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The Sixteen|Händel : Saul

Händel : Saul

Christopher Purves - Sarah Connolly - Robert Murray... - The Sixteen - Harry Christophers

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Saul may not be Handel's most dramatically coherent oratorio, but it is full of moments of high drama, and this recording with Harry Christophers, leading the Sixteen and an outstanding group of soloists, does a terrific job of making those moments throb with vitality. The singers bring an operatic intensity to their roles. Baritone Christopher Purves is a grippingly anguished protagonist, and his voice has plenty of power and authority. Mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly's David is vocally exceptional, a model of dignity and warmth, and her dramatic performance is subtly modulated. As Saul's daughters Merab and Michal, Elizabeth Atherton and Joélle Harvey have clearly differentiated voices and each brings a focused, vibrant soprano to her character. Among the principals, only tenor Robert Murray as Jonathan is disappointing for the unevenness of his vocal production. The chorus of the Sixteen sings with great warmth and energy, and with their characteristic polish and euphonious blend. Christophers draws wonderfully colorful performances from the orchestra, which plays with elegance and style. Frances Kelly's harp solo is especially lovely, and in its dramatic context, deeply moving. The sound of the Coro CD is clean and realistically present.
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The Sixteen

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Saul (Georg Friedrich Händel)

1
Saul: Act 1, Overture
Jeremy Budd
00:11:55

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

2
Saul: Act I, Scene I, "How Excellent Thy Name", (Chorus of Israelites)
Jeremy Budd
00:02:44

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

3
Saul: Act I, Scene I, Air. "An Infant Rais'd", (Merah)
Harry Christophers
00:01:37

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

4
Saul: Act I, Scene I, "Along the Monster" (Chorus)
Jeremy Budd
00:01:02

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

5
Saul: Act I, Scene I, "The Youth Inspired" (Chorus of Israelites)
Jeremy Budd
00:01:48

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

6
Saul: Act I, Scene I, "How Excellent Thy Name" (Chours of Israelites) (Refrain)
Jeremy Budd
00:00:49

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

7
Saul: Act I, Scene I, "Hallelujah!" (Chorus of Israelites)
Jeremy Budd
00:01:40

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

8
Saul: Act I, Scene II, Recitive. "He Comes, He Comes!" (Michal)
Harry Christophers
00:00:04

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

9
Saul: Act I, Scene II, Air. "O Godlike Youth" (Michal)
Harry Christophers
00:03:15

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

10
Saul: Act I, Scene II, Recitative. "Behold, O King" (Abner, Saul, David)
Sarah Connoly
00:00:53

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

11
Saul: Act I, Scene II, Air. "O King, Your Favours" (David)
Sarah Connoly
00:05:23

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

12
Saul: Act I, Scene II, Recitative "Oh Early Piety!" (Jonathan)
Harry Christophers
00:00:24

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

13
Saul: Act I, Scene II, Air. "What Abject Thoughts" (Merab)
Harry Christophers
00:02:04

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

14
Saul: Act I, Scene II, Recitative. "Yet Think On Whom This Honor" (Merab)
Harry Christophers
00:00:12

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

15
Saul: Act I, Scene II, Air. "Birth and Fortune I Despise!" (Jonathan)
Harry Christophers
00:04:57

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

16
Saul: Act I, Scene II, Recitative. "Go On, Illustrious Pair!" (High Priest)
Harry Christophers
00:00:19

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

17
Saul: Act I, Scene II, Air. "While Yet Thy Tide" (High Priest)
Harry Christophers
00:02:04

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

18
Saul: Act I, Scene II, Recitative. "Thou, Merab, First in Birth" (Saul, Merab)
Christopher Purves
00:00:18

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

19
Saul: Act I, Scene II, Air. "My Soul Rejects" (Merab, Michal)
Harry Christophers
00:03:18

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

20
Saul: Act I, Scene II, Sinfonia
Harry Christophers
00:01:04

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

21
Saul: Act I, Scene III, Recitative. "Already See the Daughters" (Michal)
Harry Christophers
00:00:18

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

22
Saul: Act I, Scene III, "Welcome, Welcome, Mighty King!" (Chorus of Israelites)
Jeremy Budd
00:01:30

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

23
Saul: Act I, Scene III, Accompagnato. "What Do I Hear?" (Saul)
Christopher Purves
00:00:24

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

24
Saul: Act I, Scene III, "David His Ten Thousand Slew" (Chorus of Israelites)
Jeremy Budd
00:00:31

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

25
Saul: Act I, Scene III, Accompagnato. "To Him Ten Thousands" (Saul)
Christopher Purves
00:00:13

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

26
