Saul - Handel - Act III - Mackerras

Saul - G. F. Handel
Act III
Libretto: Charles Jennens
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Sir Charles Mackerras (Conductor) - 1973
English Chamber Orchestra
Leeds Festival Chorus
Donald McIntyre - Saul
James Bowman - David
Margaret Price - Merab
Sheila Armstrong - Michal
Ryland Davies - Jonathan
John Winfield - Abner
Stafford Dean - Doeg
John Winfield - Witch of Endor
Stafford Dean - Apparition of Samuel
Gerald English - High Priest
Gerald English - An Amalekite
Scene I
69. Accompagnato: "Wretch that I am! of my own ruin author! (Saul) 0:02
70. Accompagnato: "Tis said, here lives a woman" (Saul) 3:11
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Scene II
71. Recitative: "With me what would´st thou?" (Witch, Saul) 4:04
72. Air: "Infernal spirits, by whose pow´r" (Witch) 4:43
Scene III
73. Accompagnato: "Why hast thou forc´d me from the realms of peace"
(Samuel, Saul) 7:06
74. Symphony 10:51
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Scene IV
75. Recitative: "Whence comest thou?" (David, Amalekite) 11:31
76. Air: "Impious wretch, of race accurst" (David) 12:46
77. Dead March 14:33
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Scene V
78. Chorus of Israelites: "Mourn, Israel, mourn, thy beauty lost" 18:09
79. Air (Tenor): "Oh let it not in Gath be heard" (High Priest) 21:46
80. Air (Soprano): "From this unhappy day no more" (Merab) 24:42
81. Air: "Brave Jonathan his bow ne´er drew" (David) 28:12
82. Chorus of Israelites: "Eagles were not so swift as they" 30:38
83. Air (Soprano): "In sweetest harmony they liv´d" (Michal) 31:03
84. Solo (David) and Chorus of Israelites: "Oh fatal day! how low the mighty lie!" 36:11
85. Recitative: "Ye men of Judah, weep no more!" (High Priest) 41:02
86. Chorus of Israelites: "Gird on they sword, thou man of might" 41:39
Painting
Saul and the Witch of Endor
By Matthias Stom, 1635

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It is a joy to experience this oratorio in its original form. Some conductors (let alone directors who insist on staging Handel’s oratorios) don’t keep to the libretto or the concept of the composer and librettist. I find that regrettable. After all, how else can a modern audience get to know the real thing? Or if directors insist on meddling with the oratorio (or opera for that matter) let them add the prefix “based on” to the title of the original!

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