‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Robert Tear

Vocals
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Helen Donath

Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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