Handel: Saul

1. 1
   Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Symphony: Allegro
   4:35
2. 2
   Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Symphony: Larghetto
   2:29
3. 3
   Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Symphony: Allegro
   3:15
4. 4
   Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Symphony: Andante larghetto
   4:02
5. 5
   Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 1. Chorus: How excellent thy Name, O Lord
   2:59
6. 6
   Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 2. Air: "An infant rais'd by thy command"
   1:53
7. 7
   Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 3. Trio: Along the Monster Atheist strode
   1:06
8. 8
   Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 4. Chorus: The Youth inspir'd by Thee, O Lord
   2:13
9. 9
   Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 5. Chorus: How excellent thy Name, O Lord
   2:44
10. 10
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 6. Recitative: He comes - 7. Air: O Godlike Youth!
    3:43
11. 11
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 8. Recitative: Behold, O King, the brave victorious Youth
    0:58
12. 12
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 9. Air: O King, your Favours with Delight I take
    2:25
13. 13
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 10. Recitative: O early Piety!
    0:33
14. 14
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 11. Air: What abject Thoughts a Prince can have
    2:33
15. 15
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 12. Recitative: Yet think, on whom this Honour you bestow
    0:25
16. 16
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 13. Air: Birth and Fortune I despise!
    5:01
17. 17
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 14. Recitative: Go on, illustrious Pair!
    0:26
18. 18
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 15. Air: Why yet thy Tide of Blood runs high
    2:22
19. 19
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 16. Recitative: Thou, Merab, first in Birth
    0:28
20. 20
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 17. Air: My Soul rejects the Thought with Scorn
    1:31
21. 21
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 18. Air: See, see, with what a scornful Air
    1:09
22. 22
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 19. Air: Ah! lovely Youth!
    1:05
23. 23
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 20. Symphony
    1:11
24. 24
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 21. Recitative: Already see
    0:20
25. 25
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 22. Chorus: Welcome, welcome mighty King!
    1:37
26. 26
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 23. Accompagnato: What do I hear?
    0:22
27. 27
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 24. Chorus: David his Ten Thousands slew
    0:36
28. 28
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 25. Accompagnato: To him Ten thousands!
    0:20
29. 29
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 26. Air: With Rage I shall burst his Praises to hear!
    1:33
30. 30
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 27. Recitative: Imprudent Women!
    0:50
31. 31
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 28. Air: Fell Rage and black Despair possessed
    3:02
32. 32
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 29. Recitative: This but the smallest Part of Harmony
    0:38
33. 33
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 30. Accompagnato: By thee this Universal Frame
    2:45
34. 34
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 31. Recitative: Rack'd with Infernal Pains
    0:22
35. 35
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 32. Air: O Lord, whose Mercies numberless
    3:41
36. 36
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 33. Symphony
    1:51
37. 37
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 34. Recitative: 'Tis all in vain
    0:21
38. 38
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 35. Air: A Serpent in my Bosom warm'd
    2:10
39. 39
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 36. Recitative: Has he escap'd my Rage?
    0:25
40. 40
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 37. Air: Capricious Man
    4:25
41. 41
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 38. Accompagnato: O Filial Piety!
    1:58
42. 42
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 39. Air: No, no cruel Father, no
    1:54
43. 43
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 40. Air: O Lord, whose Providence Ever wakes for their Defence
    2:01
44. 44
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 1: 41. Chorus: Preserve him for the Glory of thy Name
    2:31
45. 45
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 42. Chorus: Envy! Eldestborn of Hell!
    3:38
46. 46
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 43. Recitative: Ah! dearest Friend
    0:46
47. 47
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 44. Air: But sooner Jordan's Stream, I swear
    2:18
48. 48
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 45. Recitative: O strange Vicissitude!
    0:56
49. 49
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 46. Air: Such haughty Beauties
    2:33
50. 50
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 47. Recitative: My Father comes
    0:18
51. 51
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 48. Recitative: Hast thou obey'd my Orders
    0:41
52. 52
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 49. Air: Sin not, o King, against the Youth
    2:37
53. 53
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 50. Air: As great Jehovah lives
    1:48
54. 54
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 51. Air: From Cities storm'd, and Battles won
    2:44
55. 55
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 52. Recitative: Appear, my Friend
    0:39
56. 56
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 53. Air: Your Words, O King
    1:07
57. 57
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 54. Recitative: Yes he shall wed my Daughter!
    0:36
58. 58
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 55. Recitative: A Father's Will
    0:37
59. 59
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 56. Duet: O Fairest of ten thousand Fair
    3:08
60. 60
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 57. Chorus: Is there a Man
    1:34
61. 61
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 58. Symphony
    3:46
62. 62
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 59. Recitative: Thy Father is as cruel
    0:39
63. 63
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 60. Duet: At Persecution I can laugh
    1:25
64. 64
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 61. Recitative: Whom dost thou seek?
    0:45
65. 65
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 62. Air: No, no, let the Guilty tremble
    1:46
66. 66
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 63. Recitative: Mean as he was
    1:00
67. 67
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 64. Air: Author of Peace
    3:13
68. 68
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 65. Symphony
    1:12
69. 69
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 66. Accompagnato: The Time at length is come
    0:50
70. 70
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 67. Recitative: Where is the Son of Jesse
    1:11
71. 71
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 2: 68. Chorus: O fatal Consequence of Rage
    5:06
72. 72
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3: 69. Accompagnato: Wretch that I am
    3:10
73. 73
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3: 70. Accompagnato: 'Tis said, here lives a Woman
    0:56
74. 74
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3: 71. Recitative: With me what would'st thou?
    0:39
75. 75
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3: 72. Air: Infernal Spirits
    2:23
76. 76
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3: 73. Accompagnato: Why hast thou forc'd me from the Realms of Peace
    3:45
77. 77
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3: 74. Symphony
    0:39
78. 78
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3: 75. Recitative: Whence comest thou?
    1:17
79. 79
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3: 76. Air: Impious Wretch, of Race accurst
    1:47
80. 80
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3: 77. March
    3:32
81. 81
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3: 78. Chorus: Mourn Israel
    3:38
82. 82
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3: 79. Air: O let it not in Gath be heard
    2:55
83. 83
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3: 80. Air: From this unhappy Day
    3:31
84. 84
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3: 81. Air: Brave Jonathan his Bow ne'er drew
    2:25
85. 85
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3: 82. Chorus: Eagles were not so swift as they
    0:24
86. 86
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3: 83. Air: In sweetest Harmony
    5:09
87. 87
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3: 84. Solo and Chorus: O fatal Day
    4:51
88. 88
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3: 85. Recitative: Ye Men of Judah, weep no more
    0:36
89. 89
    Handel: Saul, HWV 53 / Act 3: 86. Chorus: Gird on thy Sword
    5:42

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