‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Helen Donath

Soprano
Sir Thomas Allen

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

Choir

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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