‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Helen Donath

Soprano
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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