‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Coro, Choir
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Helen Donath

Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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