‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

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

Choir
Robert Tear

Vocals
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

RECORD LABEL

On This Album