‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

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, Robert Tear, Helen Watts

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Robert Tear

Vocals
Sally Burgess

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

Choir

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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