‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Robert Tear

Vocals

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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