‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

James Bowman, Sir Philip Ledger, 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!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Helen Donath

Soprano
Robert Tear

Vocals

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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