‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Robert Tear

Vocals
Helen Donath

Soprano
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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