‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Helen Donath

Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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