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Special offer. Handel Edition Volume 7 - Saul, Alexander's Feast, etc.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Saul), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Jonathan), Paul Esswood (David), Julia Varady (Merab), Elizabeth Gale (Michal), Helmut Wildhaber (Witch of Endor, Amelikite, High Priest), Matthias Hölle (Samuel), Felicity Palmer (soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Stephen Roberts (bass),...

Handel Edition Volume 7 - Saul, Alexander's Feast, etc.

Special offer. Handel Edition Volume 7 - Saul, Alexander's Feast, etc.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Saul), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Jonathan), Paul Esswood (David), Julia Varady (Merab), Elizabeth Gale (Michal), Helmut Wildhaber (Witch of Endor, Amelikite, High Priest), Matthias Hölle (Samuel), Felicity Palmer (soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Stephen Roberts (bass),...

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Handel: Saul
Work length2:15:31
Symphony
Track length4:02
Act 1 "How excellent thy name, oh Lord" [Chorus]
Track length2:50
Act 1 "An infant rais'd by thy command" [Soprano]
Track length1:36
Act 1 "Along the monster atheist strode" [Counter-Tenor, Tenor, Bass]
Track length1:01
Saul HWV53 : Act 1 "The youth inspir'd by Thee, oh Lord" "How excellent thy name, oh Lord" [Chorus]
Track length4:17
Act 1 "He comes, he comes!" "Oh godlike youth!" [Michal]
Track length3:03
Act 1 "Behold, oh King, the brave, victorious youth" [Abner, Saul, David] "Oh King, your favours with delight I take" [David]
Track length2:46
Act 1 "Oh early piety!" [Jonathan]
Track length0:27
Act 1 "What abject thoughts a prince can have!" "Yet think, on whom this honour you bestow" [Merab]
Track length2:26
Act 1 "Birth and fortune I despise!" [Jonathan]
Track length5:19
Act 1 "Thou, Merab, first in birth" [Saul, Merab] "My soul rejects the thought with scorn" [Merab]
Track length1:49
Act 1 "See, with what a scornful air" "Ah! lovely youth!" [Michal]
Track length2:04
Act 1 Symphony
Track length1:09
Act 1 "Already see the daughters" [Michal]
Track length0:15
Act 1 "Welcome, welcome, mighty king!" "Saul, who has thy thousands slain" [Chorus]
Track length1:34
Act 1 "What do I hear?" [Saul] "David his ten thousands slew" [Chorus] "To him ten thousands!" [Saul] "With rage I shall burst his praises to hear" [Saul]
Track length2:46
Act 1 "Imprudent women!" [Jonathan, Michal] "Fell rage and black despair possess'd" [Michal]
Track length3:41
Act 1 "Rack'd with infernal pains" [Abner]
Track length0:19
Saul HWV53 : Act 1 "Oh Lord, whose mercies numberless" [David]
Track length3:20
Act 1 "'Tis all in vain" [Jonathan]
Track length0:18
Act 1 "A serpent, in my bosom warm'd" "Has he escap'd my rage" [Saul]
Track length2:36
Act 1 "Capricious man" [Merab]
Track length4:14
Act 1 "Oh filial piety!" "No, cruel father, no!" [Jonathan]
Track length3:12
Act 1 "Preserve him for the glory of thy name" [Chorus]
Track length2:29
Act 2 "Envy! eldest born of hell!" [Chorus]
Track length2:13
Act 2 "Ah! dearest friend" "But sooner Jordan's stream, I swear" "My father comes" [Jonathan]
Track length3:22
Act 2 "Hast thou obey'd my orders" [Saul, Jonathan] "Sin not, oh king, against the youth" [Jonathan]
Track length1:55
Act 2 "As great Jehovah lives" [Saul]
Track length1:15
Act 2 "From cities storm'd, and battles won" [Jonathan]
Track length2:09
Act 2 "Appear, my friend" [Jonathan, Saul]
Track length0:38
Act 2 "Your words, oh king" [David]
Track length1:09
Act 2 "Yes, he shall wed my daughter!" [Saul]
Track length0:32
Act 2 "A father's will" [Michal]
Track length0:34
Act 2 "Oh fairest of ten thousand fair" [Michal, David]
Track length2:47
Act 2 "Is there a man" [Chorus]
Track length1:33