Saul: Act I, Scene III, Air. "With Rage I Shall Burst" (Saul)
Christopher Purves
00:01:14

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

27
Saul: Act I, Scene IV, Recitative. "Imprudent Women!" (Johnathan, Michal)
Harry Christophers
00:00:45

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

28
Saul: Act I, Scene IV, Air. "Fell Rage and Black Despair" (Michal)
Harry Christophers
00:02:35

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

29
Saul: Act I, Scene V, Recitative. "Racked with Infernal Pains" (Abner)
Harry Christophers
00:00:16

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

30
Saul: Act I, Scene V, Air. "Oh Lord Whose Mercies" (David)
Sarah Connoly
00:04:03

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

31
Saul: Act I, Scene V, Symphony (Harp)
Harry Christophers
00:01:29

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

32
Saul: Act I, Scene V, Recitative. "'Tis All in Vain" (Jonathan)
Harry Christophers
00:00:18

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

33
Saul: Act I, Scene V, Air. "A Serpent, in My Bosom Warm'd" (Saul)
Christopher Purves
00:01:54

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

34
Saul: Act I, Scene V, Recitative. "Has He Escap'd My Rage?" (Saul)
Christopher Purves
00:00:21

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

35
Saul: Act I, Scene V, Air. "Capricious Man" (Mehab)
Harry Christophers
00:03:40

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

36
Saul: Act I, Scene VI, Accompagnato. "O Filial Piety!" (Jonathan)
Harry Christophers
00:01:21

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

37
Saul: Act I, Scene VI, Air. "No, Cruel Father, No!" (Jonathan)
Harry Christophers
00:01:23

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

38
Saul: Act I, Scene VI, Air. "O Lord, Whose Providence" (High Priest)
Harry Christophers
00:01:27

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

39
Saul: Act I, Scene VI, "Preserve Him for the Glory" (High Priest)
Harry Christophers
00:03:40

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

DISC 2

1
Saul: Act II, Scene I, "Envy, Eldest Born of Hell" (Chorus)
Jeremy Budd
00:02:59

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

2
Saul: Act II, Scene II, Recitative. "Ah, Dearest Friend" (Jonathan)
Harry Christophers
00:00:34

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

3
Saul: Act II, Scene II, Air. "But Sooner Jordan's Stream" (Jonathan)
Harry Christophers
00:02:10

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

4
Saul: Act II, Scene II, Recitative. "Oh, Strange Vicissitude!" (David, Jonathan)
Sarah Connoly
00:00:55

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

5
Saul: Act II, Scene II, Air. "Such Haughty Beauties Rather Move" (David)
Sarah Connoly
00:05:09

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

6
Saul: Act II, Scene II, Recitative. "My Father Comes" (Jonathan)
Harry Christophers
00:00:52

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

7
Saul: Act II, Scene III, Air. "Sin Not, O King, Against the Youth" (Jonathan)
Harry Christophers
00:02:05

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

8
Saul: Act II, Scene III, Air. "As Great Jehovah Lives, I Swear" (Saul)
Christopher Purves
00:01:06

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

9
Saul: Act II, Scene III, Air. "From Cities Stormed, And Battles Won" (Jonathan)
Harry Christophers
00:02:02

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

10
Saul: Act II, Scene IV, Recitative. "Appear, My Friend" (Jonathan, Saul)
Christopher Purves
00:00:30

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

11
Saul: Act II, Scene IV, Air. "Your Words, O King, My Loyal Heart" (David)
Sarah Connoly
00:01:04

George Frideric Handel, Composer - The Sixteen, MainArtist

(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

Album review

Saul may not be Handel's most dramatically coherent oratorio, but it is full of moments of high drama, and this recording with Harry Christophers, leading the Sixteen and an outstanding group of soloists, does a terrific job of making those moments throb with vitality. The singers bring an operatic intensity to their roles. Baritone Christopher Purves is a grippingly anguished protagonist, and his voice has plenty of power and authority. Mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly's David is vocally exceptional, a model of dignity and warmth, and her dramatic performance is subtly modulated. As Saul's daughters Merab and Michal, Elizabeth Atherton and Joélle Harvey have clearly differentiated voices and each brings a focused, vibrant soprano to her character. Among the principals, only tenor Robert Murray as Jonathan is disappointing for the unevenness of his vocal production. The chorus of the Sixteen sings with great warmth and energy, and with their characteristic polish and euphonious blend. Christophers draws wonderfully colorful performances from the orchestra, which plays with elegance and style. Frances Kelly's harp solo is especially lovely, and in its dramatic context, deeply moving. The sound of the Coro CD is clean and realistically present.
© TiVo

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(C) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2012 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

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