‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Helen Donath

Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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