darius great and good (Soprano)
Part 1: Accompagnato: With downcast looks (Soprano)
Part 1: Behold Darius great and good (Chorus)
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1: Recitative: The mighty master smil'd to see (Tenor)
Part 1: Air: Softly sweet (Soprano)
Part 1: Air: War, he sung, is toil and trouble (Soprano)
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1: The many rend the skies (Chorus)
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1: Air: The Prince, unable to conceal his pain (Soprano)
Part 1: The many rend the skies (Chorus)
Part 2: Accompagnato and Chorus: Now strike the golden lyre (Tenor and Chorus)
Part 2: Air: Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries (Bass)
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 2: Accompagnato: Give the vengeance due (Tenor)
Part 2: Air: The princes applaud with a furious joy (Tenor)
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 2: Air and Chorus: Thais led the way (Soprano and Chorus)
Part 2: Accompagnato and Chorus: Thus, long ago (Tenor)
Part 2: Recitative: Let old Timotheus yield the prize (Tenor and Bass)
Part 2: Let old Timotheus yield the prize (Chorus)
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