‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

Robert Tear, Sally Burgess, 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

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

James Bowman, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, 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

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Robert Tear

Vocals

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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