‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Robert Tear

Vocals
Helen Donath

Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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