Alexander's feast, or, The power of music

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Title
"Alexander's feast, or, The power of music"
Statement of Responsibility
George Frideric Handel
Publisher
  • Philips
Publication Year
  • p1988
Book size
12 cm.
Format
musical sound recording(compact audio disc)
Other Title
  • Concerto grosso in C "Alexander's feast"
  • Concerto grosso en Ut "Alexander's feast"
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Notes

"422 053-2"--Container, booklet

The 1st work is a secular cantata for St. Cecilia's Day; the 2nd work for 2 violins, violoncello, and orchestra

Text by John Dryden

Donna Brown, soprano; Carolyn Watkinson, contralto; Ashley Stafford, countertenor; Nigel Robson, tenor; Stephen Varcoe, bass; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists (on period instruments); John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

Recorded: live recording, Stadthalle Göttingen, June 13 & 14, 1987

Issued in case (13 x 15 cm.)

Playing time: 54 min., 59 sec. (CD 1); 42 min., 40 sec. (CD 2)

Program notes by Winton Dean in English with German translation, by Jean-François Labie in French, and by Gloria Staffieri in Italian, biographical notes on performers, and libretto with French, German and Italian translations (88 p. : ports.) inserted in container

Philips: 422054-2, 422055-2

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