Genre: Baroque/Oratorio
Year of disc release: 2008
Disc manufacturer: EU (Erato)
Audio codec: APE
Rip type: image+.cue
Audio bitrate: lossless
Duration: CD1:68’34; CD2:67’14; CD3:56’51; CD4:78’53; CD5:61’42; CD6:58’24
Size: 1.53 GB
Saul (Oratorio in three acts, HWV 53)
Saul – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Jonathan – Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
David – Paul Esswood (alto)
Merab – Julia Varady (soprano)
Michal – Elizabeth Gale (soprano)
Witch of Endor – Helmut Wildhaber (tenor)
Apparition of Samuel – Matthias Holle (bass)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Alexander’s Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75
Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76
Felicity Palmer – soprano
Anthony Rolfe Johnson – tenor
Stephen Roberts – baritone
Stockholm Bach Choir
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt
‘Utrecht’ Te Deum, HWV 278
Felicity Palmer – soprano
Marjana Lipovsek – mezzo-soprano
Philip Langridge, Kurt Equiluz, Thomas Moser – tenors
Ludwig Baumann – bass
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Apollo e Dafne (Cantata a due con stromenti, HWV 122)
Dafne – Roberta Alexander (soprano)
Apollo – Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Giulio Cesare, HWV 17 (Highlights)
Giulio Cesare – Paul Esswood (alto)
Cleopatra – Roberta Alexander, Lucia Popp (14) (sopranos)
Cornelia – Marjana Lipovsek (mezzo-soprano)
Sesto – Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Conductor – Nikolaus Harnoncourt
CD1
Saul
01. Symfonia
Act I
02. How Excellent The Name, О Lord (Chorus)
03. An Infant Rais’d By’ Thy Command (Soprano)
04. Along The Monster Atheist Strode (Alto, Tenor, Bass)
05. The Youth Inspir’d By Thee, О Lord… How Excellent Thy Name О Lord (Chorus)
06. He Comes, He Comes!… О Godlike Youth! (Michel)
07. Behold, О King… О King, Your Favours With Delight (Abner, Saul, David)
08. Oh Early Piety! Oh Modest Merit! (Jonathan)
09. What Abject Thoughts… Yet Think, On Whom This Honour You Bestow (Merab)
10. Birth And Fortune I Despise! (Jonatban)
11. Thou, Merab, First In Birth… My Soul Rejects The Thought (Saul, Mernab)
12. See, With What A Scornful Air… Ah! Lovely Youth (Micbal)
13. Sinfonie Pour Its (Carillons)
14. Already See The Daughters Of The Land (Micbal)
15. Welcome, Welcome Mighty King! … Saul Who Hast Thy Thousands Slain (Chorus)
16. Whs! Do I Hear?… David His Ten Thousands Slew… To Him Ten Thousands Slain… (Chorus)
With Rage I Shall Burst His Praises To Hear! (Saul, Chorus)
17. Imprudent Women!… Fell Rage And Blacк Despair Possess’d (Jonathan, Michal)
18. Back’d With Infernal Pains, Ev’n Now The King Comes Forth (Abner)
19. О Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless O’er All Thy Works Prevail (David)
20. “Tis All In Vain (Jonatban)
21. A Serpent, In My Bosom Warm’d… Has He Escap’d My Rage? (Saul)
22. Capricious Man, In Humour Lost (Merab)
23. Oh Filial Piety! Oh Sacred Triendship!… No, Cruel Father, No! (Jonathan)
24. Preserve Him For The Glory Of Thy Name, Thy People’s Safety (Chorus)
Act II
25. Envy! Eldest-Born Of Hell! (Chorus)
26. Ah, Dearest Friend… But Sooner Jordan’s Stream… My Father (Comes Jonathan)
27. Наst Thou Obey’d My Orders… Sin Not, О King, Against The Youth (Saul, Jonathan)
28. As Great Jehovah Lives, I Swear, The Youth Shall Not Be Slain (Saul)
29. From Cities Storm’d And Battles Won, What Glory Can Асcгuе?(Jonathan)
