‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Helen Donath

Soprano
Robert Tear

Vocals
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Coro, Choir

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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