‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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