‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Coro, Choir
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Helen Donath

Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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