‎Handel: Saul, HWV 53 by Sir Philip Ledger

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)

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

3:17

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger, Sally Burgess

1:27

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

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

1:13

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

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

3:24

Chorus. "Hallelujah" (Israelites)

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

2:05

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

Margaret Marshall, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

0:04

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

Margaret Marshall, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

3:22

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

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

0:58

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

Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Paul Esswood

6:24

Recitative. "Oh Early Piety" (Jonathan)

Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear

0:30

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Sally Burgess, Sir Philip Ledger

2:28

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

Sally Burgess, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

0:19

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

Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear

5:10

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

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

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)

English Chamber Orchestra, Margaret Marshall, Sir Philip Ledger

1:00

Sinfonia. Andante - Allegro

Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

1:15

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

Margaret Marshall, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

0:22

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

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

1:42

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

Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

0:23

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

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

0:38

Accompagnato. "To Him Ten Thousands" (Saul)

Sir Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger

0:14

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

Sir Philip Ledger, Sir Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra

1:23

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

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

0:56

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Margaret Marshall, Sir Philip Ledger

3:24

Recitative. "Racked with Infernal Pains" (Abner)

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

0:20

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

Paul Esswood, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

4:03

Sinfonia

Thelma Owen

1:48

Recitative. "Tis All in Vain" (Jonathan)

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

0:23

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Philip Ledger

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)

Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Sally Burgess

4:20

Accompagnato. "Oh Filial Piety!" (Jonathan)

Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra

1:50

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

Robert Tear, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

1:47

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

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

3:00

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

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

2:57

Recitative. "Ah! Dearest Friend" (Jonathan)

English Chamber Orchestra, Robert Tear, Sir Philip Ledger

0:36

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

Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger

2:26

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

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

0:48

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

Paul Esswood, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger

5:16

Recitative. "My Father Comes" (Jonathan)

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

0:15

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

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

0:38

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

Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger

2:01

Aria. "As Great Jehovah Lives" (Saul)

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Philip Ledger

1:49

Aria. "From Cities Stormed" (Jonathan)

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Tear

2:18

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

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

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 Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Thomas Allen

0:29

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Margaret Marshall, Sir Philip Ledger

0:35

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

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

3:17

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

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

1:50

Sinfonia. Largo - Allegro

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger

5:21

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

Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Paul Esswood

0:35

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

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

1:30

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

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

0:41

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

Margaret Marshall, Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

2:04

Sinfonia. Allegro

Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

1:24

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

Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Thomas Allen

0:38

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

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

1:14

Chorus. "O Fatal Consequence" (Israelites)

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

4:33

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

Sir Philip Ledger, Sir Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra

2:32

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

Sir Philip Ledger, Sir Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra

0:55

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

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

0:49

Aria. "Infernal Spirits" (Witch)

Sir Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra, Martyn Hill

1:54

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

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

3:44

Sinfonia. Allegro

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger

0:46

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

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

1:06

Aria. "Impious Wrecht" (David)

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger, Paul Esswood

1:56

Dead March

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger

4:08

Chorus. "Mourn, Israel" (Israelites)

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

3:32

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Daniels, Sir Philip Ledger

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, English Chamber Orchestra, Sally Burgess

0:30

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

English Chamber Orchestra, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger, Matthew Best, Martyn Hill, Sir Thomas Allen, Paul Esswood, Sally Burgess, Charles Daniels, Gareth Morrell, Margaret Marshall, Robert Tear

0:25

Aria. "In Sweetest Harmony" (Michal)

English Chamber Orchestra, Margaret Marshall, Sir Philip Ledger

4:28

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

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

4:04

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

Sir Philip Ledger, Charles Daniels, English Chamber Orchestra

0:33

Chorus. "Gird on Thy Sword" (Israelites)

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

6:30

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sir Philip Ledger

Conductor
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Choir
Sally Burgess

Soprano

John Willan

Producer
Neville Boyling

Engineer, Tonmeister

Handel: Saul, HWV 53

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George Frideric Handel

Sir Philip Ledger

English Chamber Orchestra

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Sally Burgess

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Handel: Saul, HWV 53

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