Handel: Saul

Handel: Saul

by Harry Christophers, The Sixteen
Handel: Saul

Handel: Saul

by Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

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Product Details

Release Date: 09/11/2012
Label: Coro
UPC: 0828021610325
Rank: 169457

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Saul~Overture
  2. Saul~Act 1. Scene 1. Chorus. How excellent Thy name
  3. Saul~Act 1. Scene 1. Air. An infant rais'd
  4. Saul~Act 1. Scene 1. Chorus. Along the monster
  5. Saul~Act 1. Scene 1. Chorus. The youth inspir'd
  6. Saul~Act 1. Scene 1. Chorus. How excellent Thy name
  7. Saul~Act 1. Scene 1. Chorus. Hallelujah!
  8. Saul~Act 1. Scene 2. Recitative. He comes, he comes!
  9. Saul~Act 1. Scene 2. Air. O godlike youth
  10. Saul~Act 1. Scene 2. Recitative. Behold, O king
  11. Saul~Act 1. Scene 2. Air. O king, your favours
  12. Saul~Act 1. Scene 2. Recitative. Oh, early piety!
  13. Saul~Act 1. Scene 2. Air. What abject thoughts
  14. Saul~Act 1. Scene 2. Recitative. Yet think on whom this honour
  15. Saul~Act 1. Scene 2. Air. Birth and fortune I despise!
  16. Saul~Act 1. Scene 2. Recitative. Go on, illustrious pair!
  17. Saul~Act 1. Scene 2. Air. While yet thy tide
  18. Saul~Act 1. Scene 2. Recitative. Thou, Merab, first in birth
  19. Saul~Act 1. Scene 2. Air. My soul rejects
  20. Saul~Act 1. Scene 2. Sinfonia
  21. Saul~Act 1. Scene 3. Recitative. Already see the daughters
  22. Saul~Act 1. Scene 3. Chorus. Welcome, welcome, mighty king!
  23. Saul~Act 1. Scene 3. Accompagnato. What do I hear?
  24. Saul~Act 1. Scene 3. Chorus. David his ten thousands slew
  25. Saul~Act 1. Scene 3. Accompagnato. To him ten thousands
  26. Saul~Act 1. Scene 3. Air. With rage I shall burst
  27. Saul~Act 1. Scene 4. Recitative. Imprudent women!
  28. Saul~Act 1. Scene 4. Air. Fell rage and black despair
  29. Saul~Act 1. Scene 5. Recitative. Racked with infernal pains
  30. Saul~Act 1. Scene 5. Air. O Lord, whose mercies
  31. Saul~Act 1. Scene 5. Symphony
  32. Saul~Act 1. Scene 5. Recitative. 'Tis all in vain
  33. Saul~Act 1. Scene 5. Air. A serpent, in my bosom warm'd
  34. Saul~Act 1. Scene 5. Recitative. Has he escap'd my rage?
  35. Saul~Act 1. Scene 5. Air. Capricious man
  36. Saul~Act 1. Scene 6. Accompagnato. O filial piety!
  37. Saul~Act 1. Scene 6. Air. No, cruel father, no!
  38. Saul~Act 1. Scene 6. Air. O Lord, whose providence
  39. Saul~Act 1. Scene 6. Chorus. Preserve him for the glory

