‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

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, English Chamber Orchestra, Helen Donath

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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