‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Coro, Choir
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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