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Handel: Saul, HWV 53

Choir of King's College, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

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Contents

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act I: Sinfonia. Allegro - Larghetto

Work length12:52
Album only
Album only
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act I, Scene 1

Work length11:26
$6.50
$8.50
  • Sally Burgess (soprano)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Chorus. "How Excellent Thy Name, Oh Lord" (Israelites)

Track length3:17
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "An Infant Rais'd by Thy Command" (Soprano)

Track length1:27
$1.30
$1.70

Chorus. "Along the Monster Atheist Strode" (Israelites)

Track length1:13
$1.30
$1.70

Chorus. "The Youth Inspired by Thee, Oh Lord" (Israelites)

Track length3:24
$1.30
$1.70

Chorus. "Hallelujah" (Israelites)

Track length2:05
$1.30
$1.70

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act I, Scene 2

Work length23:23
$15.60
$20.40
  • Margaret Marshall (soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor), Robert Tear (tenor), Sally Burgess (soprano), Margaret Marshall (tenor), Thomas Allen (baritone), Paul Esswood (countertenor)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Recitative. "He Comes, he Comes!" (Michal)

Track length0:04
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "Oh God-Like Youth" (Michal)

Track length3:22
$1.30
$1.70

Recitative. "Behold, Oh King" (Abner, Saul, David)

Track length0:58
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "Oh King, Your Favours with Delight" (David)

Track length6:24
$1.30
$1.70

Recitative. "Oh Early Piety" (Jonathan)

Track length0:30
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "What Abject Thoughts a Prince Can Have!" (Merab)

Track length2:28
$1.30
$1.70

Recitative. "Yet Think, on Whom This Honour You Bestow" (Merab)

Track length0:19
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "Birth and Fortune I Despise" (Jonathan)

Track length5:10
$1.30
$1.70

Recitative. "Thou, Merab, First in Birth" (Saul, Merab)

Track length0:24
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "My Soul Rejects the Thought with Scorn" (Merab)

Track length1:33
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "See, See, with a Scournful Air" (Michal)

Track length1:11
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "Ah! Lovely Youth" (Michal)

Track length1:00
$1.30
$1.70

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act I, Scene 3

Work length5:57
$9.10
$11.90
  • Margaret Marshall (soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Sinfonia. Andante - Allegro

Track length1:15
$1.30
$1.70

Recitative. "Already See the Daughters of the Land" (Michal)

Track length0:22
$1.30
$1.70

Chorus. "Welcome, Welcome, Mighty King!" (Israelites)

Track length1:42
$1.30
$1.70

Accompagnato. "What Do I Hear?" (Saul)

Track length0:23
$1.30
$1.70

Chorus. "David His Ten Thousands Slew" (Israelites)

Track length0:38
$1.30
$1.70

Accompagnato. "To Him Ten Thousands" (Saul)

Track length0:14
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "With Rage I Shall Burst" (Saul)

Track length1:23
$1.30
$1.70

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act I, Scene 4

Work length4:20
$2.60
$3.40
  • Robert Tear (tenor), Margaret Marshall (soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Recitative. "Imprudent Women !" (Jonathan, Michal)

Track length0:56
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "Fell Rage and Black Despair Posses'd" (Michal)

Track length3:24
$1.30
$1.70

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act I, Scene 5

Work length20:05
$13.00
$17.00
  • Thelma Owen (harp), Robert Tear (tenor), Thomas Allen (baritone), Sally Burgess (soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor), Paul Esswood (countertenor)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Recitative. "Racked with Infernal Pains" (Abner)

Track length0:20
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless" (David)

Track length4:03
$1.30
$1.70

Sinfonia

Track length1:48
$1.30
$1.70

Recitative. "Tis All in Vain" (Jonathan)

Track length0:23
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "A Serpent, in My Bosom Warmed" (Saul)

Track length2:09
$1.30
$1.70

Recitative. "Has He Escaped My Rage?" (Saul)

Track length0:25
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "Capricious Man, in Humour Lost" (Merab)

Track length4:20
$1.30
$1.70

Accompagnato. "Oh Filial Piety!" (Jonathan)

Track length1:50
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "No, No Cruel Father, No!" (Jonathan)

Track length1:47
$1.30
$1.70

Chorus. "Preserve Him for the Glory of Thy Name" (Israelites)

Track length3:00
$1.30
$1.70

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act II, Scene 1: Chorus. "Envy! Eldest Born of Hell!" (Israelites)

Work length2:57
$1.30
$1.70
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act II, Scene 2

Work length9:21
$6.50
$8.50
  • Robert Tear (tenor), Paul Esswood (countertenor)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Recitative. "Ah! Dearest Friend" (Jonathan)

Track length0:36
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "But Sooner Jordan's Stream" (Jonathan)

Track length2:26
$1.30
$1.70

Recitative. "Oh Strange Vicissitude" (David, Jonathan)

Track length0:48
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "Such Haughty Beauties Rather Move" (David)

Track length5:16
$1.30
$1.70

Recitative. "My Father Comes" (Jonathan)

