‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Helen Donath

Soprano
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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