‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Helen Donath

Soprano
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Coro, Choir

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

RECORD LABEL

On This Album