Research Catalog

Title

Alexander's feast / Handel.

Author

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.

Publication

[Place of publication not identified] : Philips ; London , England : Decca Music Group, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

• Brown, Donna, 1955-
• Watkinson, Carolyn.
• Stafford, Ashley.
• Robson, Nigel (Tenor)
• Varcoe, Stephen.
• Gardiner, John Eliot
• Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
• Monteverdi Choir, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
• English Baroque Soloists, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Description

2 audio discs (99 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

The originals

Uniform Title

Originals (London, England)

Alternative Title

• Power of music.
• Power of musick.

Subject

• Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. > Songs and music
• Dryden, John, 1631-1700 > Musical settings
• Saint Cecilia's Day > Songs and music
• Cantatas, Secular
• Concerti grossi
• Live sound recordings

Note

• "Legendary recordings from the Philips classics catalogue"--Container.
• "2 CDs"--Container.
• "Original digital recording"--Container.
• "Live recording"--Insert.
• "On period instuments"--Insert.
• "Alexander's feast or The power of music"--P. 2 of insert.
• "Alexander's feast or The power of musick wrote in honour of St. Cecilia by Mr. Dryden. Set to musick by Mr. Handel"--P. 29 of insert.
• Compact discs.
• Program notes by Winton Dean in English with French and German translations inserted. Includes vocal texts in English and German.

Credits (note)

• Recording producer, Wilhelm Hellweg.

Event (note)

• Recorded at Stadthalle Göttingen, June 13 & 14, 1987.

Contents

disc 1. Alexander's feast (pt. I) -- disc 2. Alexander's feast (pt. II). Concerto grosso in C.

LCCN

028947577744

OCLC

• ocn122348216
• 122348216
• SCSB-14026134

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries