‎Handel: Saul, HWV 53 by English Chamber Orchestra

Sinfonia. Allegro - Larghetto

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

12:52

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

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

3:17

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

Sally Burgess, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

1:27

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

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

1:13

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

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

3:24

Chorus. "Hallelujah" (Israelites)

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

2:05

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

Margaret Marshall, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger, Sally Burgess, Charles Daniels, Gareth Morrell, Paul Esswood, Robert Tear, Martyn Hill, Sir Thomas Allen, Matthew Best

0:04

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

Margaret Marshall, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger

3:22

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

Paul Esswood, Sir Philip Ledger, Charles Daniels, Sir Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra

0:58

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger, Paul Esswood

6:24

Recitative. "Oh Early Piety" (Jonathan)

Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra

0:30

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

Sally Burgess, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

2:28

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

Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Sally Burgess, Margaret Marshall, Matthew Best, Gareth Morrell, Paul Esswood, Martyn Hill, Robert Tear, Sir Thomas Allen, Charles Daniels

0:19

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear

5:10

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

Sally Burgess, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Thomas Allen

0:24

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

Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Sally Burgess

1:33

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

Margaret Marshall, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

1:11

Aria. "Ah! Lovely Youth" (Michal)

Sir Philip Ledger, Margaret Marshall, English Chamber Orchestra

1:00

Sinfonia. Andante - Allegro

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger

1:15

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

Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Margaret Marshall

0:22

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

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

1:42

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

Sir Philip Ledger, Sir Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra

0:23

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

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

0:38

Accompagnato. "To Him Ten Thousands" (Saul)

Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Thomas Allen

0:14

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

Sir Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger

1:23

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

Sir Philip Ledger, Margaret Marshall, English Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear

0:56

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

Margaret Marshall, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

3:24

Recitative. "Racked with Infernal Pains" (Abner)

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger, Charles Daniels

0:20

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

Sir Philip Ledger, Paul Esswood, English Chamber Orchestra

4:03

Sinfonia

Thelma Owen

1:48

Recitative. "Tis All in Vain" (Jonathan)

Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger

0:23

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

Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Thomas Allen

2:09

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

Sir Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger

0:25

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Sally Burgess, Sir Philip Ledger

4:20

Accompagnato. "Oh Filial Piety!" (Jonathan)

Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear

1:50

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear

1:47

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

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

3:00

Chorus. "Envy! Eldest Born of Hell!" (Israelites)

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

2:57

Recitative. "Ah! Dearest Friend" (Jonathan)

Robert Tear, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

0:36

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

Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra

2:26

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

Paul Esswood, Robert Tear, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

0:48

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger, Paul Esswood

5:16

Recitative. "My Father Comes" (Jonathan)

Robert Tear, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

0:15

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

Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear, Sir Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra

0:38

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, Sir Philip Ledger

2:01

Aria. "As Great Jehovah Lives" (Saul)

Sir Philip Ledger, Sir Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra

1:49

Aria. "From Cities Stormed" (Jonathan)

Robert Tear, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

2:18

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

Robert Tear, Sir Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger

0:37

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger, Paul Esswood

1:13

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

Sir Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger

0:29

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger, Margaret Marshall

0:35

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

Paul Esswood, Sir Philip Ledger, Margaret Marshall, English Chamber Orchestra

3:17

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

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

1:50

Sinfonia. Largo - Allegro

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger

5:21

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

Paul Esswood, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger

0:35

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

Sir Philip Ledger, Paul Esswood, English Chamber Orchestra, Margaret Marshall

1:30

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger, Margaret Marshall, Gareth Morrell

0:41

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

Sir Philip Ledger, Margaret Marshall, English Chamber Orchestra

2:04

Sinfonia. Allegro

Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

1:24

Accompagnato. "The Time at Length Is Come" (Saul)

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Philip Ledger

0:38

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

Sir Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear

1:14

Chorus. "O Fatal Consequence" (Israelites)

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

4:33

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger, Sir Thomas Allen

2:32

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

Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Thomas Allen

0:55

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

Martyn Hill, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger, Sir Thomas Allen

0:49

Aria. "Infernal Spirits" (Witch)

Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Martyn Hill

1:54

Accompagnato. "Why Hast Thou Forced Me" (Samuel, Saul)

Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best

3:44

Sinfonia. Allegro

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger

0:46

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

Sir Philip Ledger, Paul Esswood, English Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Gillett

1:06

Aria. "Impious Wrecht" (David)

Paul Esswood, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

1:56

Dead March

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger

4:08

Chorus. "Mourn, Israel" (Israelites)

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

3:32

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

Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Daniels

2:48

Aria. "From This Unhappy Day" (Merab)

Sally Burgess, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger

2:51

Aria. "Brave Jonathan" (Merab)

Sir Philip Ledger, Sally Burgess, English Chamber Orchestra

0:30

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

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

0:25

Aria. "In Sweetest Harmony" (Michal)

Sir Philip Ledger, Margaret Marshall, English Chamber Orchestra

4:28

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

Paul Esswood, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

4:04

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Daniels, Sir Philip Ledger

0:33

Chorus. "Gird on Thy Sword" (Israelites)

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

6:30

George Frideric Handel

Composer
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir
Sir Philip Ledger

Conductor
Sally Burgess

Soprano

John Willan

Producer
Neville Boyling

Engineer, Tonmeister

Handel: Saul, HWV 53

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George Frideric Handel

English Chamber Orchestra

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Sir Philip Ledger

Sally Burgess

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