‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Heather Harper, Sir Philip Ledger, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, James Bowman, 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

Coro, Choir
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass-Baritone, Bass
Robert Tear

Vocals

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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