‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Coro, Choir
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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