‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

Helen Donath, Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Thomas Allen, Sally Burgess, English Chamber Orchestra

1:04

't was at the royal feast

Sally Burgess, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger, Sir Thomas Allen, Helen Donath, English Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear

4:43

Happy pair!

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Robert Tear, Sally Burgess, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Thomas Allen, Helen Donath

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

Robert Tear, Helen Donath, Sir Thomas Allen, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger, Sally Burgess

1:02

The song began from Jove

Sir Philip Ledger, Sir Thomas Allen, Sally Burgess, Helen Donath, English Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

2:02

The list'ning crowd

Sir Thomas Allen, Helen Donath, Sir Philip Ledger, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Sally Burgess, Robert Tear

3:50

With ravish'd ears

Sally Burgess, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger, Helen Donath, Sir Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sally Burgess, English Chamber Orchestra, Helen Donath, Sir Thomas Allen

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

Helen Donath, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger, Sir Thomas Allen, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Robert Tear, Sally Burgess

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

Sir Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra, Sally Burgess, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger, Helen Donath, Robert Tear

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

Sally Burgess, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Helen Donath, Sir Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

Sir Philip Ledger, Sir Thomas Allen, Sally Burgess, Helen Donath, English Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

1:14

With downcast looks

Helen Donath, Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear, Sir Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra, Sally Burgess, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Helen Donath, Sally Burgess, Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

Sir Philip Ledger, Sally Burgess, English Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, Helen Donath, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Thomas Allen

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

English Chamber Orchestra, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear, Sir Thomas Allen, Sally Burgess, Helen Donath

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

Helen Donath, Sir Philip Ledger, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sally Burgess, Robert Tear, Sir Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra

4:45

The many rend the skies

Sally Burgess, Sir Philip Ledger, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, Helen Donath

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Helen Donath, Sir Philip Ledger, Sir Thomas Allen, Robert Tear, Sally Burgess

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

Helen Donath, Robert Tear, Sir Philip Ledger, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Thomas Allen, Sally Burgess, English Chamber Orchestra

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

Sir Thomas Allen, Helen Donath, Sally Burgess, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Sally Burgess, Helen Donath, Sir Thomas Allen, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Robert Tear

1:31

Give this vengeance due

Sally Burgess, Helen Donath, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger, Sir Thomas Allen, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

2:30

The princes applaud

Sally Burgess, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, Helen Donath, Sir Philip Ledger

2:30

Thais led the way

English Chamber Orchestra, Sally Burgess, Helen Donath, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Robert Tear, Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Philip Ledger

5:04

Thus, long ago

Sally Burgess, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Robert Tear, Helen Donath, Sir Thomas Allen

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Helen Donath, Sally Burgess, Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Thomas Allen

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

Helen Donath, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Sally Burgess, Robert Tear, Sir Thomas Allen, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

0:38

Your voices tune

Helen Donath, English Chamber Orchestra, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear, Sir Thomas Allen, Sally Burgess

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

Sally Burgess, Helen Donath, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Thomas Allen, Robert Tear, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

Helen Donath, Robert Tear, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Thomas Allen, Sally Burgess, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

1:33

Symphony

Robert Tear, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, James Bowman, Sir Philip Ledger, Helen Watts, Heather Harper, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

1:57

See, Hercules

Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Helen Watts, James Bowman, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Heather Harper

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

Robert Tear, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Philip Ledger, Heather Harper, James Bowman, Helen Watts, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

Helen Watts, James Bowman, Heather Harper, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Robert Tear, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Philip Ledger

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

Robert Tear, Heather Harper, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Philip Ledger, James Bowman, Helen Watts

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

James Bowman, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Philip Ledger, Heather Harper

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

Heather Harper, Helen Watts, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, James Bowman, Robert Tear, Sir Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

James Bowman, Helen Watts, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Philip Ledger, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Robert Tear, Heather Harper

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

Robert Tear, Sir Philip Ledger, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Heather Harper, James Bowman, Helen Watts, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

2:25

In peace, in war

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Robert Tear, Heather Harper, James Bowman, Sir Philip Ledger, Helen Watts

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

Heather Harper, Helen Watts, James Bowman, Sir Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Robert Tear, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

Helen Watts, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Heather Harper, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Robert Tear, James Bowman, Sir Philip Ledger

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

Sir Philip Ledger, James Bowman, Heather Harper, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Helen Watts, Robert Tear

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

Helen Watts, Sir Philip Ledger, James Bowman, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Heather Harper, Robert Tear, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

Helen Watts, Sir Philip Ledger, James Bowman, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Robert Tear, Heather Harper, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

Robert Tear, James Bowman, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Helen Watts, Sir Philip Ledger, Heather Harper, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Helen Watts, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Robert Tear, James Bowman, Sir Philip Ledger, Heather Harper

0:42

Where shall I go?

Robert Tear, James Bowman, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Sir Philip Ledger, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

Heather Harper, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, James Bowman

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

Helen Watts, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Heather Harper, James Bowman, Robert Tear, Sir Philip Ledger, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

0:17

Arise, Arise

Heather Harper, James Bowman, Robert Tear, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Helen Watts, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Philip Ledger

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

Helen Watts, Heather Harper, James Bowman, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Robert Tear

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Robert Tear, James Bowman, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Heather Harper, Sir Philip Ledger, Helen Watts

5:15

Virtue will place three

Helen Watts, James Bowman, Sir Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Robert Tear, Heather Harper, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Helen Donath

Soprano
Robert Tear

Vocals
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Coro, Choir

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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