‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Robert Tear

Vocals
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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