‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

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

Choir
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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