Saul HWV 53
René Jacobs, Concerto Köln, RIAS Kammerchor, Emma Bell (Soprano), Finnur Bjarnason (Tenor), Gidon Saks (Tenor), Henry Waddington (Bass), Jeremy Ovenden (Tenor), Lawrence Zazzo (Countertenor), Michael Slattery (Tenor), Rosemary Joshua (Soprano)
℗ 2006
- 08:00Symphony
Act I
- 02:37Chorus "How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord"
- 02:09Air "An Infant Raised by Thy Command" - Trio "Along the Monster Atheist Strode"
- 03:56"The Youth Inspired by Thee, O Lord" - Chorus "How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord"
- 03:38"He Comes, He Comes!" - Air "O God-like Youth!" - Behold, O King, the Brave, Victorious Youth
- 05:22Air "O King, Your Favours With Delight" - "Oh Early Piety!"
- 02:14Air "What Abject Thoughts a Prince Can Have!" - "Yet Think, On Whom This Honour You Bestow"
- 04:57Air "Birth and Fortune I Despise!"
- 02:45"Go On, Illustrious Pair!" - Air "While Yet Thy Tide of Blood Runs High"
- 03:20"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"
- 02:47"Symphony" - "Already See the Daughters of the Land" / Scene III. 22. Chorus "Welcome, Welcome, Mighty King!"
- 02:18"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"
- 02:59"Imprudent Women!" - Air "Fell Rage and Black Despair Possessed"
- 02:47"This But the Smallest Part of Harmony" - "By Thee This Universal Frame"
- 03:52"Racked With Infernal Pains" - Air "O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless"
- 02:15Symphony - "Tis All in Vain, His Fury Still Continues"
- 02:22Air "A Serpent, In My Bosom Warmed" - "Has He Escaped My Rage?"
- 03:38Air "Capricious Man"
- 03:00"O Filial Pity!" - Air "No, Cruel Father, No!"
- 03:37Air "O Lord, Whose Providence" - Chorus "Preserve Him for the Glory of Thy Name"
Act II
- 02:48Chorus "Envy! Eldest Born of Hell!"
- 02:36"Ah! Dearest Friend" Air "But Sooner Jordan's Stream, I Swear"
- 05:08"Oh Strange Vicissitude!" - Air "Such Haughty Beauties Rather Move"
- 00:43"My Father Comes" - Scene III. "Hast Thou Obeyed My Orders"
- 04:55Act 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"
- 01:49Act II. Scene IV. 52. "Appear, My Friend" / 53. Air "Your Words, O King, My Loyal Heart" / 54. "Yes, He Shall Wed My Daughter!"
- 04:19Act 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"
- 04:35Act II. Scene V. 58. Symphony
- 01:37Act II. Scene VI. 59. "Thy Father Is As Cruel" / 60. Duet "At Persecution I Can Laugh"
- 02:14Act II. Scene VII. 61. "Whom Dost Thou Seek" / 62. Air "No, No Let the Guilty Tremble"
- 03:33Act II. Scene VIII. 63. "Mean As He Was, He Is My Brother Now" / 64. Air "Author of Peace, Who Canst Controul"
- 01:06Act II. Scene IX. 65. Symphony
- 01:30Act II. Scene IX. 66. "The Time At Length Is Come" / Scene X. 67. "Where Is the Son of Jesse?"
- 04:46Act II. Scene X. 68. Chorus "Oh Fatal Consequence of Rage"
Act III
- 03:15Act III. Scene I. 69. "Wretch That I Am" / 70. "Tis Said, Here Lives a Woman"
- 02:50Act III. Scene II. 71. "With Me What Would'st Thou" / 72. Air "Infernal Spirits"
- 02:42Act III. Scene III. 73. "Why Hast Thou Forced Me from the Reals of Peace"
- 00:34Act III. Scene III. 74. Symphony
- 02:53Act III. Scene IV. 75. "Whence Comest Thou?" / 76. Air "Impious Wretch, of Race Accurst!"
