‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Sir Thomas Allen

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

Choir

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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