‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Helen Donath

Soprano
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Coro, Choir

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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