‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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