‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, James Bowman, Heather Harper, Sir Philip Ledger, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, 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, Heather Harper, Robert Tear, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, James Bowman, Helen Watts

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Helen Donath

Soprano
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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