Tracklist
- Digital Media 1
- 1Saul, HWV 53: SymphonyGeorg Friderich Haendel8:00
- 2Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene I: Chorus “How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord”Georg Friderich Haendel2:37
- 3Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene I: Air “An Infant Raised by Thy Command” - Trio “Along the Monster Atheist Strode”Georg Friderich Haendel2:08
- 4Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene I: “The Youth Inspired by Thee, O Lord” - Chorus “How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord”Georg Friderich Haendel3:55
- 5Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II: “He Comes, He Comes!” - Air “O God‐like Youth!” - Behold, O King, the Brave, Victorious YouthGeorg Friderich Haendel3:38
- 6Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II: Air “O King, Your Favours With Delight” - “Oh Early Piety!”Georg Friderich Haendel5:21
- 7Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II: Air “What Abject Thoughts a Prince Can Have!” - “Yet Think, On Whom This Honour You Bestow”Georg Friderich Haendel2:13
- 8Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II: Air “Birth and Fortune I Despise!”Georg Friderich Haendel4:56
- 9Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II: “Go On, Illustrious Pair!” - Air “While Yet Thy Tide of Blood Runs High”Georg Friderich Haendel2:45
- 10Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II: “Thou, Merab, First In Birth, First In Honour” - Air “My Soul Rejects the Thought With Scorn” / 18. Air “See, With What a Scornful Air” / 19. Air “Ah, Lovely Youth, Wast Thou Designed”Georg Friderich Haendel3:19
- 11Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II: “Symphony” - “Already See the Daughters of the Land” / Scene III. 22. Chorus “Welcome, Welcome, Mighty King!”Georg Friderich Haendel2:47
- 12Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene III: “What Do I Hear?” - Chorus “David His Ten Thousands Slew” / 25. “To Him Ten Thousands” / 26. Air “With Rage I Shall Start Burst His Praises to Hear”Georg Friderich Haendel2:17
- 13Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene IV: “Imprudent Women!” - Air “Fell Rage and Black Despair Possessed”Georg Friderich Haendel2:58
- 14Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene IV: “This But the Smallest Part of Harmony” - “By Thee This Universal Frame”Georg Friderich Haendel2:47
- 15Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene V: “Racked With Infernal Pains” - Air “O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless”Georg Friderich Haendel3:51
- 16Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene V: Symphony - “Tis All in Vain, His Fury Still Continues”Georg Friderich Haendel2:14
- 17Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene V: Air “A Serpent, In My Bosom Warmed” - “Has He Escaped My Rage?”Georg Friderich Haendel2:22
- 18Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene V: Air “Capricious Man”Georg Friderich Haendel3:38
- 19Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene VI: “O Filial Pity!” - Air “No, Cruel Father, No!”Georg Friderich Haendel3:00
- 20Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene VI: Air “O Lord, Whose Providence” - Chorus “Preserve Him for the Glory of Thy Name”Georg Friderich Haendel3:37
- 21Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene I: Chorus “Envy! Eldest Born of Hell!”Georg Friderich Haendel2:47
- 22Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene II: “Ah! Dearest Friend” Air “But Sooner Jordan’s Stream, I Swear”Georg Friderich Haendel2:36
- 23Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene II: “Oh Strange Vicissitude!” - Air “Such Haughty Beauties Rather Move”Georg Friderich Haendel5:07
- Digital Media 2
