Duration156 Min

Handel: Alexander Balus

The King's Consort, Robert King

Duration156 Min

George Frideric Handel

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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I: Overture. [Grave] – AllegroThe King's Consort02:52
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 1, Chorus. Flush'd with Conquest, Fir'd by Mithra (Asiates)Choir of The King's Consort, Choir of New College Oxford, The King's Consort03:11
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 2, Recit. Thus Far, Ye Glorious Partners of the War (Alexander/Jonathan)Catherine Denley, Charles Daniels, The King's Consort01:29
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 3, Air. Great Author of This Harmony (Jonathan)Charles Daniels, The King's Consort03:18
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 4. Flourish of TrumpetsThe King's Consort00:12
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 5, Recit. And Thus Let Happy Egypt's King (Ptolomee)Michael George, The King's Consort00:24
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 6, Air. Thrice Happy the Monarch, Whom Nations Content (Ptolomee)Charles Daniels, The King's Consort03:43
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 7, Recit. Congratulation to Our Father's Friend (Cleopatra)Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort00:26
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 8, Air. Hark! Hark! He Strikes the Golden Lyre (Cleopatra)Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort05:59
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 9, Recit. Be It My Chief Ambition There to Rise (Alexander)Catherine Denley, The King's Consort00:14
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 10, Air. Fair Virtue Shall Charm Me (Alexander)Catherine Denley, The King's Consort02:24
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 1: No. 11, Chorus. Ye Happy Nations Round (Asiates)Choir of The King's Consort, The King's Consort, Choir of New College Oxford03:02
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 2: No. 1, Recit. My Jonathan (Alexander)Catherine Denley, The King's Consort00:35
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 2: No. 2, Air. Oh, What Resistless Charms Are Giv'n (Alexander)Catherine Denley, The King's Consort04:14
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 1, Air. Subtle Love, with Fancy Viewing (Cleopatra)Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort04:55
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 2, Recit. Aspasia, I Know Not What to Call (Cleopatra)Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort00:46
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 3, Air. How Happy Should We Mortals Prove (Cleopatra)Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort02:26
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 4, Recit. Check Not the Pleasing Accents of Thy Tongue (Aspasia)Claron McFadden, The King's Consort00:25
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 5, Air. So Shall the Sweet Attractive Smile (Aspasia)Claron McFadden, The King's Consort02:40
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 6, Recit. How Blissful State! (Cleopatra/Aspasia)Claron McFadden, The King's Consort, Lynne Dawson00:26
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 3: No. 7, Duet. O What Pleasures, Past Expressing (Cleopatra/Aspasia)Claron McFadden, The King's Consort, Lynne Dawson03:01
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 4: No. 1, Recit. Why Hangs This Heavy Gloom upon the Brow (Jonathan/Alexander)Catherine Denley, The King's Consort, Charles Daniels01:00
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 4: No. 2, Air. Heroes May Boast Their Mighty Deed (Alexander)Catherine Denley, The King's Consort04:53
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 5: No. 1, Recit. Ye Sons of Judah, with High Festival (Jonathan)The King's Consort, Charles Daniels00:31
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act I Scene 5: No. 2, Air with Chorus. Great God, from Whom All Blessings Spring (Jonathan/Israelites)Charles Daniels, Choir of The King's Consort, The King's Consort, Choir of New College Oxford04:38
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 1, Air. Kind Hope, Thou Universal Friend (Alexander)Catherine Denley, The King's Consort06:04
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 2, Recit. Long, Long and Happy Live the King! (Jonathan/Alexander)Catherine Denley, The King's Consort, Charles Daniels00:40
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 3, Air. O Mithra, with Thy Brightest Beams (Alexander)Catherine Denley, The King's Consort04:18
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 4, Recit. Stay, My Dread Sovereign (Sycophant Courtier/Alexander/Jonathan)Catherine Denley, Charles Daniels, The King's Consort, Charles Pott01:39
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 5, Air. Mighty Love Now Calls to Arm (Alexander)Catherine Denley, The King's Consort02:36
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 6, Air. Hateful Man! Thy Sland'rous Tongue (Jonathan)Charles Daniels, The King's Consort04:21
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 1: No. 7, Chorus. O Calumny, on Virtue Waiting (Israelites)Choir of The King's Consort, The King's Consort, Choir of New College Oxford04:22
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 2: No. 1, Recit. Ah! Whence These Dire Forebodings of the Mind? (Cleopatra)Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort00:39
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 2: No. 2, Air. Tossed from Thought to Thought I Rove (Cleopatra)Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort06:29
