‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Helen Donath

Soprano
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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