Aria: Alcides' name in latest story | Gidon Saks, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski | | | 4:47 | |
Aria: The god of battle quits the bloody field | Gidon Saks, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski | | | 2:24 | |
Der Silbersee: I. Akt: Nr. 1 Gräbst Du? | Gidon Saks, Paul Whelan, London Sinfonietta, Markus Stenz | | | 4:45 | |
Der Silbersee: I. Akt: Nr. 2 Wir tragen den Hunger | Stephen Alder, Gidon Saks, Andrew Weale, Paul Whelan, London Sinfonietta, Markus Stenz | | | 2:23 | |
Der Silbersee: I. Akt: Nr. 3 Der Bäcker bäckt im Morgenrot | Stephen Alder, Heinz Kruse, Gidon Saks, Andrew Weale, Paul Whelan, London Sinfonietta, Markus Stenz | | | 3:31 | |
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 1: Aria: "The god of battle" | Gidon Saks, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski | | | 2:24 | |
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 1: Recit: "Thanks to the powers above" | Lynne Dawson, Gidon Saks, Claire Giardelli, Michel Maldonado, Yvon Repérant, Mirella Giardelli, Marc Minkowski | | | 1:27 | |
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 1: Recit.: "Now farewell, arms!" | Gidon Saks, Claire Giardelli, Michel Maldonado, Yvon Repérant, Mirella Giardelli, Marc Minkowski | | | 0:26 | |
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 2: Aria: "Alcides' name in latest story" | Gidon Saks, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski | | | 4:47 | |
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 2: Recit: "You are deceived! Some villain has belied" | Anne Sofie von Otter, Gidon Saks, Claire Giardelli, Michel Maldonado, Yvon Repérant, Mirella Giardelli, Marc Minkowski | | | 1:29 | |
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 2: Recit.: "Yes, I congratulate" | Anne Sofie von Otter, Gidon Saks, Claire Giardelli, Michel Maldonado, Yvon Repérant, Mirella Giardelli, Marc Minkowski | | | 0:45 | |
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 3: Recit: "Great Jove! relieve his pains!" | Richard Croft, Gidon Saks, Claire Giardelli, Michel Maldonado, Yvon Repérant, Mirella Giardelli, Marc Minkowski | | | 2:09 | |
Hercules, HWV 60, Act 3: Recit. acc: "O Jove! what land is this" | Gidon Saks, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski | | | 2:24 | |
Recitativo accompagnato: O Jove! What land is this | Gidon Saks, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski | | | 2:23 | |
Recitativo: Great Jove! relieve his pains! | Richard Croft, Gidon Saks, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski | | | 2:09 | |
Recitativo: Now farewell, arms! | Gidon Saks, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski | | | 0:26 | |
Recitativo: Thanks to the pow'rs above, but chief to thee | Lynne Dawson, Gidon Saks, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski | | | 1:27 | |
Recitativo: Yes, I congratulate your titles | Anne Sofie von Otter, Gidon Saks, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski | | | 0:44 | |
Recitativo: You are deceived! Some villain has belied .. Dissembling, false, perfidious Hercules! | Anne Sofie von Otter, Gidon Saks, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski | | | 1:29 | |
Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II. Recitative "He comes, he comes" (Michal) / Air "O God-like youth!" (Michal) / Recitative "Behold, o King, the brave, victorious youth" (Abner, Saul, David) | Rosemary Joshua, Finnur Bjarnason, Gidon Saks, Lawrence Zazzo, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs | | | 3:38 | |
Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II. Recitative "Thou, Merab, first in birth, be first in honour" (Saul, Merab) / Air "My soul rejects the though with scorn" (Merab) / Air "See, with what a scornful air" (Michal) / Air "Ah, lovely youth, wast thou designed" (Michal) | Gidon Saks, Emma Bell, Rosemary Joshua, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs | | | 3:20 | |
Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene III. Accompagnato "What do I hear?" (Saul) / Chorus "David his ten thousands slew" / Accompagnato "To him ten thousands" (Saul) / Air "With rage I shall start burst his praises to hear" (Saul) | Gidon Saks, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs | | | 2:18 | |
Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene V. Air "A serpent, in my bosom warned" (Saul) / Recitative "Has he escaped my rage?" (Saul) | Gidon Saks, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs | | | 2:22 | |
Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene II. Recitative "My father comes" (Jonathan) / Scene III. Recitative "Hast thou obeyed my orders" (Saul, Jonathan) | Jeremy Ovenden, Gidon Saks, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs | | | 0:43 | |
Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene III. Air "Sin not, o king, against the youth" (Jonathan) / Air "As great Jehovah lives (Saul) / Air "From cities stormed, and battles won" (Jonathan) | Jeremy Ovenden, Gidon Saks, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs | | | 4:55 | |
Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene IV. Recitative "Appear, my friend" (Jonathan, Saul) / Air "Your words, o king, my loyal heart" (David) / Recitative "Yes, he shall wed my daughter!" (Saul) | Jeremy Ovenden, Gidon Saks, Lawrence Zazzo, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs | | | 1:49 | |
Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene IX. Accompagnato "The time at length is come" (Saul) / Scene X. Recitative "Where is the son of Jesse!" (Saul, Jonathan) | Gidon Saks, Jeremy Ovenden, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs | | | 1:30 | |
Saul, HWV 53: Act III, Scene I. Accompagnato "Wretch that I am" (Saul) / Accompagnato "'Tis said, here lives a woman" (Saul) | Gidon Saks, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs | | | 3:15 | |
Saul, HWV 53: Act III, Scene II. Recitative "With me what would'st thou" (Witch, Saul) / Air "Infernal spirits" (Witch of Endor) | Michael Slattery, Gidon Saks, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs | | | 2:50 | |
Saul, HWV 53: Act III, Scene III. Accompagnato "Why hast thou forced me from the realm of peace" (Samuel, Saul) | Henry Waddington, Gidon Saks, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs | | | 2:42 | |
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act I, Scene 1. The Pilgrim Meets Evangelist | Richard Coxon, Francis Egerton, Gerald Finley, Gidon Saks, Jeremy White, Roderick Williams, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Hickox | | | 10:38 | |
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act II, Scene 2. The Pilgrim Meets Apollyon | Susan Gritton, Pamela Helen Stephen, Gerald Finley, Gidon Saks, Jeremy White, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Hickox | | | 13:48 | |
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act III, Scene 1. Vanity Fair. "I buy the truth!" (Pilgrim) | Susan Gritton, Anne-Marie Owens, Donaldson Bell, Gerald Finley, Gidon Saks, Gerald Finley, Gidon Saks, Jeremy White, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Hickox | | | 11:17 | |