‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

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, Robert Tear, Helen Watts, James Bowman, Sir Philip Ledger

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Robert Tear

Vocals
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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