‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

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

Coro, Choir
Helen Donath

Soprano
Robert Tear

Vocals

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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