‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Helen Donath

Soprano
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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