‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Robert Tear

Vocals
Helen Donath

Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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