‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir
Helen Donath

Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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