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

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George Frideric Handel,

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields,

Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Collaborators: 13

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Apr 5, 2010

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01:37

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121

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G

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

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

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1

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Helen Donath, Philip Ledger

1

Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Overture

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger

2

Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Recitative. "T'was at the Royal Feast, for Persia Won by Philip's Warlike Son"

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

2

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

3

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Philip Ledger

3

Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Air and Chorus. "Happy Pair !"

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Helen Donath, Philip Ledger

4

Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Recitative. "Timotheus, Plac'd on High"

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

4

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Helen Donath, Philip Ledger

5

Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Accompagnato. "The Song Began from Jove"

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Helen Donath, Philip Ledger

5

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Sally Burgess, Philip Ledger

6

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Helen Donath, Sally Burgess, Philip Ledger

6

Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Chorus. "The List'ning Crowd Admire the Lofty Sound"

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

7

Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Air. "With Ravish'd Ears the Monarch Hears"

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Helen Donath, Philip Ledger

7

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

8

Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Recitative. "The Praise of Bacchus Then the Sweet Musician Sung"

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

8

Handel: The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Symphony

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

9

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

9

Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Air and Chorus. "Bacchus, ever Fair and Young" - "Bacchus' Blessings are a Treasure"

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Philip Ledger

10

Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Recitative. "Sooth'd with the Sound"

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

10

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

George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Heather Harper, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

11

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

11

Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Accompagnato. "He Choose a Mournful Muse"

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Helen Donath

12

Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Air. "He Sung Darius, Great and Good"

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Helen Donath, Philip Ledger

12

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

13

Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Accompagnato. "With Downcast Looks the Joyless Victor Sate"

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Helen Donath, Philip Ledger

13

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

14

Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Chorus. "Behold Darius Great and Good"

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

14

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

15

Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Recitative. "The Mighty Master Smiled to See"

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

15

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

16

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Helen Donath, Philip Ledger

16

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

17

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

17

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

18

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

18

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Helen Watts

19

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

19

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Helen Donath, Philip Ledger

20

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

20

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

21

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

21

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

22

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Philip Ledger

22

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

George Frideric Handel, James Bowman, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

23

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

23

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

24

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

24

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

25

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

26

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

27

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

28

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

29

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

30

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

George Frideric Handel, James Bowman, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

31

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields