‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Coro, Choir
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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