‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Coro, Choir
Helen Donath

Soprano
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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