Saul

Georg Friedrich Händel, Alastair Miles, Lynne Dawson, Donna Brown, Derek Lee Ragin, John Mark Ainsley, Neil Mackie, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Released: 1991 Classical

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Tracklist

Symphony

1-1 Allegro

4:02

1-2 Larghetto

1:52

1-3 Allegro

2:46

1-4 Andante Larghetto

3:15

Act One = Erster Akt = Premier Acte = Atto Primo

1-5 1. "How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord" (Chorus)

2:43

1-6.1 2. An Infant Raised" (Air: Soprano)

2:32

1-6.2 3. "Along The Monster Atheist Strode" (Trio: Countertenor, Tenor, Bass)

1-7 4. "The Youth Inspired By Thee, O Lord" (Chorus)

1:50

1-8 5. "How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord" (Chorus)

2:20

1-9.1 6. "He Comes" (Recitative: Michal)

3:07

1-9.2 7. "O God-like Youth" (Air: Michal)

1-10 8. "Behold, O King, The Brave, Victorious Youth" (Recitative: Abner, Saul, David)

0:45

1-11.1 9. "O King, Your Favours With Delight" (Air: David)

5:15

1-11.2 10. "Oh Early Piety!" (Recitative: Jonathan)

1-12.1 1. "What Abject Thoughts" (Air: Merab)

2:27

1-12.2 12. "Yet Think On Whom This Honour" (Recitative: Merab)

1-13 13. "Birth And Fortune I Despise" (Air: Jonathan)

4:05

1-14.1 14. "Go On, Illustrious Pair!" (Recitative: High Priest)

2:30

1-14.2 15. "While Yet Thy Tide Of Blood" (Air: High Priest)

1-15.1 16. "Thou, Merab, First In Birth" (Recitative: Saul, Merab)

3:21

1-15.2 17. "My Soul Rejects" (Air: Merab)

1-15.3 18. "See, With What A Scornful Air" (Air: Michal)

1-15.3 19. "Ah, Lovely Youth" (Air: Michal)

1-16.1 20. Symphony

2:47

1-16.2 21. "Already See The Daughters" (Recitative: Michal)

1-16.3 22. "Welcome, Welcome, Mighty King!" (Chorus)

1-17.1 23. "What Do I Hear?" (Accompagnato: Saul)

1:09

1-17.2 24. "David His Ten Thousands Slew" (Chorus)

1-17.3 25. "To Him Ten Thousands" (Accompagnato: Saul)

1-18 26. "With Rage I Shall Burst" (Air: Saul)

1:21

1-19 27. "Imprudent Women" (Recitative: Jonathan, Michal)

0:40

1-20 28. "Fell Rage And Black Despair Possessed" (Air: Michal)

2:34

1-21.1 29. "This But The Smallest Part Of Harmony" (Recitative: High Priest)

2:35

1-21.2 30. "By Thee This Universal Frame" (Accompagnato: High Priest)

1-22 31. "Racked With Infernal Pain" (Recitative: Abner)

0:11

1-23.1 32. "O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless" (Air: David)

5:09

1-23.2 33. Symphony

1-24.1 34. "'Tis All In Vain" (Recitative: Jonathan)

2:16

1-24.2 35. "A Serpent, In My Bosom Warmed" (Air: Saul)

1-24.3 36. "Has He Escaped My Rage?" (Recitative: Saul)

1-25 37. "Capricious Man" (Air: Merab)

3:37

1-26 38. "O Filial Piety!" (Accompagnato: Jonathan)

1:20

1-27 39." No, Cruel Father, No!" (Air: Jonathan)

1:34

1-28 40. "O Lord, Whose Providence" (Air: High Priest)

1:36

1-29 41. "Preserve Him For The Glory" (Chorus)

2:51

1-30 [Applause]

0:21

Act Two = Zweiter Akt = Deuxième Acte = Atto Secondo

2-1 42. "Envy! Eldest Born Of Hell!" (Chorus)

2:48

2-2 43. "Ah, Dearest Friend" (Recitative: Jonathan)

0:30

2-3 44. "But Sooner Jordan's Stream" (Air: Jonathan)

2:07

2-4 45. "Oh Strange Vicissitude!" (Recitative: David, Jonathan)

0:46

2-5 46. "Such Haughty Beauties" (Air: David)

4:17

2-6.1 47. "My Father Comes" (Recitative: Jonathan)

0:43

2-6.2 48. "Hast Thou Obeyed My Orders" (Recitative: Saul, Jonathan)

2-7 49. "Sin Not, O King" (Air: Jonathan)

2:09

2-8 50. "As Great Jehovah Lives" (Air: Saul)

1:17

2-9 51. "From Cities Stormed" (Air: Jonathan)

2:13

2-10 52. "Appear, My Friend" (Recitative: Jonathan)

0:31

2-11.1 53. "Your Words, O King" (Air: David)

1:24

2-11.2 54. "Yes, He Shall Wed My Daughter" (Recitative: Saul)

2-12 55. "A Father's Will" (Recitative: Michal)

0:26

2-13.1 56. Oh Fairest Of Ten Thousand Fair" (Duet: Michal, David)

4:05

2-13.2 57. "Is There A Man" (Chorus)

2-14 58. Symphony

4:06

2-15 59. "Thy Father Is As Cruel" (Recitative: David)

0:32

2-16 60. "At Persecution I Can Laugh" (Duet: David, Michal)

1:15

2-17 61. "Whom Dost Thou Seek?" (Recitative: Michal, Doeg)

0:30

2-18 62. "No, No Let The Guilty Tremble" (Air: Michal)

1:27

2-19 63. "Mean As He Was" (Recitative: Merab)

0:49

2-20 64. "Author Of Peace" (Air: Merab)

3:10

2-21 65. Symphony

1:13

2-22.1 66. "The Time At Length Is Come" (Accompagnato: Saul)

1:32

2-22.2 67. "Where Is The Son Of Jesse?" ( Recitative:Saul, Jonathan)

2-23 Act 2. 68. Oh Fatal Consequence" (Chorus)

5:31

Act Three = Dritter Akt = Troisième Acte = Atto Terzo

3-1.1 69. "Wretch That I Am" (Accompagnato: Saul)

3:43

3-1.2 70. "'Tis Said, Here Lives A Woman" (Accompagnato: Saul)

3-1.3 71. "With Me What Would'st Thou?" (Recitative: Witch, Saul)

3-2 72. "Infernal Spirits" (Air: Witch)

2:13

3-3 73. "Why Hast Thou Forced Me" (Accompagnato: Samuel, Saul)

3:01

3-4 74. Symphony

0:35

3-5.1 75. "Whence Comest Thou" (Recitative: David, Amalekite)

2:38

3-5.2 76. "Impious Wretch" (Air: David)

3-6 77. Dead March

3:05

3-7 78. "Mourn, Israel" (Chorus)

3:24

3-8 79. "Oh Let It Not In Gath Be Heard" (Air: High Priest)

2:05

3-9 80. "From This Unhappy Day" (Air: Merab)

2:52

3-10 81. "Brave Jonathan His Bow Never Drew" (Air: David)

2:24

3-11 82. "Eagles Were Not So Swift As They" (Chorus)

0:21

3-12 83. "In Sweetest Harmony" (Air: Michal)

4:28

3-13 84." O Fatal Day" (David, Chorus)

4:40

3-14 85. "Ye Men Of Judah, Weep No More" (Recitative: Abner)

0:27

3-15 86. "Gird On Thy Sword" (Chorus)

5:16

3-16 [Applause]

0:26