Handel: Alexander’s Feast

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Arcana
Release Date
September 12, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      George Frideric Handel
    • PERFORMER
      Miriam Kutrowatz, Daniel Johannsen, Damien Gastl, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 12, 2025
    • UPC
      3760195735824
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      A582
    • LABEL
      Arcana
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Part I: Overture

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    2. Part I: Overture: Andante

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    3. Part I: Recitative: 'Twas at the Royal Feast (Tenor)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Daniel Johannsen

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    4. Part I: Aria: Happy, happy, happy pair (Tenor)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Daniel Johannsen

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    5. Part I: Happy, Happy, Happy Pair (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    6. Part I: Recitative: Timotheus, plac'd on high (Tenor)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Daniel Johannsen

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    7. Part I: The song began from Jove (Soprano)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Miriam Kutrowatz

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    8. Part I: The list'ning Crowd (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    9. Part I: Aria: With ravish'd ears (Soprano)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Miriam Kutrowatz

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    10. Part I: Recitative: The praise of Bacchus (Tenor)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Daniel Johannsen

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    11. Part I: Aria: Bacchus, ever fair and young (Bass)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Damien Gastl

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    12. Part I: Bacchus' blessings are a treasure (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    13. Part I: Recitative: Sooth'd with the sound (Tenor)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Daniel Johannsen

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    14. Part I: He chose a mournful Muse (Soprano)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Miriam Kutrowatz

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    15. Part I: Aria: He sung Darius Great and Good (Soprano)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Miriam Kutrowatz

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    16. Part I: With downcast Looks (Soprano)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Miriam Kutrowatz

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    17. Part I: Behold Darius, great and good (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    18. Part I: Recitative: The mighty master smil'd to see (Tenor)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Daniel Johannsen

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    19. Part I: Softly sweet (Soprano)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Miriam Kutrowatz

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    20. Part I: Aria: War, he sung, is toil and trouble (Soprano)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Miriam Kutrowatz

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    21. Part I: The many rend the skies (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    22. Part I: Aria: The Prince, unable to conceal (Soprano)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Miriam Kutrowatz

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    23. Part I: The many rend the skies (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    24. Part II: Now strike the Golden Lyre (Tenor)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Daniel Johannsen

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    25. Act II: Break his bands of sleep asunder (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    26. Part II: Hark Hark! (Tenor)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Daniel Johannsen

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    27. Part II: Aria: Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries (Bass)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Damien Gastl

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    28. Part II: Give the Vengeance due (Tenor)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Daniel Johannsen

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    29. Part II: Aria: The Princes applaud with a furious Joy (Tenor)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Daniel Johannsen

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    30. Part II: Aria and Chorus: Thais led the way (Soprano)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Miriam Kutrowatz

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    31. Part II: The princes applaud with a furius joy (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    32. Part II: Thus long ago (Tenor)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Daniel Johannsen

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    33. Part II: At last Divine Cecilia came (Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    34. Part II: Recitative: Let old Timotheus yield the Prize (Tenor, Bass)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Daniel Johannsen, Damien Gastl

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    35. Part II: Let old Timotheus yield the Prize (Soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Miriam Kutrowatz, Daniel Johannsen, Damien Gastl

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini


In London in 1736, the Baroque genius Handel celebrated the power of music with his oratorio about Alexander the Great, one of the greatest successes of his life. Covent Garden was never so full as on the evening of the premiere. For this original English version, Alfredo Bernardini unites the fantastic voices of the Arnold Schoenberg Choir with his lively Zefiro Baroque Orchestra. The three soloists Miriam Kutrowatz, Daniel Johannsen and Damien Gastl tell the ancient story of how the singer Timotheus was once able to change the mood of the great Alexander, evoking a whirlwind of diverse emotions, highlighting the power of music over politics and war.