‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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