‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Helen Donath

Soprano
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Robert Tear

Vocals

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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