‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Robert Tear

Vocals
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Coro, Choir
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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