‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Helen Donath

Soprano
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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