‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Helen Donath

Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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