‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir
Robert Tear

Vocals

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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