‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

English Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, Helen Donath, Sally Burgess, 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, Helen Donath, English Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, Sally Burgess, Sir Thomas Allen

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Helen Donath

Soprano
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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