‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Robert Tear

Vocals
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Helen Donath

Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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