‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

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

Coro, Choir
Robert Tear

Vocals
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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