‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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