‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Robert Tear

Vocals
Sir Thomas Allen

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

Choir

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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