CD 1-3: SAUL - oratorio in three acts, HWV 53
Thomas Allen, baritone (Saul)
Robert Tear, tenor (Jonathan)
Paul Esswood, countertenor ((David)
Margaret Marshall, soprano (Michal)
Sally Burgess, soprano (Merab)
Martyn Hill, tenor (Witch of Endor)
Charles Daniels, tenor (Abner)
Matthew Best, bass (Apparition of Samuel)
Gareth Morrell, bass (Doeg)
Christopher Gillett, tenor (An Amalekite)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
English Chamber Orchestra
(on modern instruments)Recording: Cambridge, King's College Chapel, 7/1979 & 1/1980
TT: 167'22''
CD 4-5: ALEXANDER'S FEAST, HWV 75
Helen Donath, soprano 1
Sally Burgess, soprano 2
Robert Tear, tenor
Thomas Allen, baritone
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
English Chamber Orchestra
(on modern instruments)Recording: Cambridge, King's College Chapel, 7/1978
TT: 96'07''
CD 5 THE CHOICE OF HERCULES
- oratorio in one act, HWV 69
Heather Harper, soprano (Pleasure)
Helen Watts, mezzo-soprano (Virtue)
James Bowman, countertenor (Hercules)
Robert Tear, tenor (Attendant on Pleasure)
King's College Choir, Cambridge
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
(on modern instruments)Recording: King's College Chapel, Cambridge, 12/1974
TT: 50'38''
