‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear, Heather Harper, 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

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

Robert Tear, Sir Philip Ledger, 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

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

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

Coro, Choir
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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