‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

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

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

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
Helen Donath

Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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