‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Helen Donath

Soprano
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Coro, Choir

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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