‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Robert Tear

Vocals

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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