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 2: No. 3, Recit. Give to the Winds, Fair Princess, These Vain Doubts (Aspasia)Claron McFadden, The King's Consort00:23
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 2: No. 4, Air. Love, Glory, Ambition, Whate'er Can Inspire (Aspasia)Claron McFadden, The King's Consort02:51
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 3: No., Recit. Thus Far My Wishes Thrive (Ptolomee)Michael George, The King's Consort00:54
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 3: No. 1, Air. Virtue, Thou Ideal Name (Ptolomee)Michael George, The King's Consort03:44
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 4: No. 2, Accompagnato. Ye Happy People, with Loud Accents Speak (Jonathan)Charles Daniels, The King's Consort00:38
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 4: No. 1, Soli with Chorus. Triumph Hymen in the PairCharles Daniels, Charles Humphries, Choir of The King's Consort, Choir of New College Oxford, Claron McFadden02:41
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 4: No. 2, Recit. Glad Time, at Length, Hath Reach'd the Happy Point (Alexander/Cleopatra)The King's Consort, Lynne Dawson, Catherine Denley00:48
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 4: No. 3, Duet. Hail Wedded Love, Mysterious Law! (Alexander/Cleopatra)Catherine Denley, The King's Consort, Lynne Dawson03:39
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act II Scene 4: No. 4, Chorus. Hymen, Fair Urania's Son (Asiates)Choir of The King's Consort, The King's Consort, Choir of New College Oxford02:38
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III: Introduction. SinfoniaThe King's Consort01:16
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 1: No. 1, Recit. 'Tis True, Instinctive Nature Seldom Points (Cleopatra)Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort00:30
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 1: No. 2, Air with Chorus. Here Amid the Shady Woods (Cleopatra/Ruffians)Choir of The King's Consort, Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort, Choir of New College Oxford04:17
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 1, Recit. Ah! Was It Not My Cleopatra's Voice? (Alexander)Catherine Denley, The King's Consort00:41
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 2, Air. Pow'rful Guardians of All Nature (Alexander)Catherine Denley, The King's Consort02:53
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 3, Recit. Treach'ry, O King, Unheard of Treachery (Jonathan/Alexander/Aspasia)Catherine Denley, Charles Daniels, The King's Consort, Claron McFadden01:23
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 4, Air. Fury, with Red Sparkling Eyes (Alexander)Catherine Denley, The King's Consort06:24
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 5, Recit. Gods! Can There Be a More Afflicting Sight (Aspasia)The King's Consort, Claron McFadden00:25
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 6, Air. Strange Reverse of Human Fate (Aspasia)Claron McFadden, The King's Consort02:50
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 7, Recit. May He Return with Laurel'd Victory (Jonathan)Charles Daniels, The King's Consort00:27
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 8, Air. To God Who Made the Radiant Sun (Jonathan)Charles Daniels, The King's Consort03:14
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 2: No. 9, Chorus. Sun, Moon, and Stars, and All Ye Host of Heav'n (Israelites)Choir of The King's Consort, The King's Consort, Choir of New College Oxford02:51
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 3: No. 1, Recit. Yes He Was False, My Daughter, False to You (Jonathan/Cleopatra)Charles Daniels, The King's Consort, Lynne Dawson01:20
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 3: No. 2, Accompagnato. Ungrateful Child, by Ev'ry Sacred Pow'r (Ptolomee)Michael George, The King's Consort00:26
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 3: No. 3, Air. O Sword, and Thou, All-Daring Hand (Ptolomee)Michael George, The King's Consort02:51
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 4: No. 1, Accompagnato. Shall Cleopatra Ever Smile Again? (Cleopatra)Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort00:43
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 4: No. 2, Recit. Ungrateful Tidings to the Royal Ear (Messenger)Tom Raskin, The King's Consort01:23
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 4: No. 3, Air. O Take Me from This Hateful Light (Cleopatra)Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort05:18
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 4: No. 4, Recit. Forgive, O Queen, the Messenger of Ill! (Second Messenger/Cleopatra)Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort, Simon Birchall01:23
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 4: No. 5, Accompagnato. Calm Thou My Soul (Cleopatra)Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort00:48
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 4: No. 6, Air. Convey Me to Some Peaceful Shore (Cleopatra)Lynne Dawson, The King's Consort02:42
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 5: No. 1, Recit. Mysterious Are Thy Ways, O Providence! (Jonathan)Charles Daniels, The King's Consort01:20
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65, Act III Scene 5: No. 2, Chorus with Solo. Ye Servants of th' Eternal King (Jonathan/Israelites)Charles Daniels, Choir of The King's Consort, Choir of New College Oxford, The King's Consort03:21

Artists

Robert King

Conductor, Organ, Harpsichord

The King's Consort

Orchestra

Composers

George Frideric Handel

Composer

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