Album - 89 songs |

Handel: Saul - 3 CDs

Sir Charles Mackerras,English Chamber Orchestra

1973/01/01

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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Symphony - Allegro

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito

4:35
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Symphony - Larghetto

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, English Chamber Orchestra

2:28
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Symphony - Allegro

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, English Chamber Orchestra

3:14
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Symphony - Andante larghetto

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, English Chamber Orchestra

4:02
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 1. Chorus: How excellent thy Name, O Lord

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Leeds Festival Chorus, Donald Hunt, English Chamber Orchestra

2:59
6

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 2. Air: "An infant rais'd by thy command"

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Leeds Festival Chorus, Donald Hunt, English Chamber Orchestra

1:53
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 3. Trio: Along the Monster Atheist strode

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Leeds Festival Chorus, Donald Hunt, English Chamber Orchestra

1:06
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 4. Chorus: The Youth inspir'd by Thee, O Lord

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Leeds Festival Chorus, Donald Hunt, English Chamber Orchestra

2:13
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 5. Chorus: How excellent thy Name, O Lord

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Leeds Festival Chorus, Donald Hunt, English Chamber Orchestra

2:44
10

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 6. Recitative: He comes - 7. Air: O Godlike Youth!

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Sheila Armstrong

3:43
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 8. Recitative: Behold, O King, the brave victorious Youth

Donald McIntyre, James Bowman, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, John Winfield

0:57
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 9. Air: O King, your Favours with Delight I take

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, James Bowman

2:25
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 10. Recitative: O early Piety!

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Ryland Davies

0:33
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 11. Air: What abject Thoughts a Prince can have

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Margaret Price

2:33
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 12. Recitative: Yet think, on whom this Honour you bestow

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Margaret Price

0:25
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 13. Air: Birth and Fortune I despise!

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Ryland Davies

5:01
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 14. Recitative: Go on, illustrious Pair!

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Gerald English

0:26
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 15. Air: Why yet thy Tide of Blood runs high

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Gerald English

2:22
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 16. Recitative: Thou, Merab, first in Birth

Margaret Price, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Donald McIntyre

0:28
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 17. Air: My Soul rejects the Thought with Scorn

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Margaret Price

1:31
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 18. Air: See, see, with what a scornful Air

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Sheila Armstrong

1:08
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 19. Air: Ah! lovely Youth!

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Sheila Armstrong

1:05
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 20. Symphony

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, English Chamber Orchestra

1:11
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 21. Recitative: Already see

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Sheila Armstrong

0:20
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 22. Chorus: Welcome, welcome mighty King!

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Leeds Festival Chorus, Donald Hunt, English Chamber Orchestra

1:37
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 23. Accompagnato: What do I hear?

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Donald McIntyre

0:22
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 24. Chorus: David his Ten Thousands slew

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Leeds Festival Chorus, Donald Hunt, English Chamber Orchestra

0:36
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 25. Accompagnato: To him Ten thousands!

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Donald McIntyre

0:20
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 26. Air: With Rage I shall burst his Praises to hear!

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Donald McIntyre

1:33
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 27. Recitative: Imprudent Women!

Sheila Armstrong, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Ryland Davies

0:50
31

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 28. Air: Fell Rage and black Despair possessed

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Sheila Armstrong

3:02
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 29. Recitative: This but the smallest Part of Harmony

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Gerald English

0:38
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 30. Accompagnato: By thee this Universal Frame

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Gerald English

2:45
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 31. Recitative: Rack'd with Infernal Pains

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, John Winfield

0:22
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 32. Air: O Lord, whose Mercies numberless

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, James Bowman

3:41
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 33. Symphony

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, English Chamber Orchestra

1:51
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 34. Recitative: 'Tis all in vain

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Ryland Davies

0:21
38

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 35. Air: A Serpent in my Bosom warm'd

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Donald McIntyre

2:10
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 36. Recitative: Has he escap'd my Rage?

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Donald McIntyre

0:25
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 37. Air: Capricious Man

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Margaret Price

4:25
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 38. Accompagnato: O Filial Piety!

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Ryland Davies

1:58
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 39. Air: No, no cruel Father, no

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Ryland Davies

1:54
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 40. Air: O Lord, whose Providence Ever wakes for their Defence

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Gerald English

2:01
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1 - 41. Chorus: Preserve him for the Glory of thy Name

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Leeds Festival Chorus, Donald Hunt, English Chamber Orchestra

2:31
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 42. Chorus: Envy! Eldestborn of Hell!

