‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

Helen Watts, Heather Harper, James Bowman, Sir Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Robert Tear

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Coro, Choir
Robert Tear

Vocals

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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