Alceste, HWV 45: Chorus - 'Thrice happy who in life excel'

~ Recording by Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

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#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.11Alceste, HWV 45: Chorus - 'Thrice happy who in life excel'1:58George Frideric HandelAlcesteGeorg Friedrich Handel; Lucy Crowe, Benjamin Hulett, Andrew Foster‐Williams, Christian CurnynAlbum
  • GB2012-04-30
Chaconne (early music sub-label of Chandos)CHAN 0788

Relationships

sound engineer:Ben Connellan
producer:Rachel Smith (engineer/editor/producer)
choir vocals:Early Opera Company (Dir: Christian Curnyn)
solo bass-baritone vocals:Andrew Foster‐Williams (bass‐baritone)
solo soprano vocals:Lucy Crowe (soprano)
solo tenor vocals:Benjamin Hulett (tenor)
orchestra:Early Opera Company (Dir: Christian Curnyn)
conductor:Christian Curnyn (conductor)
recorded at:St Jude‐on‐the‐Hill in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2011-11-07 until 2011-11-08)
recording of:Alceste, HWV 45 (partial)

Alceste, HWV 45

composer:George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1749-12-27 until 1750-01-08)
parts:1. Alceste, HWV 45: Ouverture
2. Alceste, HWV 45: Act I. Grand entree
3. Alceste, HWV 45: Act I. Accompagnato. Ye happy people
4. Alceste, HWV 45: Act I. Triumph, Hymen, in the pair
5. Alceste, HWV 45: Act I. Still caressing and caress'd
6. Alceste, HWV 45: Act I. Air. Ye swift minutes as ye fly
7. Alceste, HWV 45: Act I. O bless, ye pow'rs above
8. Alceste, HWV 45: Act I. Air. Gentle Morpheus, son of night
9. Alceste, HWV 45: Act IV. Air. Ye fleeting shades, I come
10. Alceste, HWV 45: Act IV. Thrice happy who in life excel
11. Alceste, HWV 45: Act IV. "Enjoy the Sweet Elysian Grove"
12. Alceste, HWV 45: Act IV. Si replica il Core precedente: Thrice happy
13. Alceste, HWV 45: Act IV. Air. Come, Fancy, empress of the brain
14. Alceste, HWV 45: Act IV. Symphony and Accompagnato. He comes, he rises from below
15. Alceste, HWV 45: Act IV. All hail, thou mighty son of Jove!
16. Alceste, HWV 45: Act IV. Symphony: Larghetto
17. Alceste, HWV 45: Act IV. Recitative. From high Olympus' top, the seat of God
18. Alceste, HWV 45: Act IV. Air. Tune your harps, all ye Nine
19. Alceste, HWV 45: Act IV. Ballo primo: Un peu lentement
20. Alceste, HWV 45: Act IV. L'ultimato ballo
21. Alceste, HWV 45: Act IV. Triumph, thou son of Jove