‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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