‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

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

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

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

Choir
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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