‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Helen Donath

Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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