‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Robert Tear

Vocals
Helen Donath

Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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