‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Robert Tear

Vocals
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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