Act 2 Concerto
Track length2:58
Act 2 "Thy father is as cruel" [David] "At persecution I can laugh" [Daivd, Michal]
Track length2:04
Act 2 "Whom dost thou seek?" [Michal, Doeg] "No, no, let the guilty tremble" [Michal]
Track length2:32
Act 2 "Mean as he was" "Author of peace" [Merab]
Track length3:51
Act 2 Symphony
Track length1:15
Act 2 "The time at length is come" [Saul]
Track length0:50
Act 2 "Where is the son of Jesse?" [Saul, Jonathan]
Track length1:12
Act 2 "O fatal consequence of rage" [Chorus]
Track length2:27
Act 3 "Wretch that I am!" "'Tis said, here lives a woman" [Saul]
Track length3:40
Act 3 "With me what wouldst thou?" [Witch, Saul] "Infernal spirits" [Witch]
Track length2:30
Act 3 "Why has thou forc'd me" [Samuel, Saul]
Track length3:16
Act 3 Symphony
Track length0:39
Act 3 "Whence comst thou?" [David, Amalekite] "Impious wretch, of race accurst!" [David]
Track length3:26
Saul HWV53 : Act 3 Dead March
Track length3:02
Act 3 "Mourn, Israel" [Chorus]
Track length3:50
Act 3 "O let it not in Gath be heard" [Jonathan] "From this unhappy day" [Michal]
Track length5:59
Act 3 "Eagles were not so swift as they" [Chorus]
Track length0:23
Act 3 "In sweetest harmony" [Merab] "O fatal day!" [David, Chorus]
Track length9:37
Act 3 "Ye men of Judah, weep no more!" [High Priest]
Track length0:37
Saul HWV53 : Act 3 "Gird on thy sword" [Chorus]
Track length5:43
Handel: Alexander's Feast
Work length1:25:57
Overture
Track length6:33
Part 1 "'Twas at the royal feast, for Persia won by Philip's warlike son" [Tenor]
Track length1:02
Part 1 "Happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair" [Tenor] "Happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair" [Tenor, Soprano]
Track length5:26
Part 1 "Timotheus, plac'd on high amid the tuneful quire" [Tenor]
Track length0:26
Part 1 "The song began from Jove" [Soprano]
Track length1:02
Part 1 "The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound" [Chorus]
Track length2:09
Part 1 "With ravish'd ears the monarch hears" [Soprano]
Track length3:29
Part 1 "The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung" [Tenor]
Track length0:33
Part 1 "Bacchus, ever fair and young" [Chorus] "Bacchus' blessings are a treasure" [Bass]
Track length4:23
Part 1 "Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain" [Tenor]
Track length0:44
Part 1 "He chose a mournful Muse" [Soprano]
Track length1:14
Part 1 "He sung Darius, great and good, by too severe a fate fall'n" [Soprano]
Track length3:02
Part 1 "With downcast looks the joyless victor sate" [Soprano]
Track length1:00
Part 1 "Behold Darius, great and good, by too severe a fate fall'n" [Chorus]
Track length2:47
Part 1 "The mighty master smil'd to see that Love was in the next degree" [Tenor]
Track length0:30
Part 1 "Softly sung in Lydian measures soon he sooth'd the soul" [Soprano]
Track length3:01
Part 1 "War, he sung, is toil and trouble" [Tenor]
Track length4:58
Part 1 "The many rend the skies with loud applause" [Chorus]
Track length3:54
Part 1 "The Prince, unable to conceal his pain" [Soprano]
Track length6:35
Part 1 "The many rend the skies with loud applause" [Chorus]
Track length3:57
Part 2 "Now strike the golden Lyre again!" [Chorus] "Break his bands of sleep asunder... Hark, hark! the horrid sound" [Tenor]
Track length2:41
Part 2 "Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries" [Bass]
Track length8:04
Part 2 "Give the vengeance due to the valiant crew" [Tenor]
Track length1:43
Part 2 "The princes applaud with a furious joy" [Tenor]
Track length2:03
Part 2 "Thais led the way, to light him to his prey" [Chorus] "The princes applaud with a furious joy" [Soprano]
Track length5:20
Part 2 "Thus, long ago, ere heaving Bellows learned to blow" [Chorus] "At last divine Cecilia came, inventress of the vocal frame" [Tenor]
Track length5:48
