‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sally Burgess

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

Choir
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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