Oratorio `Saul` (1739), HWV 53

Lynne Dawson (Michal -soprano-) / Donna Brown (Merab -soprano-) / Derek Lee Ragin (David -countertenor-) / John Mark Ainsley (Jonathan -tenor-) / Neil Macjie (High Priest -tenor-) / Alastair Miles (Saul -bass-) / Philip Salmon (Witch of Endor -tenor-) / Philip Slane (Abner/Amalekite - tenor-) / Richard Savage (Samuel -bass-) / Simon Oberst (Doeg -bass-) / Ruth Holton (Solo in No. 1 -soprano-) / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner, conductor / Recorded live at Stadth

Saul – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jonathan – Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David – Paul Esswood, Merab – Julia Varady, Michal – Elizabeth Gale, Witch of Endor – Helmut Wildhaber, Apparition of Samuel – Matthias Holle.

Merab - Yulia Van Doren, soprano / Michal - Sherezade Panthaki, soprano / Abner - Jonathan Smucker, tenor / Saul - Daniel Okulitch, bass-baritone / David - Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor / Jonathan - Aaron Sheehan, tenor / Doeg - Christian Pursell, bass-baritone / Witch of Endor - Jonathan Smucker / Samuel - Christian Pursell / Amalekite - Jonathan Smucker / Philharmonia Chorale - Bruce Lamott, director / Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - Nicholas McGegan, dir. / Recorded live at First Congre