‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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