‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Helen Donath

Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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