‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Robert Tear

Vocals
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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