‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

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, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, James Bowman

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Helen Donath

Soprano
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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