Part 2 "Let old Timotheus yield the prize" [Tenor, Bass]
Track length0:18
Part 2 "Let old Timotheus yield the prize, or both divide the crown" [Soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus]
Track length3:15
Handel: Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV76
Work length49:28
Overture I "From Harmony, from heavn'ly Harmony" [Tenor] "When Nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay" [Tenor]
Track length8:43
II "From Harmony, from heav'nly Harmony" [Chorus]
Track length3:51
III "What passion cannot Music raise and quell" [Soprano]
Track length8:36
IV "The Trumpet's loud clangor" [Tenor, Chorus]
Track length3:52
V La Marche
Track length1:51
VI "The soft complaining Flute" [Soprano]
Track length4:38
VII "Sharp Violins proclaim" [Tenor]
Track length4:29
VIII "But oh! what art can teach..." [Soprano]
Track length4:03
IX "Orpheus could lead the savage race" [Soprano]
Track length1:48
X "But bright Cecilia rais'd the wonder high'r" [Soprano]
Track length0:36
XI "As from the pow'r of sacred lays" [Chorus]
Track length7:01
Handel: Te Deum HWV278, 'Utrecht'
Work length24:46
I "We praise Thee, O God"
Track length2:38
II "All the earth doth worship Thee"
Track length1:47
III "To Thee all angels cry aloud"
Track length1:05
IV "To Thee Cherubin and Seraphin"
Track length1:10
V. The glorious Company (Chorus)
Track length3:24
VI "Thou art the King of Glory"
Track length2:01
VII "When Thou took'st upon Thee..."
Track length2:46
VIII "Thou sittest at the right hand of God"
Track length1:11
IX "We believe that Thou shalt come"
Track length2:47
X "Day by day we magnify Thee"
Track length1:19
XI "And we worship thy name"
Track length0:51
XII "Vouchsafe, O Lord"
Track length2:44
XIII "O Lord, in Thee have I trusted"
Track length1:03
Handel: Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122
Work length36:45
"La terra è liberata!" [Apollo]
Track length0:54
"Pende il ben dell'universo" [Apollo]
Track length3:47
"Ch'il superbetto Amore" [Apollo]
Track length0:33
"Spezza l'arco e getta l'armi" [Apollo]
Track length2:49
"Felicissima quest'alma" [Dafne]
Track length4:37
"Che voce! Che beltà!" [Apollo, Dafne]
Track length1:09
"Ardi, ardori" [Dafne]
Track length3:58
"Che crudel! Ch'importuno" [Apollo, Dafne]
Track length0:15
"Una guerra ho dentro il seno" [Dafne, Apollo]
Track length1:57
"Placati al fin, o cara" [Apollo]
Track length0:24
"Come rosa in su la spina" [Apollo]
Track length2:25
"Ah, ch'un Dio non dovrebbe" [Dafne]
Track length0:26
"Come in ciel benigna stella" [Dafne]
Track length3:08
"Odi la mia ragion! - Sorda son io!" [Apollo, Dafne]
Track length0:32
"Deh lascia addolcire" [Apollo, Dafne]
Track length2:45
"Sempre t'adorerò! - Sempre t'aborrirò!" [Apollo, Dafne]
Track length0:23
"Mie piante correte" [Apollo]
Track length3:01
"Cara pianta" [Apollo]
Track length3:42
Handel: Giulio Cesare (highlights)
Work length58:28
Overture to Act 1
Track length2:54
Act 1 "Viva, viva il nostro Alcide!" [Chorus]
Track length1:51
Act 1 "Presti omai l'Egizia terra" [Cesare]
Track length2:33
Act 1 "Priva son d'ogni conforto" [Cornelia]
Track length6:07
Act 1 "Vani sono i lamenti" [Sesto]
Track length0:27
Act 1 "Svegliatevi nel core" [Sesto]
Track length4:59
Act 1 "Cara speme, questo core" [Sesto]
Track length5:43
Act 1 "Va tacito e nascosto" [Cesare]
Track length6:16
Act 2 "Cessa omai di sospirare!" [Cornelia]
Track length4:01
Giulio Cesare HWV17 : Act 2 "Se pietà di me non senti" [Cleopatra]
Track length9:43
Giulio Cesare : Act 3 Sinfonia
Track length0:49
Giulio Cesare HWV17 : Act 3 "Da tempeste il legno infranto" [Cleopatra]
Track length6:17
Giulio Cesare : Act 3 La Marche
Track length3:20
Giulio Cesare HWV17 : Act 3 "Ritorni omai nel nostro core" [Chorus, Cesare, Cleopatra]
Track length3:28
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