‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Robert Tear

Vocals

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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