‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Helen Donath

Soprano
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir
Robert Tear

Vocals

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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