‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Helen Donath

Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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