‎Handel: Saul by Hannoversche Hofkapelle

Symphony: Allegro - Larghetto - Allegro

Michael Berner, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach

8:59

How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord (Chorus)

Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Jürgen Budday, Mark Le Brocq, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Berner, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

3:03

Air: An Infant Rais'd By Thy Command (Soprano)

Michael Chance, Michael Berner, Steffen Balbach, Jürgen Budday, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Mark Le Brocq, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

1:57

Trio: Along the Monster Atheist Strode (Chorus)

Michael Berner, Jürgen Budday, Mark Le Brocq, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Maulbronner Kammerchor

1:04

The Youth Inspir'd By Thee, O Lord (Chorus)

Mark Le Brocq, Michael Berner, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Jürgen Budday, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner Kammerchor

1:59

How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord (Chorus)

Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Michael Berner, Michael Chance, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Steffen Balbach, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

2:27

Recitative: He Comes! - Air: O God-like Youth! (Michal)

Maulbronner Kammerchor, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Berner

3:23

Recitative: Behold, O King… Young Man… the Son of Jesse (Abner, Saul, David)

Mark Le Brocq, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Jürgen Budday, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Berner

0:55

Air: O King, Your Favours With Delight (David)

Mark Le Brocq, Michael Berner, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Jürgen Budday, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach

5:21

Recitative: O Early Piety! (Jonathan) - Air: What Abject Thoughts a Prince Can Have (Merab)

Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Berner, Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday

2:50

Recitative: Yet Think With Whom This Honour You Bestow (Merab) - Air: Birth and Fortune I Despise! (Jonathan)

Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Mark Le Brocq, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Jürgen Budday, Michael Berner

5:27

Recitative: Thou, Merab, First in Birth (Saul) - Air: My Soul Rejects the Thought With Scorn (Merab)

Nancy Argenta, Michael Berner, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Mark Le Brocq, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Jürgen Budday

1:43

Air: See With What a Scornful Air - Air: Ah, Lovely Youth! (Michal)

Mark Le Brocq, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Berner, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Jürgen Budday, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

1:57

Symphony: Andante Allegro - Recitative: Already See the Daughters of the Land (Michal)

Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Jürgen Budday, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Mark Le Brocq, Michael Berner, Maulbronner Kammerchor

1:34

Welcome, Welcome, Mighty King! (Chorus)

Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Berner, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

1:47

Accompagnato: What Do I Hear? (Saul) - David His Ten Thousands Slew (Chorus)

Mark Le Brocq, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Jürgen Budday, Michael Chance, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Steffen Balbach, Michael Berner

1:02

Accompagnato: To Him Ten Thousands! - Air: With Rage I Shall Burst His Praises to Hear! (Saul)

Maulbronner Kammerchor, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Berner, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Jürgen Budday, Mark Le Brocq, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach

1:45

Recitative: Imprudent Women!… 'Tis But His Old Disease (Jonathan, Michal)

Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Jürgen Budday, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Berner, Mark Le Brocq

0:50

Air: Fell Rage and Black Despair Possest (Michal)

Mark Le Brocq, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Jürgen Budday, Michael Berner, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach

2:43

Recitative: Rack'd With Infernal Pains (Abner) - Air: O Lord, Whose Mercies No. less (David)

Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Michael Berner, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Jürgen Budday, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Mark Le Brocq

4:52

Symphony (Arpa): Largo

Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Berner, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Mark Le Brocq, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Jürgen Budday

1:47

Recitative: 'Tis All in Vain (Jonathan) - Air: A Serpent: In My Bosom Warm'd (Saul)

Michael Berner, Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Maulbronner Kammerchor

2:32

Recitative: Has He Escap'd My Rage? (Saul) - Air: Capricious Man: In Humour Lost (Merab)

Maulbronner Kammerchor, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Berner, Mark Le Brocq, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Jürgen Budday, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach

4:07

Accompagnato: O Filial Piety! (Jonathan)

Jürgen Budday, Mark Le Brocq, Michael Berner, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach

1:55

Air: No, Cruel Father, No (Jonathan)

Michael Chance, Michael Berner, Steffen Balbach, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Jürgen Budday, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Mark Le Brocq

1:33

Air: O Lord, Whose Providence (High Priest)

Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Berner

1:48

Preserve Him for the Glory of Thy Name (Chorus)

Michael Berner, Jürgen Budday, Nancy Argenta, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Mark Le Brocq, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, George Frideric Handel

2:42

Envy! Eldest-born of Hell! (Chorus)

Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Mark Le Brocq, Michael Berner, Jürgen Budday, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

2:37

Recitative: Ah, Dearest Friend - Air: But Sooner Jordan's Stream: I Swear (Jonathan)

Michael Berner, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

2:56

Recitative: My Father Comes (Jonathan)

Maulbronner Kammerchor, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Michael Berner, Jürgen Budday, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Mark Le Brocq

0:20

Recitative: Hast Thou Obey'd My Orders… Alas, My Father! (Saul, Jonathan) - Air: Sin Not, O King, Against the Youth (Jonathan)

Jürgen Budday, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Berner, Mark Le Brocq, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach

3:10

Air: As Great Jehovah Lives: I Swear (Saul)

Michael Berner, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Mark Le Brocq, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Jürgen Budday, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

1:40

Air: From Cities Storm'd, and Battles Won (Jonathan)

