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2006

Format:	Music CD, Musical Sound Recording, Sound Recording
Author:	Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Title:	Alexander's feast [sound recording] / Handel.
Publisher, Date:	[S.l.] : Philips ; London , England : Decca Music Group, c2006.
Description:	2 sound discs (99 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Series:	The originals. Originals (London, England)
Subjects:	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.
Other Author:	Brown, Donna, 1955- Watkinson, Carolyn. Stafford, Ashley. Robson, Nigel, (Tenor) Varcoe, Stephen. Gardiner, John Eliot. Dryden, John, 1631-1700. Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Concerti grossi, violins (2), cello, orchestra, HWV 318, C major. Monteverdi Choir. English Baroque Soloists.
Other Title:	Power of music. Power of musick.
Notes:	"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. Recording producer, Wilhelm Hellweg. Donna Brown, soprano ; Carolyn Watkinson, mezzo-soprano ; Ashley Stafford, alto ; Nigel Robson, tenor ; Stephen Varcoe, bass ; Monteverdi Choir ; English Baroque Soloists ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor. 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.
Publisher Number:	475 7774 475 7775--475 7776
Other Number:	122348216
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	241144
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# System items in:	1
Call Number:	CD C HAND AF B74
Medium:	[sound recording]

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