‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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