Haendel : Alexander's Feast

Sir Philip Ledger

APR 05 2010

16

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Air. "Softly Sweet in Lydian Measures"

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

03:09

17

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Air. "War, He Sung, Is Toil and Trouble"

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

04:41

18

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Chorus. "The Many Rend the Skies with Loud Applause"

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

04:46

19

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Air. "The Prince, Unable to Conceal His Pain"

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

06:58

20

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Chorus da capo. "The Many Rend the Skies with Loud Applause"

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

04:49

21

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Accompagnato and Chorus. "Now Strike the Golden Lyre Again" - "Break His Bonds of Sleep Asunder" - "Hark, Hark !"

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

08:38

22

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Air. "Revenge, Timotheus Cries"

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

02:03

23

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Accompagnato. "Give the Vengeance Due to the Valiant Crew"

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

01:31

24

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Air. "The Princes Applaud with a Furious Joy"

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

02:25

25

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Air and Chorus. "Thais Led the Way" - "The Princes Applaud with a Furious Joy"

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

05:20

26

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Accompagnato and Chorus. "Thus, Long Ago, Ere Heaving Bellows" - "At Last Divine Cecilia Came"

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

05:04

27

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Recitative and Duet. "Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize"

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

00:31

28

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Recitative, Air and Chorus. "Let Old Timotheus Yield the Prize"

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

03:54

29

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Your Voices Tune"

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

00:38

30

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Duet. "Let's Imitate Her Notes Above"

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

02:49

31

Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Your Voices Tune and Raise"

Choir of King's College, Cambridge

03:05

32

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Symphony

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

01:09

33

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Accompagnato. "See, Hercules! how smiles yon myrtle plain" (Pleasure)

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

01:48

34

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Air. "Come, Blooming Boy" (Pleasure)

Philip Ledger feat. Heather Harper

01:57

35

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Air. "There the brisk sparkling nectar drain" (Pleasure)

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

02:29

36

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Solo and Chorus. "While for thy arms that Beauty glows" (Pleasure, Chorus)

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

02:31

37

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Recitative. "Away, mistaken wretch, away" (Virtue)

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

00:29

38

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Air. "This manly youth's exalted mind" (Virtue)

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

06:15

39

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Recitative. "Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me" (Virtue)

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

00:18

40

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Air. "Go, assert thy heav'nly race" (Virtue)

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

02:43

41

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Recitative. "In peace, in war" (Virtue)

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

00:20

42

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Solo and Chorus. "So Shalt Thou Gain Immortal Praise" (Virtue, Chorus)

Philip Ledger feat. Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Helen Watts

02:26

43

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Recitative. "Hearst thou, what dangers" (Pleasure)

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

00:37

44

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Solo and Chorus. "Turn thee, youth, to joy and love" (Pleasure, Chorus)

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

02:35

45

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Recitative. "Short is my way" (Pleasure, Hercules)

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

00:38

46

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Air. "Yet Can I Hear That Dulcet Lay" (Hercules)

Philip Ledger feat. James Bowman

03:41

47

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Air. "Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove" (Attendant)

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

02:23

48

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Recitative. "Oh! wither, Reason, dost thou fly?" (Hercules)

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

00:16

49

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Trio. "Where shall I go?" (Pleasure, Virtue, Hercules)

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

02:23

50

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Recitative. "Mount, mount the steep ascent!" (Virtue)

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

00:43

51

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Air. "Mount, mount the steep ascent" (Virtue)

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

01:37

52

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Chorus. "Arise, Arise" (Chorus)

Philip Ledger feat. Choir of King's College, Cambridge

02:18

53

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Recitative. "The sounds breathe fire celestial" (Hercules)

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

00:17

54

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Air. "Lead, Goddess, Lead the Way" (Hercules)

Philip Ledger feat. James Bowman

05:16

55

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Chorus. "Virtue Will Place Thee"

Philip Ledger feat. Choir of King's College, Cambridge

05:19

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