‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Robert Tear

Vocals
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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