‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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