‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

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

Choir
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Helen Donath

Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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