‎Handel: Saul by Concerto Köln — Apple Music Classical

Symphony

Concerto Köln, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs

8:00

Chorus "How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord"

RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs, Concerto Köln

2:37

Air "An Infant Raised by Thy Command" - Trio "Along the Monster Atheist Strode"

Concerto Köln, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs, Michael Slattery, Finnur Bjarnason, Gidon Saks, Emma Bell, Lawrence Zazzo, Rosemary Joshua

2:08

"The Youth Inspired by Thee, O Lord" - Chorus "How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord"

RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs, Concerto Köln, Michael Slattery, Emma Bell, Lawrence Zazzo, Gidon Saks, Finnur Bjarnason, Rosemary Joshua, Jeremy Ovenden

3:55

"He Comes, He Comes!" - Air "O God-like Youth!" - Behold, O King, the Brave, Victorious Youth

René Jacobs, RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln, Finnur Bjarnason, Rosemary Joshua, Lawrence Zazzo, Gidon Saks

3:38

Air "O King, Your Favours With Delight" - "Oh Early Piety!"

RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs, Concerto Köln, Jeremy Ovenden, Lawrence Zazzo

5:21

Air "What Abject Thoughts a Prince Can Have!" - "Yet Think, On Whom This Honour You Bestow"

René Jacobs, RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln, Emma Bell

2:13

Air "Birth and Fortune I Despise!"

René Jacobs, RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln, Jeremy Ovenden

4:56

"Go On, Illustrious Pair!" - Air "While Yet Thy Tide of Blood Runs High"

RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs, Concerto Köln, Michael Slattery

2:45

"Thou, Merab, First In Birth, First In Honour" - Air "My Soul Rejects the Thought With Scorn" / 18. Air "See, With What a Scornful Air" / 19. Air "Ah, Lovely Youth, Wast Thou Designed"

RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs, Rosemary Joshua, Emma Bell, Gidon Saks

3:19

"Symphony" - "Already See the Daughters of the Land" / Scene III. 22. Chorus "Welcome, Welcome, Mighty King!"

René Jacobs, RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln, Rosemary Joshua

2:47

"What Do I Hear?" - Chorus "David His Ten Thousands Slew" / 25. "To Him Ten Thousands" / 26. Air "With Rage I Shall Start Burst His Praises to Hear"

RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs

2:17

"Imprudent Women!" - Air "Fell Rage and Black Despair Possessed"

RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs, Concerto Köln, Jeremy Ovenden, Rosemary Joshua

2:58

"This But the Smallest Part of Harmony" - "By Thee This Universal Frame"

RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs, Concerto Köln, Michael Slattery

2:47

"Racked With Infernal Pains" - Air "O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless"

René Jacobs, RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln, Lawrence Zazzo, Finnur Bjarnason

3:51

Symphony - "Tis All in Vain, His Fury Still Continues"

René Jacobs, RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln, Jeremy Ovenden

2:14

Air "A Serpent, In My Bosom Warmed" - "Has He Escaped My Rage?"

RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs, Concerto Köln, Gidon Saks

2:22

Air "Capricious Man"

RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs, Concerto Köln, Emma Bell

3:38

"O Filial Pity!" - Air "No, Cruel Father, No!"

RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs, Jeremy Ovenden

3:00

Air "O Lord, Whose Providence" - Chorus "Preserve Him for the Glory of Thy Name"

RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs, Concerto Köln, Michael Slattery

3:37

Chorus "Envy! Eldest Born of Hell!"

RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs, Concerto Köln

2:47

"Ah! Dearest Friend" Air "But Sooner Jordan's Stream, I Swear"

René Jacobs, Concerto Köln, RIAS Kammerchor

2:36

"Oh Strange Vicissitude!" - Air "Such Haughty Beauties Rather Move"

RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs, Jeremy Ovenden, Lawrence Zazzo

5:07

"My Father Comes" - Scene III. "Hast Thou Obeyed My Orders"

RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs, Concerto Köln

0:42

Saul, HWV 53, Act II. Scene III. 49. Air "Sin Not, O King, Against the Youth" / 50. Air "As Great Jehovah Lives" / 51. Air "From Cities Stormed, and Battles Won"

Concerto Köln, René Jacobs, RIAS Kammerchor, Gidon Saks, Jeremy Ovenden

4:54

Saul, HWV 53, Act II. Scene IV. 52. "Appear, My Friend" / 53. Air "Your Words, O King, My Loyal Heart" / 54. "Yes, He Shall Wed My Daughter!"

René Jacobs, Concerto Köln, RIAS Kammerchor

1:49

Saul, HWV 53, Act II. Scene V. 55. "A Father's Will Has Authorised My Love" / 56. Duet "O Fairest of Ten Thousand Fair" / 57. Chorus "Is There a Man"

Concerto Köln, René Jacobs, RIAS Kammerchor, Lawrence Zazzo, Rosemary Joshua

4:18

Saul, HWV 53, Act II. Scene V. 58. Symphony

RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs, Concerto Köln

4:35

Saul, HWV 53, Act II. Scene VI. 59. "Thy Father Is As Cruel" / 60. Duet "At Persecution I Can Laugh"

René Jacobs, RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln

1:37

Saul, HWV 53, Act II. Scene VII. 61. "Whom Dost Thou Seek" / 62. Air "No, No Let the Guilty Tremble"

Concerto Köln, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs

2:14

Saul, HWV 53, Act II. Scene VIII. 63. "Mean As He Was, He Is My Brother Now" / 64. Air "Author of Peace, Who Canst Controul"

Concerto Köln, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs

3:32

Saul, HWV 53, Act II. Scene IX. 65. Symphony

RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs, Concerto Köln

1:06

Saul, HWV 53, Act II. Scene IX. 66. "The Time At Length Is Come" / Scene X. 67. "Where Is the Son of Jesse?"

René Jacobs, RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln

1:29

Saul, HWV 53, Act II. Scene X. 68. Chorus "Oh Fatal Consequence of Rage"

René Jacobs, RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln

4:46

Saul, HWV 53, Act III. Scene I. 69. "Wretch That I Am" / 70. "Tis Said, Here Lives a Woman"

Concerto Köln, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs

3:15

Saul, HWV 53, Act III. Scene II. 71. "With Me What Would'st Thou" / 72. Air "Infernal Spirits"

RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs

2:50

Saul, HWV 53, Act III. Scene III. 73. "Why Hast Thou Forced Me from the Reals of Peace"

René Jacobs, Concerto Köln, RIAS Kammerchor, Gidon Saks, Henry Waddington

2:42

Saul, HWV 53, Act III. Scene III. 74. Symphony

Concerto Köln, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs

0:33

Saul, HWV 53, Act III. Scene IV. 75. "Whence Comest Thou?" / 76. Air "Impious Wretch, of Race Accurst!"

RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs

2:52

Saul, HWV 53, Act III. Scene IV. 77. March

René Jacobs, RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln

3:03

Saul, HWV 53, Act III. Scene V. 78. Chorus "Mourn, Israel"

RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs, Concerto Köln

3:27

Saul, HWV 53, Act III. Scene V. 79. Air "Oh Let It Not In Gath Be Heard"

RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs, Concerto Köln

2:07

Saul, HWV 53, Act III. Scene V. 80. Air "From This Unhappy Day"

René Jacobs, RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln

2:39

Saul, HWV 53, Act III. Scene V. 81. Air "Brave Jonathan His Bow Never Drew" / 82. Chorus "Eagles Were Not So Swift As They"

RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs, Lawrence Zazzo

2:09

Saul, HWV 53, Act III. Scene V. 83. Air "In Sweetest Harmony They Lived!" / 84. "O Fatal Day!" / 85. "Ye Men of Judah, Weep No More!"

René Jacobs, RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln

9:06

Saul, HWV 53, Act III. Scene V. 86. Chorus "Gird On Thy Sword, Thou Man of Might"

RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs, Concerto Köln

5:01

Ansgar Wempe

Assistant
Wolfgang Schiefermair

Assistant
Martin Sauer

Producer
René Möller

Editing Engineer
Gerald Place

Photography
Salomon Konick

Cover Art
Ned Schrenk

Photography
Larry Zazzo

Photography
Michel Garnier

Photography
Pierre Degott

Liner Notes
Alvaro Yanez

Photography
Guomunder Ingólfsvon

Photography
Johnny Eisen

Photography