‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Helen Donath

Soprano
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Coro, Choir

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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