‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

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!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

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

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Helen Donath

Soprano
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Coro, Choir

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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