Track length0:15
$1.30
$1.70

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act II, Scene 3

Work length6:46
$5.20
$6.80
  • Robert Tear (tenor), Thomas Allen (baritone)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Recitative. "Hast Thou Obey'd My Orders" (Saul, Jonathan)

Track length0:38
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "Sin Not, Oh King, Against the Youth" (Jonathan)

Track length2:01
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "As Great Jehovah Lives" (Saul)

Track length1:49
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "From Cities Stormed" (Jonathan)

Track length2:18
$1.30
$1.70

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act II, Scene 4

Work length2:19
$3.90
$5.10
  • Robert Tear (tenor), Paul Esswood (countertenor), Thomas Allen (baritone)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Recitative. "Appear, My Friend" (Jonathan, Saul)

Track length0:37
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "Your Words, Oh King" (David)

Track length1:13
$1.30
$1.70

Recitative. "Yes, He Shall Wed My Daughter" (Saul)

Track length0:29
$1.30
$1.70

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act II, Scene 5

Work length5:42
$3.90
$5.10
  • Paul Esswood (countertenor), Margaret Marshall (soprano)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Recitative. "A Father's Will Has Authorized My Love" (Michal)

Track length0:35
$1.30
$1.70

Duet. "Oh Fairest of Ten Thousand Fair" (Michal, David)

Track length3:17
$1.30
$1.70

Chorus. "Is There a Man?" (Israelites)

Track length1:50
$1.30
$1.70

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act II, Scene 6

Work length7:26
$3.90
$5.10
  • Paul Esswood (countertenor), Margaret Marshall (soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Sinfonia. Largo - Allegro

Track length5:21
$1.30
$1.70

Recitative. "Thy Father Is as Cruel..." (David)

Track length0:35
$1.30
$1.70

Duet. "At Persecution I Can Laugh" (David, Michal)

Track length1:30
$1.30
$1.70

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act II, Scene 7

Work length2:45
$2.60
$3.40
  • Margaret Marshall (soprano), Gareth Morrell (bass)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Recitative. "Whom Dost Thou Seek?" (Michal, Doeg)

Track length0:41
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "No, No Let the Guilty Tremble" (Michal)

Track length2:04
$1.30
$1.70

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act II, Scene 8: Sinfonia. Allegro

Work length1:24
$1.30
$1.70
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act II, Scene 9: Accompagnato. "The Time at Length Is Come" (Saul)

Work length0:38
$1.30
$1.70
  • Thomas Allen (baritone)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act II, Scene 10

Work length5:47
$2.60
$3.40
  • Robert Tear (tenor), Thomas Allen (baritone)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Recitative. "Where Is the Son of Jesse?" (Saul, Jonathan)

Track length1:14
$1.30
$1.70

Chorus. "O Fatal Consequence" (Israelites)

Track length4:33
$1.30
$1.70

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act III, Scene 1

Work length3:27
$2.60
$3.40
  • Thomas Allen (baritone)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Accompagnato. "Wretch That I am!" (Saul)

Track length2:32
$1.30
$1.70

Recitative. "Tis Said, Here Lives a Woman" (Saul)

Track length0:55
$1.30
$1.70

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act III, Scene 2

Work length2:43
$2.60
$3.40
  • Thomas Allen (baritone), Martyn Hill (tenor)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Recitative. "With Me What Would'st Thou?" (Witch, Saul)

Track length0:49
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "Infernal Spirits" (Witch)

Track length1:54
$1.30
$1.70

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act III, Scene 3: Accompagnato. "Why Hast Thou Forced Me" (Samuel, Saul)

Work length3:44
$1.30
$1.70
  • Thomas Allen (baritone), Matthew Best (bass)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act III, Scene 4

Work length3:48
$3.90
$5.10
  • Christopher Gillett (tenor), Paul Esswood (countertenor)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Sinfonia. Allegro

Track length0:46
$1.30
$1.70

Recitative. "Whence Comst Thou?" (David, An Amalekite)

Track length1:06
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "Impious Wrecht" (David)

Track length1:56
$1.30
$1.70

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act III, Scene 5

Work length29:49
$13.00
$17.00
  • Charles Daniels (tenor), Sally Burgess (soprano), Margaret Marshall (soprano), Paul Esswood (countertenor)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger

Dead March

Track length4:08
$1.30
$1.70

Chorus. "Mourn, Israel" (Israelites)

Track length3:32
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "Oh Let Is Not in Gath Beheard" (High Priest)

Track length2:48
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "From This Unhappy Day" (Merab)

Track length2:51
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "Brave Jonathan" (Merab)

Track length0:30
$1.30
$1.70

Chorus. "Eagles Were Not so Swift as They Lived" (Israelites)

Track length0:25
$1.30
$1.70

Aria. "In Sweetest Harmony" (Michal)

Track length4:28
$1.30
$1.70

Solo and Chorus. "Oh Fatal Day!" (David, Israelites)

Track length4:04
$1.30
$1.70

Recitative. "Ye Men of Judah, Weep No More" (Abner)

Track length0:33
$1.30
$1.70

Chorus. "Gird on Thy Sword" (Israelites)

Track length6:30
$1.30
$1.70