‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

Heather Harper, Helen Watts, 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

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sally Burgess

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

Choir
Helen Donath

Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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