Tracklist

Symphony	(12:08)
1-1	Allegro	4:02
1-2	Larghetto	1:52
1-3	Allegro	2:46
1-4	Andante Larghetto	3:15
Act 1
1-5	1. How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord	2:43
1-6	2. An Infant Raised / 3. Along The Monster Atheist Strode	2:32
1-7	4. The Youth Inspired By Thee, O Lord	1:50
1-8	5. How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord	2:20
1-9	6. He Comes / 7. O God-like Youth	3:07
1-10	8. Behold, O King, The Brave, Victorious Youth	0:45
1-11	9. O King, Your Favours With Delight / 10. Oh Early Piety!	5:15
1-12	11. What Abject Thoughts / 12. Yet Think On Whom This Honour	2:27
1-13	13. Birth And Fortune I Despise	4:05
1-14	14. Go On, Illustrious Pair! / 15. While Yet Thy Tide Of Blood	2:30
1-15	16. Thou, Merab, First In Birth / 17. My Soul Rejects / 18. See, With What A Scornful Air /	3:21
1-16	20. Symphony / 21. Already See The Daughters / 22. Welcome, Welcome, Mighty King!	2:47
1-17	23. What Do I Hear? / 24. David His Ten Thousands Slew / 25. To Him Ten Thousands	1:09
1-18	26. With Rage I Shall Burst	1:21
1-19	27. Imprudent Women!	0:40
1-20	28. Fell Rage And Black Despair Possessed	2:34
1-21	29. This But The Smallest Part Of Harmony / 30. By Thee This Universal Frame	2:35
1-22	31. Racked With Infernal Pain	0:11
1-23	32. O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless / 33. Symphony	5:09
1-24	34. 'Tis All In Vain / 35. A Serpent, In My Bosom Warmed / 36. Has He Escaped My Rage?	2:16
1-25	37. Capricious Man	3:37
1-26	38. O Filial Piety!	1:20
1-27	39. No, Cruel Father, No!	1:34
1-28	40. O Lord, Whose Providence	1:36
1-29	41. Preserve Him For The Glory	2:51
1-30	Applause	0:21
Act 2
2-1	42. Envy! Eldest Born Of Hell!	2:48
2-2	43. Ah, Dearest Friend	0:30
2-3	44. But Sooner Jordan's Stream	2:07
2-4	45. Oh Strange Vicissitude!	0:46
2-5	46. Such Haughty Beauties	4:17
2-6	47. My Father Comes / 48. Hast Thou Obeyed My Orders	0:43
2-7	49. Sin Not, O King	2:09
2-8	50. As Great Jehovah Lives	1:17
2-9	51. From Cities Stormed	2:13
2-10	52. Appear, My Friend	0:31
2-11	53. Your Words, O King / 54. Yes, He Shall Wed My Daughter	1:24
2-12	55. A Father's Will	0:26
2-13	56. Oh Fairest Of Ten Thousand Fair / 57. Is There A Man	4:05
2-14	58. Symphony	4:06
2-15	59. Thy Father Is As Cruel	0:32
2-16	60. At Persecution I Can Laugh	1:15
2-17	61. Whom Dost Thou Seek?	0:30
2-18	62. No, No Let The Guilty Tremble	1:27
2-19	63. Mean As He Was	0:49
2-20	64. Author Of Peace	3:10
2-21	65. Symphony	1:13
2-22	66. The Time At Length Is Come / 67. Where Is The Son Of Jesse?	1:32
2-23	68. Oh Fatal Consequence	5:31
Act 3
3-1	69. Wretch That I Am / 70. 'Tis Said, Here Lives A Woman / 71. With Me What Would'st Thou?	3:43
3-2	72. Infernal Spirits	2:13
3-3	73. Why Hast Thou Forced Me	3:01
3-4	74. Symphony	0:35
3-5	75. Whence Comest Thou / 76. Impious Wreth	2:38
3-6	77. Dead March	3:05
3-7	78. Mourn, Israel	3:24
3-8	79. Oh Let It Not In Gath Be Heard	2:05
3-9	80. From This Unhappy Day	2:52
3-10	81. Brave Jonathan His Bow Never Drew	2:24
3-11	82. Eagles Were Not So Swift As They	0:21
3-12	83. In Sweetest Harmony	4:28
3-13	84. O Fatal Day	4:40
3-14	85. Ye Men Of Judah, Weep No More	0:27
3-15	86. Gird On Thy Sword	5:16
3-16	Applause	0:26

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Universial Music International BV
• Copyright (c) – Decca Music Group Limited
• Made By – EDC, Germany – 51818566
• Made By – EDC, Germany – 51818568
• Made By – EDC, Germany – 51818570
• Published By – Edwin F. Kalmus & Co., Inc.
• Recorded At – Stadthalle Göttingen

Credits

• Bass Vocals [Doeg] – Simon Oberst
• Bass Vocals [Samuel] – Richard Savage
• Bass Vocals [Saul] – Alastair Miles
• Choir – Monteverdi Choir*
• Composed By – George Frideric Handel*
• Countertenor Vocals [David] – Derek Lee Ragin
• Directed By, Conductor – John Eliot Gardiner
• Edited By [Tape] – Everett Porter
• Engineer [Balance Engineer] – Onno Scholtze
• Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Erwin de Ceuster, Stan Taal
• Ensemble – English Baroque Soloists*
• Libretto By [Revision], Liner Notes – Anthony Hicks
• Liner Notes – Bernd Baselt
• Liner Notes [Translation] – Jean-François Labie
• Photography By [Gardiner] – G. Amsellem*
• Producer – Wilhelm Hellweg
• Soprano Vocals [Merab] – Donna Brown
• Soprano Vocals [Michal] – Lynne Dawson
• Soprano Vocals, Soloist [No. 2] – Ruth Holton
• Tenor Vocals [Abner & Amalekite] – Philip Slane
• Tenor Vocals [High Prites] – Neil Mackie
• Tenor Vocals [Jonathan] – John Mark Ainsley
• Tenor Vocals [Witch of Endor] – Philip Salmon

Notes

Live recording at Stadthalle Göttingen, Germany, 6/1989
℗ 1991 Universal International Music BV
© 2007 Decca Music Group Limited

Originally released as Philips 4260265-2, 1991.

Total Time: 1:58:44

Double jewel-case
Made in the EU

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Printed): 0 28947 58256 4
• Barcode (Scanned): 028947582564
• Label Code: LC 00171
• Matrix / Runout (CD1): 00289 475 825-7 01 ✳ 51818566
• Mould SID Code: IFPI LV26
• Matrix / Runout: IFPI 0134
• Other (CD1 cat #): 475 8257
• Other (Inner ring): Made in Germany by EDC A
• Other (In matrix area): 4 Universal logos
• Matrix / Runout (CD2): 00289 475 825-8 01 ✳ 51818568
• Other (CD2 cat #): 475 8258
• Matrix / Runout (CD3): 00289 475 825-9 01 ✳ 51818570
• Other (CD3 cat #): 475 8259
• SPARS Code: DDD

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
4260265-2	Händel* / Miles*, Dawson*, Brown*, Ragin*, Ainsley*, Neil Mackie , Monteverdi Choir*, English Baroque Soloists*, John Eliot Gardiner	Händel* / Miles*, Dawson*, Brown*, Ragin*, Ainsley*, Neil Mackie , Monteverdi Choir*, English Baroque Soloists*, John Eliot Gardiner - Saul ‎(3xCD, Album)	Philips Digital Classics	4260265-2	Europe	1991