- 03:03Act III. Scene IV. 77. March
- 03:27Act III. Scene V. 78. Chorus "Mourn, Israel"
- 02:07Act III. Scene V. 79. Air "Oh Let It Not In Gath Be Heard"
- 02:39Act III. Scene V. 80. Air "From This Unhappy Day"
- 02:13"Eagles were not so swift as they"
- 09:07Act III. Scene V. 83. Air "In Sweetest Harmony They Lived!" / 84. "O Fatal Day!" / 85. "Ye Men of Judah, Weep No More!"
- 05:01Act III. Scene V. 86. Chorus "Gird On Thy Sword, Thou Man of Might"
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All recordings of "Saul HWV 53"
- Helmuth Rilling, Elizabeth Keusch, Kirsten Blaise, Daniel Taylor, Norman Shankle, Wolfgang Frisch, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart2007, Stuttgart, Liederhalle, Beethovensaal
- Laurence Cummings, Markus Brück, Benjamin Hulett, Eric Jurenas, Mary Bevan, Sophie Bevan, NDR Chor, FestspielOrchester Göttingen2019, Hann. Münden, St. Blasius
- Helmuth Rilling, Christian Palm, Daniel Taylor, Elizabeth Keusch, Kirsten Blaise, Laura Albino, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Gächinger Kantorei℗ 2007
- Sir Philip Stevens Ledger, Charles Daniels, Christopher Gillett, Gareth Morrell, Margaret Marshall, Martyn Hill, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra℗ 2002
- René Jacobs, Emma Bell, Finnur Bjarnason, Gidon Saks, Henry Waddington, Jeremy Ovenden, Concerto Köln, RIAS Kammerchor℗ 2006
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elizabeth Gale, Helmut Wildhaber, Júlia Várady, Concentus Musicus Wien, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor℗ 2008
- Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert℗ 1995
- René Jacobs, Emma Bell, Finnur Bjarnason, Gidon Saks, Henry Waddington, Jeremy Ovenden, Concerto Köln, RIAS Kammerchor℗ 2006
- Hans-Christoph Rademann, Yorck Felix Speer, Tim Mead, Maximilian Schmitt, Ditte Højgaard Andersen, Anna Prohaska, Dresdner Barockorchester, Dresdner Kammerchor2008, Dresden, Frauenkirche
- Jürgen Budday, Stephen Varcoe, Nancy Argenta, Laurie Reviol, Michael Chance, Mark Le Brocq, Hanoverian Court Orchestra, Maulbronner Kammerchor2002, Maulbronn, Kloster Maulbronn
- Harry Christophers, Christopher Purves, Dame Sarah Connolly, Robert Murray, Elizabeth Atherton, Joélle Harvey, The Sixteen Orchestra, The Sixteen2012, Kilburn, St Augustine's Church, Kilburn
- Jürgen Budday, Nancy Argenta, Laurie Reviol, Michael Chance, Mark Le Brocq, Michael Berner, Hanoverian Court Orchestra, Maulbronner Kammerchor2002, Maulbronn, Kloster Maulbronn
- Paul McCreesh, Nancy Argenta, Tom Phillips, Neal Davies, Andreas Scholl, Mark Padmore, Gabrieli Players, Gabrieli Consort2002, London, All Saint's Church
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Derek Lee Ragin, Lynne Dawson, Philip Slane, Alastair Miles, John Mark Ainsley, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir1989, Göttingen, Stadthalle (Göttingen)
- Jürgen Budday, Nancy Argenta, Michael Chance, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner KammerchorSeptember 2002, Maulbronn, Maulbronn Monastery
- Jürgen Budday, Stephen Varcoe, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner KammerchorSeptember 2002, Maulbronn, Maulbronn Monastery
- Jürgen Budday, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner KammerchorSeptember 2002, Maulbronn, Maulbronn Monastery
- Joachim Carlos Martini, Stephan MacLeod, David Cordier, Knut Schoch, Barbara Schlick, Claron McFadden, Barockorchester Frankfurt, Junge KantoreiMay 1997, Eltville am Rhein, Kloster Eberbach, Eltville am Rhein