‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Helen Donath

Soprano
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Robert Tear

Vocals

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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