‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Robert Tear

Vocals

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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