‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sir Thomas Allen

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

Choir
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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