- 1Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene II: “My Father Comes” - Scene III. “Hast Thou Obeyed My Orders”Georg Friderich Haendel0:42
- 2Saul, HWV 53: Act II. Scene III. 49. Air “Sin Not, O King, Against the Youth” / 50. Air “As Great Jehovah Lives” / 51. Air “From Cities Stormed, and Battles Won”Georg Friderich Haendel4:54
- 3Saul, HWV 53: Act II. Scene IV. 52. “Appear, My Friend” / 53. Air “Your Words, O King, My Loyal Heart” / 54. “Yes, He Shall Wed My Daughter!”Georg Friderich Haendel1:49
- 4Saul, HWV 53: Act II. Scene V. 55. “A Father’s Will Has Authorised My Love” / 56. Duet “O Fairest of Ten Thousand Fair” / 57. Chorus “Is There a Man”Georg Friderich Haendel4:18
- 5Saul, HWV 53: Act II. Scene V. 58. SymphonyGeorg Friderich Haendel4:35
- 6Saul, HWV 53: Act II. Scene VI. 59. “Thy Father Is As Cruel” / 60. Duet “At Persecution I Can Laugh”Georg Friderich Haendel1:37
- 7Saul, HWV 53: Act II. Scene VII. 61. “Whom Dost Thou Seek” / 62. Air “No, No Let the Guilty Tremble”Georg Friderich Haendel2:14
- 8Saul, HWV 53: Act II. Scene VIII. 63. “Mean As He Was, He Is My Brother Now” / 64. Air “Author of Peace, Who Canst Controul”Georg Friderich Haendel3:32
- 9Saul, HWV 53: Act II. Scene IX. 65. SymphonyGeorg Friderich Haendel1:06
- 10Saul, HWV 53: Act II. Scene IX. 66. “The Time At Length Is Come” / Scene X. 67. “Where Is the Son of Jesse?”Georg Friderich Haendel1:29
- 11Saul, HWV 53: Act II. Scene X. 68. Chorus “Oh Fatal Consequence of Rage”Georg Friderich Haendel4:46
- 12Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene I. 69. “Wretch That I Am” / 70. “Tis Said, Here Lives a Woman”Georg Friderich Haendel3:15
- 13Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene II. 71. “With Me What Would’st Thou” / 72. Air “Infernal Spirits”Georg Friderich Haendel2:50
- 14Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene III. 73. “Why Hast Thou Forced Me from the Reals of Peace”Georg Friderich Haendel2:42
- 15Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene III. 74. SymphonyGeorg Friderich Haendel0:33
- 16Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene IV. 75. “Whence Comest Thou?” / 76. Air “Impious Wretch, of Race Accurst!”Georg Friderich Haendel2:52
- 17Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene IV. 77. MarchGeorg Friderich Haendel3:03
- 18Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene V. 78. Chorus “Mourn, Israel”Georg Friderich Haendel3:27
- 19Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene V. 79. Air “Oh Let It Not In Gath Be Heard”Georg Friderich Haendel2:07
- 20Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene V. 80. Air “From This Unhappy Day”Georg Friderich Haendel2:39
- 21Saul: HWV 53: Act III, Scene V. 81. Aria David: “Brave Jonathan His Bow Never Drew” / 82. Chorus: “Eagles Were Not So Swift as They”Georg Friderich Haendel2:13
- 22Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene V. 83. Air “In Sweetest Harmony They Lived!” / 84. “O Fatal Day!” / 85. “Ye Men of Judah, Weep No More!”Georg Friderich Haendel9:06
- 23Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene V. 86. Chorus “Gird On Thy Sword, Thou Man of Might”Georg Friderich Haendel5:01
More by Georg Friedrich Haendel, Rosemary Joshua, Emma Bell, Lawrence Zazzo, Jeremy Ovenden, Gidon Saks, RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs
Release credits
- performing orchestra
- soprano vocals [2.8, 2.20, 1.7, 1.10, 1.18]
- tenor vocals [1.5, 1.15, 2.16, 2.22]
- bass-baritone vocals [1.5, 1.10, 1.12, 1.17, 2.1-3, 2.10, 2.12-14]
- baritone vocals [7, 14]
- tenor vocals [2.1-3, 2.10, 1.6, 1.8, 1.13, 1.16, 1.19, 1.22-23]
- countertenor vocals [1.5-6, 1.15, 1.23, 2.3-4, 2.6, 2.16, 2.21-22]
- tenor vocals [1.9, 1.14, 1.20, 2.13, 2.19]
- choir vocals [2.4, 2.11, 2.18, 2.21-23, 1.2, 1.4, 1.11-12, 1.20-21]
- conductor
- soprano vocals [2.4, 2.6-7, 2.22, 1.5, 1.10-11, 1.13]










