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Messiah / Saul / Alexander's Feast / Ode on St Cecilia's day / Belshazzar

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Release year 2016

Tracklist

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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: I. Symphony (Overture)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: II. Recitative "Comfort ye my people" (tenor)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: III. Air "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted" (tenor)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: IV. Chorus "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: V. Recitative "Thus saith the Lord" (bass)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: VI. Air "But who may abide the day of his coming" (alto)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: VII. Chorus "And he shall purify the sons of Levi"
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: VIII: Recitative "Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son" (alto)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: IX: Air and Chorus "O though that tellest good tidings to Zion" (alto)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: X: Recitative "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth" (bass)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: XI: Air "The people that walked in darknesshave seen a great light" (bass)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: XII: Chorus "For unto us a Child is born"
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: XIII: Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: XIVa: Recitative "There were shepherds abiding in the field" (soprano)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: XIVb: Recitative "And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them" (soprano)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: XV: Recitative "And the angel said unto them: Fear not" (soprano)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: XVI: Recitative "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heav'nly host" (soprano)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: XVII: Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: XVIII: Air "Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion" (soprano)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: XIX: Recitative "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened" (alto)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: XX: Air "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd" (soprano, alto)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: XXI: Chorus "His yoke is easy"
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XXII: Chorus "Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world"
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XXIII: Air "He was despised and rejected of men" (alto)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XXIV: Chorus "Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows"
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XXV: Chorus "And with his stripes we are healed"
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XXVI: Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XXVII: Recitative "All they that see him laugh him to scorn" (tenor)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XXVIII: Chorus "He trusted in God that he would deliver him"
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XXIX: Recitative "Thy rebuke hath broken his heart" (soprano)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XXX: Air "Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto his sorrow" (soprano)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XXXI: Recitative "He was cut off out of the land of the living" (tenor)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XXXII: Air "But thou didst not leave his soul in hell" (tenor)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XXXIII: Chorus "Lift up your heads, o ye gates"
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XXXIV: Recitative "Unto which of the angels said he at any time" (tenor)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XXXV: Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship him"
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XXXVI: Air "Though art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive" (alto)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XXXVII: Chorus "The Lord gave the word: great was the company of the preachers"
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XXXVIII: Air "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace" (soprano)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XXXIX: Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands"
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XL: Air "Why do the nations so furiously rage together" (bass)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XLI: Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XLII: Recitative "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn" (tenor)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XLIII: Air "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron" (tenor)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part II: XLIV: Chorus "Hallelujah"
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part III: XLV: Air "I know that my Redeemer liveth" (soprano)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part III: XLVI: Chorus "Since by man came death"
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part III: XLVII: Recitative: "Behold, I tell you a mystery" (bass)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part III: XLVIII: Air "The trumpet shall sound" (bass)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part III: XLIX: Recitative"Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written" (alto)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part III: L: Duet "O death, where is thy sting?" (alto, tenor)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part III: LI: Chorus "But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory"
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part III: LII: Air "If God be for us, who can be against us?" (soprano)
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part III: LIII: Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"
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Saul: Symphony (Allegro - Larghetto - Allegro - Andante larghetto)
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 1: (Chorus) How excellent thy name, oh Lord
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 1: (Air) An infant rais'd by thy command
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 1: (Trio) Along the monster atheist strode
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 1: (Chorus) The youth inspir'd by Thee, oh Lord
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 2: (Recitative) He comes
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 2: (Recitative) Behold, oh King, the brave, victorious youth
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 2: (Recitative) Oh early piety!
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 2: (Air) What abject thoughts a prince can have
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 2 (Air) Birth and fortune I despise!
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 2: (Recitative) Though, Merab, first in birth
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 2: (Air) See, with what a scornful air
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 2: Symphony
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 3: (Recitative) Already see
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 3: (Chorus) Welcome, welcome mighty King!
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 3: (Accompagnato) What do I hear?
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 4: (Recitative) Imprudent women!
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 5: (Recitative) Rack'd with infernal pains
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 5: (Air) Oh Lord, whose mercies numberless
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 5: (Recitative) T is all in vain
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 5: (Air) A serpent, in my bosom warm'd
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 5: (Air) Capricious man
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 6: (Accompagnato) Oh filial piety!
