‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Robert Tear

Vocals
Helen Donath

Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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