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Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 1: Chorus. "How Excellent Thy Name, Oh Lord" (Israelites)

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Choir of King's College, Cambridge,

George Frideric Handel,

English Chamber Orchestra,

Collaborators: 8

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Jan 1, 1981

Duration:

03:18

Tempo:

97

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℗ 1981 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered (p) 2002 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

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Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 1: Chorus. "How Excellent Thy Name, Oh Lord" (Israelites)

℗ 1981 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered (p) 2002 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

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Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 1: Chorus. "How Excellent Thy Name, Oh Lord" (Israelites)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge

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Georg Friedrich Händel

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Engineer

Neville Boyling

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Songwriters (1)

Composer

Georg Friedrich Händel

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Neville Boyling

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1

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1: Sinfonia. Allegro - Larghetto

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

2

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 1: Chorus. "How Excellent Thy Name, Oh Lord" (Israelites)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

3

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 1: Aria. "An Infant Rais'd by Thy Command" (Soprano)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Sally Burgess, Philip Ledger

4

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 1: Chorus. "Along the Monster Atheist Strode" (Israelites)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

5

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 1: Chorus. "The Youth Inspired by Thee, Oh Lord" (Israelites)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

6

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 1: Chorus. "Hallelujah" (Israelites)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

7

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 2: Recitative. "He Comes, he Comes!" (Michal)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Margaret Marshall, Philip Ledger

8

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 2: Aria. "Oh God-Like Youth" (Michal)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Margaret Marshall, Philip Ledger

9

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 2: Recitative. "Behold, Oh King" (Abner, Saul, David)

Charles Daniels, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Paul Esswood, Philip Ledger

10

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 2: Aria. "Oh King, Your Favours with Delight" (David)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Paul Esswood, Philip Ledger

11

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act I, Scene 2: Recitative. "Oh Early Piety" (Jonathan)

George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

12

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 2: Aria. "What Abject Thoughts a Prince Can Have!" (Merab)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Sally Burgess, Philip Ledger

13

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 2: Recitative. "Yet Think, on Whom This Honour You Bestow" (Merab)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Sally Burgess, Philip Ledger

14

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act I, Scene 2: Aria. "Birth and Fortune I Despise" (Jonathan)

George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

15

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 2: Recitative. "Thou, Merab, First in Birth" (Saul, Merab)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Sally Burgess, Philip Ledger

16

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 2: Aria. "My Soul Rejects the Thought with Scorn" (Merab)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Sally Burgess, Philip Ledger

17

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 2: Aria. "See, See, with a Scournful Air" (Michal)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Margaret Marshall, Philip Ledger

18

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 2: Aria. "Ah! Lovely Youth" (Michal)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Margaret Marshall, Philip Ledger

19

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 3: Sinfonia. Andante - Allegro

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

20

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 3: Recitative. "Already See the Daughters of the Land" (Michal)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Margaret Marshall, Philip Ledger

21

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 3: Chorus. "Welcome, Welcome, Mighty King!" (Israelites)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

22

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act I, Scene 3: Accompagnato. "What Do I Hear?" (Saul)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Philip Ledger

23

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 3: Chorus. "David His Ten Thousands Slew" (Israelites)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

24

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act I, Scene 3: Accompagnato. "To Him Ten Thousands" (Saul)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Philip Ledger

25

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 3: Aria. "With Rage I Shall Burst" (Saul)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Philip Ledger

26

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 4: Recitative. "Imprudent Women !" (Jonathan, Michal)

George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Margaret Marshall, Philip Ledger

27

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 4: Aria. "Fell Rage and Black Despair Posses'd" (Michal)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Margaret Marshall, Philip Ledger

28

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 5: Recitative. "Racked with Infernal Pains" (Abner)

Charles Daniels, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

29

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 5: Aria. "O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless" (David)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Paul Esswood, Philip Ledger

30

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 5: Sinfonia

George Frideric Handel, Thelma Owen

31

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 5: Recitative. "Tis All in Vain" (Jonathan)

George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

32

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 5: Aria. "A Serpent, in My Bosom Warmed" (Saul)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Philip Ledger

33

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act I, Scene 5: Recitative. "Has He Escaped My Rage?" (Saul)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Philip Ledger

34

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act I, Scene 5: Aria. "Capricious Man, in Humour Lost" (Merab)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Sally Burgess, Philip Ledger

35

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 5: Accompagnato. "Oh Filial Piety!" (Jonathan)

George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

36

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 5: Aria. "No, No Cruel Father, No!" (Jonathan)