Nancy Argenta, Jürgen Budday, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Berner, Mark Le Brocq, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach

2:20

Recitative: Appear, My Friend… No More Imagine Danger (Jonathan, Saul) - Air: Your Words, O King, My Loyal Heart (David)

Maulbronner Kammerchor, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Jürgen Budday, Michael Berner, Mark Le Brocq, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach

1:41

Recitative: Yes, He Shall Wed My Daughter! (Saul)

Michael Berner, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Jürgen Budday, Mark Le Brocq

0:30

Recitative: A Father's Will Has Authoriz'd My Love (Michal) - Duet: O Fairest of Ten Thousand Fair (Michal, David)

Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Berner, Jürgen Budday, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Mark Le Brocq

3:15

Is There a Man, Who All His Ways Directs (Chorus)

Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Nancy Argenta, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Berner, Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Maulbronner Kammerchor

1:22

Symphony: Largo - Allegro

Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Michael Berner, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe

3:34

Recitative: Thy Father Is As Cruel, and As False (David) - Duet: At Persecution I Can Laugh (David, Michal)

Maulbronner Kammerchor, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Mark Le Brocq, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Jürgen Budday, Michael Berner

2:01

Recitative: Whom Dost Thou Seek?… I Seek for David (Michal, Doeg) - Air: No, No, Let the Guilty Tremble (Michal)

Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Mark Le Brocq, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Jürgen Budday, Michael Berner

2:21

Recitative: Mean As He Was, He Is My Brother Now (Merab)

Michael Berner, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Jürgen Budday, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Mark Le Brocq, Maulbronner Kammerchor

0:48

Air: Author of Peace, Who Canst Controll (Merab)

Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Chance, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Steffen Balbach, Jürgen Budday, Michael Berner, Mark Le Brocq, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

3:08

Symphony: Allegro

Michael Berner, Jürgen Budday, Mark Le Brocq, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

1:16

Accompagnato: The Time At Length Is Come (Saul)

Jürgen Budday, Michael Berner, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Mark Le Brocq

0:43

Recitative: Where Is the Son of Jesse?… He Earnestly Asked Leave (Saul, Jonathan)

Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Berner, Jürgen Budday, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Mark Le Brocq, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach

1:03

O Fatal Consequence (Chorus)

Michael Berner, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

4:39

Accompagnato: Wretch That I Am! (Saul)

Mark Le Brocq, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Jürgen Budday, Michael Berner, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

2:47

Recitative and Accompagnato: 'Tis Said, Here Lives a Woman (Saul)

Jürgen Budday, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Berner, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Mark Le Brocq

0:50

Recitative: With Me What Would'st Thou?… I Wou'd (Witch of Endor, Saul)

Michael Berner, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Nancy Argenta, Jürgen Budday, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Mark Le Brocq, George Frideric Handel

0:43

Air: Infernal Spirits, By Wose Pow'r (Witch of Endor)

Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Berner, Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach

1:48

Accompagnato: Why Hast Thou Force'd Me from the Realm of Peace… O Holy Prophet, Holy Prophet! (Samuel, Saul)

Steffen Balbach, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Berner, Jürgen Budday, Mark Le Brocq, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance

3:36

Symphony: Allegro

Jürgen Budday, Mark Le Brocq, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Berner, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Maulbronner Kammerchor

0:38

Recitative: Whence Com'st Thou?… Out of the Camp of Israel (David, Amalekite)

Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Nancy Argenta, Mark Le Brocq, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Jürgen Budday, Michael Berner, George Frideric Handel

1:21

Air: Impious Wretch, of Race Accurst! (David)

Jürgen Budday, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Nancy Argenta, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Berner, Mark Le Brocq

2:13

March: Grave - Largo e Staccato

Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Mark Le Brocq, Michael Berner, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Jürgen Budday, Maulbronner Kammerchor

4:00

Mourn: Israel, Mourn Thy Beauty Lost (Chorus)

Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Jürgen Budday, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Mark Le Brocq, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Berner

4:46

Air: From This Unhappy Day (Merab)

Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Berner, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Jürgen Budday, Mark Le Brocq

3:08

Air: Brave Jonathan His Bow Ne'er Drew (David)

Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Berner, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Jürgen Budday, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Mark Le Brocq

2:41

Eagles Were Not So Swift As They (Chorus)

Michael Berner, Jürgen Budday, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Mark Le Brocq, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

0:21

Air: In Sweetest Harmony They Liv'd (Michal)

Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Chance, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Steffen Balbach, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Mark Le Brocq, Michael Berner, Jürgen Budday

4:49

O Fatal Day! How Low the Mighty Lie! (David, Chorus)

Michael Chance, Michael Berner, Steffen Balbach, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Jürgen Budday, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Mark Le Brocq

5:14

Air: Ye Men of Judah, Weep No More (High Priest)

Jürgen Budday, Mark Le Brocq, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Michael Berner, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe

0:31

Gird On Thy Sword, Thou Man of Might (Chorus)

Maulbronner Kammerchor, Mark Le Brocq, Jürgen Budday, Nancy Argenta, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Berner, Michael Chance, Steffen Balbach

5:51

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Hannoversche Hofkapelle

Orchestra
Nancy Argenta

Soprano
Stephen Varcoe

Bass-Baritone
Mark Le Brocq

Tenor

Handel: Saul

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