CD2
Saul(Conclusion)
Act II
01. Appear, My Friend. — No More Imagine Danger (Jonathan, Saul)
02. Your Words, О King, My Loyal Heart With Double Ardour Fire (David)
03. Yes, He Shall Wed My Daughter! (Saul)
04. A Father’s Will Has Authoriz’d My Love (Michal)
05. О Fairest Of Ten Thousand Fair (Michal, David)
06. Is There A Man, Who All His Ways Directs, His God Alone Lo Please? (Chorus)
07. Concerto
08. Thy Lather Is As Cruel, And As False, As Thou Art Kind And True…
At Persecution I Can Laugh (David, Michal)
09. Whom Dost Thou Seek? And Who Has Sent Thee Hither…
No, No, Let The Guilty Tremble At Ev’ry Thought Of Danger Near (Michal, Doeg)
10. Mean As He Was, He Is My Brother Now… Author Of Peace (Merab)
11. Sinfonia
12. The Time At Length Is Come (Saul)
13. Where Is The Son Of Jesse? (Saul, Jonathan)
14. Oh Fatal Consequence Of Rage, By Reason Uncontroll’d (Chorus)
Acl III
15. Wretch That I Am!… “Tis Said, Here Lives A Woman (Saul)
16. With Me What Woulds Thou?… Infernal Spirits, By Whose Pow’r (Witcb, Saul)
17. Why Hast Thou Torc’d Me From The Realms Of Peace (Samuel, Saul)
18. Sinfonia
19. Whence Com’st Thou?… Impious Wretch, Of Race Accurst! (David, Amalekite)
20. Dead March
Elegy On The Death Of Saul And Jonathan
21. Mourn, Israel, Mourn (Chorus)
22. Oh Let It Not In Gath Be Heard…/From This Unhappy Day No More, Ye Gilboan Hills Tenor, (Michal)
23. Eagles Were Not So Swift As They (Chorus)
24. In Sweetest Harmony They Liv’d… Oh Fatal Day! (Merab, David, Chorus)
25. Ye Men Of Judah, Weep No More (Higb Priest)
26. Gird On Thy Sword, Thou Man Of Might (Chorus)
CD3
Alexander’s Feast, Part I
01. Ouverture
02. ‘Twas At The Royal Feast. For Persia Won By Philip’s Warlike Son (Tenor)
03. Happy Pair! None But The Brave Deserves The Fair (Tenor)/Happy Pair! None But The Brave Deserved The Fair (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)
04. Tlmotheus, Plac’d On High .Imid The Tuneful Quite (Tenor)
05. The Song Began Ftomjove (Soprano)
06. The List Ning Crowd Admire The Lofty Sound (Chorus)
07. With Ravish’d Ears The Monarch Hears (Soprano)
08. The Praise Of Bacchus Then The Sweet Musician Sung (Tenor)
09. Bacchus, Ever Fair And Young… Bacchus’ Blessings Are A Treasure (Bass, Chorus)
10. Sooth’d With The Sound, The King Grew Vain (Tenor)
11. He Chose A Mournful Muse (Soprano)
12. He Sung Darius, Great And Good, By Too Severe A Fate Fall’n (Soprano)
13. With Downcast Looks The Joyless Victor Sate (Soprano)
14. Behold Darius, Great And Good, By Too Severe A Fate Fall’n (Soprano)
15. The Mighty Master Smil’d To See That Love Was In The Next Degree (Tenor)
16. Softly Sweet In Lydian Measures Soon He Sooth’d The Soul (Soprano)
17. War, He Sung, Is Toil And Trouble (Tenor)
18. The Many Rend The Skies With Loud Applause (Chorus)
19. The Prince, Unable Top Conceal His Pain (Soprano)
20. The Many Rend The Skies With Loud Applause (Chorus)
CD4
Alexander’s Feast, Part II
01. Now Strike The Golden Lyre Again!… Break His Bands Of Sleep Asunder… Hark, Hark! The Horrid Sound (Tenor, Chorus)
02. Revenge, Revenge, Timotheus Cries (Bass)
03. Give The Vengeance Due To The Valiant Crew (Tenor)
04. The Princes Applaud With Furious Joy (Tenor)
05. Thais Led The Way, To Light Him To His Prey…
The Princes Applaud With Furious Joy (Soprano, Chorus)
06. Thus, Long Ago, Ere Heaving Bellows Learned To Blow…
At Last Divine Cecilia Came… (Tenor, Chorus)
