‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

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, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, James Bowman

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Helen Donath

Soprano
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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