‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Robert Tear

Vocals
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Helen Donath

Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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