07. Let Old Timotheus Yield The Prize (Tenor, Bass)
08. Let Old Timotheus Yield The Prize, Or Both Divide The Crown (Soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
Ode For St. Cecilia’s Day
09. Overture/From Harmony, From Heav’nly Harmony/When Nature Underneath A Heap Of Jarring Atoms Lay (Tenor)
10. From Harmony, From Heav’nly Harmony (Chorus)
11. What Passion Cannot Music Raise And Quell! (Soprano)
12. The Trumpet’s Loud Clangor Excites Us To Arms (Tenor, Soprano)
13. La Marche
14. The Soft Complaining Flute In Dying Notes (Soprano)
15. Sharp Violins Proclaim Their Jealous Pangs And Desperation (Tenor)
16. But Oh! What Art Can Teach…The Sacred Organ’s Praise! (Soprano)
17. Orpheus Could Lead The Savage Race (Soprano)
18. But Bright Cecilia Rais’d The Wonder High’r (Soprano)
19. As From The Pow’r Of Sacred Lays The Spheres Began To Move (Chorus)
CD5
“Utrecht” Te Deum
01. No. 1 Chorus: We Praise Thee, O God
02. All The Earth Doth Worship Thee
03. No. 2 Soli and Chorus: To Thee All Angels Cry Aloud
04. No. 3 Soli and Chorus: To Thee Cherubim And Seraphim
05. No. 4 Soli and Chorus: The Glorious Company Of The Apostles Praise Thee
06. Thou Art The King Of Glory, O Christ
07. No. 5 Soli and Chorus: When Thou Took’st Upon Thee To Deliver Man
08. Thou Sittest At The Right Hand Of God
09. No. 6 Soli and Chorus: We Believe That Thou Shalt Come
10. No. 7 Chorus: Day By Day We Magnify Thee
11. No. 8 Chorus: And We Worship Thy Name
12. No. 9 Soli and Chorus: Vouchsafe, O Lord
13. No. 10 Chorus: O Lord, In Thee Have I Trusted
Apollo E Dafne
14. La Terra E Liberata (Apollo)
15. No. 1 Aria: Pende Il Ben Dell’universo (Apollo)
16. Ch’il Superbetto Amore (Apollo)
17. No. 2 Aria: Spezza L’arco E Getta L’armi (Apollo)
18. No. 3 Aria: Felicissima Quest’alma (Dafne)
19. Che Voce! Che Belta! (Apollo, Dafne)
20. No. 4 Aria: Ardi, Adori, E Preghi In Vano (Apollo, Dafne)
21. Che Crudel! – Ch’importuno (Apollo, Dafne)
22. No. 5 Duetto: Una Guerra Ho Dentro Il Seno Che Soffrir Piu Non Si Puo (Dafne, Apollo)
23. Placati Al Fin, O Cara (Apollo)
24. No. 6 Aria: Come Rosa In Su La Spina Presto Viene E Presto Va (Apollo)
25. Ah, Ch’un Dio Non Dovrebbe Altro Amore Sguir Ch’oggetti Eterni (Dafne)
26. No. 7 Aria: Come In Ciel Benigna Stella (Dafne)
27. Odi La Mia Ragion – Sorda Son Io! (Apollo, Dafne)
28. No. 8 Duetto: Deh Lascia Addolcire Quell’aspro Rigor (Apollo, Dafne)
29. Sempre T’adorero! – Sempre T’aborriro! (Apollo, Dafne)
30. No. 9 Aria: Mie Piante Correte; Mie Braccia Stringete L’ingrata Belta (Apollo)
31. No. 10 Aria: Cara Pianta, Co’ Miei Pianti Il Tuo Verde Irrighero (Apollo)
CD6
Giulio Cesare (Highlights)
01. Ouverture
Atto I
02. Scena 1. Coro: Viva, Viva Il Nostro Alcide
03. Scena 1. Aria: Presti Omai l’Egizia Terra (Cesare)
04. Scena 4. Aria: Priva Son D’ogni Conforto (Cornelia)
05. Scena 4. Recitativo: Vani Sono I Lamenti (Sesto)
06. Scena 4. Aria: Svegliatevi Nel Core, Furie D’un’alma Offesa (Sesto)
07. Scena 8. Aria: Cara Speme, Questo Core Tu Cominci A Lusingar (Sesto)
08. Scena 9. Aria: Va Tacito E Nascosto (Cesare)
Atto II
09. Scena 6. Aria: Cessa Omai Di Sospirare! (Cornelia)
10. Scena 8. Aria: Se Pieta Di Me Non Senti (Cleopatra)
Atto III
11. Scena 2. Sinfonia bellica
12. Scena 7. Aria: Da Tempeste Il Legno Infranto (Cleopatra)
13. Scena 10. Sinfonia – La Marche
14. Scena 10. Coro e Duetto: Ritorni Omai Nel Nostro Core… Un Bel Contento (Cesare, Cleopatra)