‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

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

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

Robert Tear, Heather Harper, 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

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Sally Burgess

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

Choir

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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