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Saul: Act 1, Scene 6: (Chorus) Preserve him for the glory of thy name
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Saul: Act 2, Scene 1: (Chorus) Envy! eldest born of hell!
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Saul: Act 2, Scene 2: (Recitative) Ah! dearest friend
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Saul: Act 2, Scene 3: (Recitative) Hast thou obey'd my orders
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Saul: Act 2, Scene 3: (Air) As great Jehovah lives
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Saul: Act 2, Scene 3: (Air) From cities storm'd, and battles won
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Saul: Act 2, Scene 4: (Recitative) Appear, my friend
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Saul: Act 2, Scene 4: (Air) Your words, oh king
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Saul: Act 2, Scene 4: (Recitative) Yes, he shall wed my daughter!
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Saul: Act 2, Scene 5: (Recitative) A father's will
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Saul: Act 2, Scene 5: (Duet) O fairest of ten thousand fair
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Saul: Act 2, Scene 5: (Chorus) Is there a man
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Saul: Act 2, Scene 5: Concerto
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Saul: Act 2, Scene 6: (Recitative) Thy father is as cruel
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Saul: Act 2, Scene 7: (Recitative) Whom dost thou seek?
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Saul: Act 2, Scene 8: (Recitative) Mean as he was
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Saul: Act 2, Scene 9: Symphony
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Saul: Act 2, Scene 9: (Accompagnato) The time at length is come
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Saul: Act 2, Scene 10: (Recitative) Where is the son of Jesse
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Saul: Act 2, Scene 10: (Chorus) O fatal consequence of rage
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Saul: Act 3, Scene 1: (Accompagnato) Wretch that I am!
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Saul: Act 3, Scene 2: (Recitative) With me what wouldst thou?
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Saul: Act 3, Scene 3: (Accompagnato) Why has thou forc'd me from the realms of peace
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Saul: Act 3, Scene 4: Symphony
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Saul: Act 3, Scene 4: (Recitative) Whence comst thou?
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Saul: Act 3, Scene 4: Dead March
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Saul: Act 3, Scene 5 (Chorus) Mourn, Israel
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Saul: Act 3, Scene 5: (Air) O let it not in Gath be heard
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Saul: Act 3, Scene 5: (Chorus) Eagles were not so swift as they
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Saul: Act 3, Scene 5: (Air) In sweetest harmony
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Saul: Act 3, Scene 5: (Recitative) Ye men of Judah, weep no more
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Saul: Act 3, Scene 5: (Chorus) Gird on thy sword
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, I. Overture
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, II. Recitative (tenor): "'Twas at the royal feast"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, IV. Chorus: "Happy, happy pair"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, V. Recitative: "Timotheus plac'd on high"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, VI. Recitative: "The song began from Jove"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, VII. Chorus: "The list'ning crowd"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, VIII. Aria (soprano): "With ravish'd ears"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, IX. Recitative: "The praise of Bacchus"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, X. Aria and chorus: "Bacchus ever fair and young"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XI. Recitative: "Sooth'd with the sound"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XII. Recitative: "He chose a mournful muse"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XIII. Aria (soprano): "He sung Darius, great and good"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XIV. Recitative: "With downcast looks"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XV. Chorus: "Behold Darius great and good"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XVI. Recitative: "The mighty master smil'd"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XVII. Arioso: "Softly sweet in Lydian measures"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XVIII. Aria: "War, he sung, is toil and trouble"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XIX. Chorus: "The many rend the skies with loud applause"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XX. Aria: "The prince, unable to conceal his pain"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part I, XXI. Chorus: "The many rend the skies with loud applause"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, I. Recitative and chorus: "Now strike the golden lyre again"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, IV. Aria (bass): "Revenge, Timotheus cries"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, VI. Recitative: "Give vengeance the due"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, VII. Air and Chorus: "The princes applaud with a furious joy"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, VIII. Air and chorus: "Thais led the way"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, IX. Recitative: "Thus long ago"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, XI. Recitative: "Let old Timotheus yield the prize"
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Oratorio "Alexander's Feast", HWV 75: Part II, XII. Chorus: "Let old Timotheus yield the prize"
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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Overture - Recitativo "From Harmony, from heav'nly Harmony" - Accompagnato "When Nature underneath a heap"
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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Chorus "From Harmony, from Heav'nly Harmony"
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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Aria "What passion cannot Music raise and quell!"