George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

37

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 5: Chorus. "Preserve Him for the Glory of Thy Name" (Israelites)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

38

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 1: Chorus. "Envy! Eldest Born of Hell!" (Israelites)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

39

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 2: Recitative. "Ah! Dearest Friend" (Jonathan)

George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

40

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 2: Aria. "But Sooner Jordan's Stream" (Jonathan)

George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

41

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 2: Recitative. "Oh Strange Vicissitude" (David, Jonathan)

George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Paul Esswood, Philip Ledger

42

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 2: Aria. "Such Haughty Beauties Rather Move" (David)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Paul Esswood, Philip Ledger

43

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act II, Scene 2: Recitative. "My Father Comes" (Jonathan)

George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

44

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act II, Scene 3: Recitative. "Hast Thou Obey'd My Orders" (Saul, Jonathan)

George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Philip Ledger

45

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 3: Aria. "Sin Not, Oh King, Against the Youth" (Jonathan)

George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

46

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act II, Scene 3: Aria. "As Great Jehovah Lives" (Saul)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Philip Ledger

47

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act II, Scene 3: Aria. "From Cities Stormed" (Jonathan)

George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

48

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 4: Recitative. "Appear, My Friend" (Jonathan, Saul)

George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Philip Ledger

49

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 4: Aria. "Your Words, Oh King" (David)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Paul Esswood, Philip Ledger

50

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 4: Recitative. "Yes, He Shall Wed My Daughter" (Saul)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Philip Ledger

51

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 5: Recitative. "A Father's Will Has Authorized My Love" (Michal)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Margaret Marshall, Philip Ledger

52

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 5: Duet. "Oh Fairest of Ten Thousand Fair" (Michal, David)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Paul Esswood, Margaret Marshall, Philip Ledger

53

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 5: Chorus. "Is There a Man?" (Israelites)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

54

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act II, Scene 6: Sinfonia. Largo - Allegro

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

55

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 6: Recitative. "Thy Father Is as Cruel..." (David)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Paul Esswood, Philip Ledger

56

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 6: Duet. "At Persecution I Can Laugh" (David, Michal)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Paul Esswood, Margaret Marshall, Philip Ledger

57

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 7: Recitative. "Whom Dost Thou Seek?" (Michal, Doeg)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Gareth Morrell, Margaret Marshall, Philip Ledger

58

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 7: Aria. "No, No Let the Guilty Tremble" (Michal)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Margaret Marshall, Philip Ledger

59

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 8: Sinfonia. Allegro

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

60

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 9: Accompagnato. "The Time at Length Is Come" (Saul)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Philip Ledger

61

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 10: Recitative. "Where Is the Son of Jesse?" (Saul, Jonathan)

George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Philip Ledger

62

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 2, Scene 10: Chorus. "O Fatal Consequence" (Israelites)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

63

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "Wretch That I am!" (Saul)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Philip Ledger

64

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 1: Recitative. "Tis Said, Here Lives a Woman" (Saul)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Philip Ledger

65

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 2: Recitative. "With Me What Would'st Thou?" (Witch, Saul)

Martyn Hill, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Philip Ledger

66

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 2: Aria. "Infernal Spirits" (Witch)

Martyn Hill, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

67

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

Matthew Best, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Allen, Philip Ledger

68

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 4: Sinfonia. Allegro

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

69

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 4: Recitative. "Whence Comst Thou?" (David, An Amalekite)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Paul Esswood, Christopher Gillett, Philip Ledger

70

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act III, Scene 4: Aria. "Impious Wrecht" (David)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Paul Esswood, Philip Ledger

71

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 5: Dead March

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

72

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 3 Scene 5: Chorus. "Mourn, Israel" (Israelites)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

73

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 5: Aria. "Oh Let Is Not in Gath Beheard" (High Priest)

Charles Daniels, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

74

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 5: Aria. "From This Unhappy Day" (Merab)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Sally Burgess, Philip Ledger

75

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 5: Aria. "Brave Jonathan" (Merab)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Sally Burgess, Philip Ledger

76

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act III, Scene 5: Chorus. "Eagles Were Not so Swift as They Lived" (Israelites)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

77

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 5: Aria. "In Sweetest Harmony" (Michal)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Margaret Marshall, Philip Ledger

78

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 5: Solo and Chorus. "Oh Fatal Day!" (David, Israelites)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Paul Esswood, Philip Ledger

79

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 3, Scene 5: Recitative. "Ye Men of Judah, Weep No More" (Abner)

Charles Daniels, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger

80

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 3 Scene 5: Chorus. "Gird on Thy Sword" (Israelites)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger