‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

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

Choir
Helen Donath

Soprano
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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