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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Solo and Chorus "The Trumpet's loud clangor"
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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: La Marche
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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Aria "The soft complaining Flute"
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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Aria "Sharp Violins proclaim"
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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Aria "But oh! what art can teach"
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Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Aria "Orpheus ould lead the savage race"
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Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Accompagnato "But bright Cecilia rais'd the wonder high'r" (Soprano)
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Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Chorus "As from the pow'r of sacred lays" (Chorus)
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Ouverture
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene I. Nitocris (Accompagnato Ed Arisoso): Vain, Fluctuating State
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene I. Nitocris (Air): Thou Gott Most High
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene I. Nitocris (Recitative): The Fate For Babylon; Daniel (Recitative): Oh Much…
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene II. Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene I. Daniel (Air): Lament Not Thus
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene II. Chorus Of Babylonians: Behold, By Persi’s Hero Made
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene II. Gobrias; Cyrus (Recitative): Well May They Laugh
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene II. Gobrias (Air): Oppress’d With Never-Ceasing Grief
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene II. Cyrus (Air): Dry Those Unavailing Tears
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene II. Cyrus (Recitative): Be Comforted; Cyrus (Accompagnato): Methougt…
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene II. Gobrias (Air): Behold The Monstrous Human Beast
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene II. Cyris (Recitative): Can You Then Think; Cyrus (Air): Great …
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene II. Chorus: All Empires
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene III. Daniel (Arioso): Oh Sacred Oracles
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene III. Daniel (Accompagnato): Rejoice, My Countrymen
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene III. Chorus: Sing, Oh Ye Heav’ns!
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene IV. Belshazzar (Air): Let Festal Joy
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene IV. Belshazzar; Nitocris (Recitative): For You, My Friends
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene IV. Nitocris (Air): The Leafy Honours
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene IV. Belshazzar; Nitocris (Recitative): It Is The Custom
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene IV. Chorus Of Jews: Recall, Oh King!
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene IV. Nitocris; Belshazzar (Recitative): They Tell You True
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene IV. Nitocris; Belshazzar (Duett): Oh Dearer Than My Life
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act I, Scene IV. Chorus Of Jews: By Slow Degrees
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act II, Scene I. Chorus: See, From His Post
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act II, Scene I. Cyrus (Recitative): You See, My Friends
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act II, Scene I. Chorus Of Persians: To Arms, To Arms!
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act II, Scene II. Chorus Of Babylonians: Ye Tutelar Gods
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act II, Scene II. Belshazzar (Air): Let The Deep Bowl
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act II, Scene II. A Symphonie Belshazzar (Recitative): Ye Sages!
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act II, Scene II. Chorus: Oh Misery!
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act II, Scene II. Nitocris (Recitative) : Oh, King
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act II, Scene II. Daniel (Air): No! To Thyself; (Accompagnato): Yet To …
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act II, Scene II. Nitocris (Air): Regard, Oh Son
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act II, Scene III. Cyrus (Air): Oh! God Of Truth!
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act II, Scene III. Chorus: Oh Glorious Prince!
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act III, Scene I. Nitocris (Air): Alternate Hopes And Fears
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act III, Scene I. Nitocris; Daniel (Recitative): Fain Would I Hope
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act III, Scene I. Nitocris; Arioch; Messenger (Recitative): My Hopes Revive
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act III, Scene I. Chorus Of Jews: Bel Boweth Down!
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act III, Scene II. Belshazzar (Air): I Thank Thee, Sesach
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act III, Scene III. Gobreias (Air): To Pow’r Immortal
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act III, Scene III. Cyrus (Recitative): Be It Thy Care; (Air): Destructive ...
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act III, Scene III. Nitrocris, Cyrus (Duett): Great Victor
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act III, Scene III. Cyrus; Daniel (Recitative): Say, Venerable Prophet
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act III, Scene III. Soli And Chorus Tell It Out; Cyrus (Acc.): Yes, I Will…
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Belshazzar, HWV 61: Act III, Scene III. Soli And Chorus (Athem); I Will Magnify Thee