Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75; Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76

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   Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 1. Overture
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   Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 2. "T'was at the royal feast"
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   Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 3. "Happy, happy, happy pair!"
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   Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 4. "Timotheus placed on high"
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   Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 5. "The song began from Jove"
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   Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 6. "The listening crowd admired the lofty sound"
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   Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 7. "With ravish'd ears"
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   Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 8. "The praise of Bacchus then"
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   Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 9. "Bacchus, ever fair and young" - 10. "Bacchus's blessings are a treasure"
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    Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 11. "Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain"
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    Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 12. "He chose a mournful Muse"
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    Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 13. "He sung Darius, great and good"
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    Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 14. "With downcast looks the joyless victor sate"
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    Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 15. "Behold Darius great and good"
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    Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 16. "The mighty master smiled to see"
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    Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 17. "Softly sweet in Lydian measures"
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    Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 18. "War, he sung, is toil and trouble"
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    Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 20. "The many rend the skies"
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    Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 19. "The prince, unable to conceal his pain"
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    Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 1: 20. "The many rend the skies" (II)
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    Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 2: 21. "Now strike the golden lyre again" - 22. "Break his bond" - 23. "Hark, hark! The horrid sound"
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    Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 2: 24. "Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries" - 25. "Behold, a ghastly band"
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    Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 2: 26. "Give the vengeance due"
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    Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 2: 27. "The princes applaud with a furious joy"
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    Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 2: 28. "Thaïs led the way" - "The princes applaud"
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    Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 2: 29. "Thus long ago" - 30. "At last divine Cecilia came"
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    Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 2: 31. "Let old Timotheus yield the price"
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    Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75 / Part 2: 31. "Let old Timotheus yield the price" (II)
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    Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 1. Overture
    5:00
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    Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 2. "From Harmony; When Nature"
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    Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 3. "From Harmony, from Heavenly Harmony"
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    Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 4. "What Passion cannot Music Raise and Quell"
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    Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 5. "The Trumpet's Loud Clangour"
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    Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 6. March
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    Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 7. "The Soft Complaining Flute"
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    Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 8. "Sharp Violins Proclaim their Jealous Pangs"
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    Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 9. "But Oh! What Art can Teach"
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    Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 10. "Orpheus could Lead the Savage Race"
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    Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 11. "But Bright Cecilia Raised the Wonder Higher"
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    Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: 12. "As from the Power of Sacred Lays"
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