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Leeds Festival Chorus, Donald Hunt, English Chamber Orchestra

3:38
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 43. Recitative: Ah! dearest Friend

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Ryland Davies

0:46
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 44. Air: But sooner Jordan's Stream, I swear

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Ryland Davies

2:18
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 45. Recitative: O strange Vicissitude!

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, James Bowman

0:56
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 46. Air: Such haughty Beauties

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, James Bowman

2:33
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 47. Recitative: My Father comes

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Ryland Davies

0:18
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 48. Recitative: Hast thou obey'd my Orders

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Donald McIntyre

0:41
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 49. Air: Sin not, o King, against the Youth

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Ryland Davies

2:37
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 50. Air: As great Jehovah lives

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Donald McIntyre

1:48
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 51. Air: From Cities storm'd, and Battles won

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Ryland Davies

2:44
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 52. Recitative: Appear, my Friend

Donald McIntyre, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Ryland Davies

0:39
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 53. Air: Your Words, O King

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, James Bowman

1:07
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 54. Recitative: Yes he shall wed my Daughter!

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Donald McIntyre

0:36
58

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 55. Recitative: A Father's Will

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Sheila Armstrong

0:37
59

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 56. Duet: O Fairest of ten thousand Fair

James Bowman, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Sheila Armstrong

3:00
60

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 57. Chorus: Is there a Man

Sir Charles Mackerras, Leeds Festival Chorus, Donald Hunt, Kenneth Sillito, English Chamber Orchestra

1:34
61

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 58. Symphony

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, English Chamber Orchestra

3:46
62

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 59. Recitative: Thy Father is as cruel

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, James Bowman

0:39
63

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 60. Duet: At Persecution I can laugh

Sheila Armstrong, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, James Bowman

1:25
64

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 61. Recitative: Whom dost thou seek?

Stafford Dean, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Sheila Armstrong

0:45
65

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 62. Air: No, no, let the Guilty tremble

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Sheila Armstrong

1:46
66

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 63. Recitative: Mean as he was

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Margaret Price

1:00
67

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 64. Air: Author of Peace

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Margaret Price

3:09
68

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 65. Symphony

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, English Chamber Orchestra

1:12
69

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 66. Accompagnato: The Time at length is come

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Donald McIntyre

0:50
70

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 67. Recitative: Where is the Son of Jesse

Ryland Davies, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Donald McIntyre

1:11
71

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2 - 68. Chorus: O fatal Consequence of Rage

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Leeds Festival Chorus, Donald Hunt, English Chamber Orchestra

5:06
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Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - 69. Accompagnato: Wretch that I am

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Donald McIntyre

3:09
73

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - 70. Accompagnato: 'Tis said, here lives a Woman

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Donald McIntyre

0:56
74

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - 71. Recitative: With me what would'st thou?

Donald McIntyre, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, John Winfield

0:39
75

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - 72. Air: Infernal Spirits

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, John Winfield

2:23
76

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - 73. Accompagnato: Why hast thou forc'd me from the Realms of Peace

Donald McIntyre, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Stafford Dean

3:45
77

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - 74. Symphony

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, English Chamber Orchestra

0:39
78

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - 75. Recitative: Whence comest thou?

Gerald English, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, James Bowman

1:17
79

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - 76. Air: Impious Wretch, of Race accurst

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, James Bowman

1:47
80

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - 77. March

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, English Chamber Orchestra

3:35
81

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - 78. Chorus: Mourn Israel

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Leeds Festival Chorus, Donald Hunt, English Chamber Orchestra

3:38
82

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - 79. Air: O let it not in Gath be heard

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Leeds Festival Chorus, Donald Hunt, English Chamber Orchestra

2:55
83

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - 80. Air: From this unhappy Day

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Leeds Festival Chorus, Donald Hunt, English Chamber Orchestra

3:31
84

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - 81. Air: Brave Jonathan his Bow ne'er drew

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, James Bowman

2:25
85

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - 82. Chorus: Eagles were not so swift as they

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Leeds Festival Chorus, Donald Hunt, English Chamber Orchestra

0:24
86

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - 83. Air: In sweetest Harmony

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Leeds Festival Chorus, Donald Hunt, English Chamber Orchestra

5:09
87

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - 84. Solo and Chorus: O fatal Day

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Leeds Festival Chorus, Donald Hunt, Kenneth Sillito, James Bowman

4:51
88

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - 85. Recitative: Ye Men of Judah, weep no more

English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Gerald English

0:36
89

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3 - 86. Chorus: Gird on thy Sword

Sir Charles Mackerras, Kenneth Sillito, Leeds Festival Chorus, Donald Hunt, English Chamber Orchestra

5:42

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1973/01/01