‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Helen Donath

Soprano
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Coro, Choir
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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