‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Helen Donath

Soprano
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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