‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Helen Donath

Soprano
Robert Tear

Vocals
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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