‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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