‎Haendel : Alexander's Feast by Sir Philip Ledger

Overture

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

1:04

't was at the royal feast

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

4:43

Happy pair!

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

0:30

Timotheus, plac'd on high

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

1:02

The song began from Jove

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

2:02

The list'ning crowd

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

3:50

With ravish'd ears

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

0:39

The praise of Bacchus

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

5:03

Bacchus, ever fair and young

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

0:45

Sooth'd with the sound

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

1:27

He chose a mournful Muse

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

3:06

He sung Darius, great and good

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

1:14

With downcast looks

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

2:38

Behold Darius great and good

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

0:32

The mighty master, mild smil'd to see

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

3:08

Softly sweet in Lydian measures

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

4:40

War, he sung, is toil and trouble

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

4:45

The many rend the skies

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

6:57

The prince, unable to conceal

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

4:49

The many rend the skies Part II

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

8:37

Now strike the golden Lyre again

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

2:03

Revenge Timotheus cries

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

1:31

Give this vengeance due

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

2:30

The princes applaud

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

2:30

Thais led the way

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

5:04

Thus, long ago

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

0:30

Let old Timotheus yield the prize

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

3:54

Let old Timotheus Yield the prize

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

0:38

Your voices tune

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

2:48

Let's imitate her notes above

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

2:59

Your voices tune and raise

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

1:33

Symphony

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

1:57

See, Hercules

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

2:28

Come, Blooming boy

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

2:30

There the brisk sparkling nectar drain

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

0:28

While for thy arms that Beauty glows

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

6:15

Away, mistaken wretch, away

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

0:18

This menly youth's exalted mind

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

2:43

Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me

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

0:20

Go, assert thy hean'nly race

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

2:25

In peace, in war

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

0:37

So shalt thou gain immortal praise

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

2:34

Hearst thou, what dangers

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

0:38

Turn thee, youth, to Joy and Love

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

3:41

Short is my way - Oh cease, enchanting Siren

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

2:22

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

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

0:15

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove

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

2:22

Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?

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

0:42

Where shall I go?

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

1:36

Mount, mount the steep ascent!

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

2:18

Mount, mount the steep ascent

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

0:17

Arise, Arise

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

5:15

The sounds breathe fire celestial

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

5:19

Lead, Goddess, lead the way

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

5:15

Virtue will place three

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

5:19

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Vocals, Conductor
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Sally Burgess

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Helen Donath

Soprano

Haendel : Alexander's Feast

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