Disc 2

  1. Saul~Act 2. Scene 1. Chorus. Envy, eldest born of hell
  2. Saul~Act 2. Scene 2. Recitative. Ah, dearest friend
  3. Saul~Act 2. Scene 2. Air. But sooner Jordan's stream
  4. Saul~Act 2. Scene 2. Recitative. Oh, strange vicissitude!
  5. Saul~Act 2. Scene 2. Air. Such haughty beauties rather move
  6. Saul~Act 2. Scene 2. Recitative. My father comes
  7. Saul~Act 2. Scene 3. Air. Sin not, O king, against the youth
  8. Saul~Act 2. Scene 3. Recitative. As great Jehovah lives, I swear
  9. Saul~Act 2. Scene 3. Air. From cities stormed and battles won
  10. Saul~Act 2. Scene 4. Recitative. Appear, my friend
  11. Saul~Act 2. Scene 4. Air. Your words, O king, my loyal heart
  12. Saul~Act 2. Scene 4. Recitative. Yes, he shall wed my daughter!
  13. Saul~Act 2. Scene 5. Duet. O fairest of ten thousand fair
  14. Saul~Act 2. Scene 5. Chorus. Is there a man, who all his ways
  15. Saul~Act 2. Scene 5. Sinfonia
  16. Saul~Act 2. Scene 6. Recitative. Thy father is as cruel
  17. Saul~Act 2. Scene 6. Duet. At persecution I can laugh
  18. Saul~Act 2. Scene 7. Recitative. Whom dost thou seek?
  19. Saul~Act 2. Scene 7. Air. No, no, let the guilty tremble
  20. Saul~Act 2. Scene 8. Recitative. Mean as he was, he is my brother now
  21. Saul~Act 2. Scene 8. Air. Author of peace
  22. Saul~Act 2. Scene 9. Symphony
  23. Saul~Act 2. Scene 9. Accompagnato. The time at length is come
  24. Saul~Act 2. Scene 10. Recitative. Where is the son of Jesse?
  25. Saul~Act 2. Scene 10. Chorus. Oh, fatal consequence

Disc 3

  1. Saul~Act 3. Scene 1. Accompagnato. Wretch that I am, of my own ruin author!
  2. Saul~Act 3. Scene 1. Accompagnato. 'Tis said, here lives a woman
  3. Saul~Act 3. Scene 2. Recitative. With me what would'st thou?
  4. Saul~Act 3. Scene 2. Air. Infernal spirits, by whose pow'r
  5. Saul~Act 3. Scene 3. Accompagnato. Why hast thou forc'd me from the realms of peace?
  6. Saul~Act 3. Scene 3. Sinfonia
  7. Saul~Act 3. Scene 4. Recitative. Whence comest thou?
  8. Saul~Act 3. Scene 4. Air. Impious wretch, of race accurst!
  9. Saul~Act 3. Scene 4. Symphony: Dead March
  10. Saul~Act 3. Scene 5. Chorus. Mourn, Israel, mourn thy beauty lost
  11. Saul~Act 3. Scene 5. Accompagnato. Oh, let it not in Gath be heard
  12. Saul~Act 3. Scene 5. Air. From this unhappy day
  13. Saul~Act 3. Scene 5. Air. Brave Jonathan his bow never drew
  14. Saul~Act 3. Scene 5. Chorus. Eagles were not so swift as they
  15. Saul~Act 3. Scene 5. Air. In sweetest harmony they lived
  16. Saul~Act 3. Scene 5. Solo/Chorus. O fatal day!
  17. Saul~Act 3. Scene 5. Recitative. Ye men of Judah, weep no more!
  18. Saul~Act 3. Scene 5. Chorus. Gird on thy sword, thou man of might

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Harry Christophers   Primary Artist,Conductor
The Sixteen   Primary Artist,Orchestra,Choir/Chorus
Mark Dobell   Vocals
Jeremy Budd   Vocals
Joelle Harvey   Vocals
Robert Murray   Vocals
Sarah Connolly   Vocals
Stuart Young   Vocals
Elizabeth Atherton   Vocals
Christopher Purves   Vocals

Technical Credits

Ruth Smith   Synopsis,Liner Notes
Marco Borggreve   Photography
George Frederick Handel   Composer
Mike Hatch   Engineer
Harry Christophers   Liner Notes
Sussie Ahlberg   Photography
Andrew Giles   Design
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri   Cover Art
Clive Barda   Photography
Peter Warren   Photography
Mark Brown   Producer
Anthony Hicks   Music Editor
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