‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Helen Donath

Soprano
Robert Tear

Vocals

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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