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• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Overture
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 1. Chorus. How excellent Thy name
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 1. Air. An infant rais'd
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 1. Chorus. Along the monster
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 1. Chorus. The youth inspir'd
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 1. Chorus. How excellent Thy name
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 1. Chorus. Hallelujah!
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 2. Recitative. He comes, he comes!
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 2. Air. O godlike youth
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 2. Recitative. Behold, O king
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 2. Air. O king, your favours
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 2. Recitative. Oh, early piety!
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 2. Air. What abject thoughts
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 2. Recitative. Yet think on whom this honour
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 2. Air. Birth and fortune I despise!
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 2. Recitative. Go on, illustrious pair!
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 2. Air. While yet thy tide
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 2. Recitative. Thou, Merab, first in birth
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 2. Air. My soul rejects
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 2. Sinfonia
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 3. Recitative. Already see the daughters
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 3. Chorus. Welcome, welcome, mighty king!
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 3. Accompagnato. What do I hear?
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 3. Chorus. David his ten thousands slew
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 3. Accompagnato. To him ten thousands
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 3. Air. With rage I shall burst
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 4. Recitative. Imprudent women!
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 4. Air. Fell rage and black despair
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 5. Recitative. Racked with infernal pains
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 5. Air. O Lord, whose mercies
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 5. Symphony
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 5. Recitative. 'Tis all in vain
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 5. Air. A serpent, in my bosom warm'd
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 5. Recitative. Has he escap'd my rage?
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 5. Air. Capricious man
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 6. Accompagnato. O filial piety!
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 6. Air. No, cruel father, no!
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 6. Air. O Lord, whose providence
• Saul, oratorio, HWV 53: Act 1. Scene 6. Chorus. Preserve him for the glory

Renowned for their Handel interpretations, Harry Christophers and his award-winning choir, The Sixteen, add to their glittering catalogue of Handel discs with this new recording of Saul.

In his biblical oratorio, Saul, Handel wrote an epic work of great and noble drama and of thrilling musical inventiveness. Saul represents Handel’s first proper foray into oratorio and it is a masterpiece full of great and magical moments. It is bursting with exceptional music, extraordinary orchestration (replete with trombones, deep-sounding drum and perky carillon), extended choruses both profound and ebullient, symphonies, concerto movements for organ, recitatives which explore the varying moods of the characters, and the most stunning arias.

In Saul Handel gifted soloists with roles of vivid characterisation and the artists on this disc are some of the finest Handelian interpreters of today including Christopher Purves - a baritone whose talent for dramatic realisation is matched by superb musical craftsmanship - and Sarah Connolly - whose intensely radiant performance of David on this CD confirms her status as one of our most sought-after Handel performers.

Both Christopher and Sarah sang with The Sixteen at the start of their careers, and Sarah released her first solo album Heroes and Heroines on CORO, and so it is with great pride that we welcome them back for this recording. Robert Murray, Elizabeth Atherton and Joélle Harvey along with Sixteen regulars, Mark Dobell, Jeremy Budd and Stuart Young, complete the stellar line-up of soloists on this new recording.