Saul
Album by George Frideric Handel; Christopher Purves, Sarah Connolly, Robert Murray, Elizabeth Atherton, Joélle Harvey, Mark Dobell, Jeremy Budd, Stuart Young, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Released 3 September 2012
Tracklist
- Digital Media 1
- 1Saul, HWV 53: Act 1, OvertureGeorge Frideric Handel11:55
- 2Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene I, "How Excellent Thy Name", (Chorus of Israelites)George Frideric Handel2:44
- 3Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene I, Air. "An Infant Rais'd", (Merah)George Frideric Handel1:37
- 4Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene I, "Along the Monster" (Chorus)George Frideric Handel1:02
- 5Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene I, "The Youth Inspired" (Chorus of Israelites)George Frideric Handel1:48
- 6Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene I, "How Excellent Thy Name" (Chours of Israelites)George Frideric Handel0:49
- 7Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene I, "Hallelujah!" (Chorus of Israelites)George Frideric Handel1:40
- 8Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Recitive. "He Comes, He Comes!" (Michal)George Frideric Handel0:04
- 9Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Air. "O Godlike Youth" (Michal)George Frideric Handel3:15
- 10Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Recitative. "Behold, O King" (Abner, Saul, David)George Frideric Handel0:53
- 11Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Air. "O King, Your Favours" (David)George Frideric Handel5:23
- 12Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Recitative "Oh Early Piety!" (Jonathan)George Frideric Handel0:24
- 13Saul : Act I, Scene II, Air. "What Abject Thoughts" (Merab)George Frideric Handel2:04
- 14Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Recitative. "Yet Think On Whom This Honor" (Merab)George Frideric Handel0:12
- 15Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Air. "Birth and Fortune I Despise!" (Jonathan)George Frideric Handel4:57
- 16Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II, Recitative. "Go On, Illustrious Pair!" (High Priest)George Frideric Handel0:19
- 17Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Air. "While Yet Thy Tide" (High Priest)George Frideric Handel2:04
- 18Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Recitative. "Thou, Merab, First in Birth" (Saul, Merab)George Frideric Handel0:18
- 19Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Air. "My Soul Rejects" (Merab, Michal)George Frideric Handel3:18
- 20Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, SinfoniaGeorge Frideric Handel1:04
- 21Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene III, Recitative. "Already See the Daughters" (Michal)George Frideric Handel0:18
- 22Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene III, "Welcome, Welcome, Mighty King!" (Chorus of Israelites)George Frideric Handel1:30
- 23Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene III, Accompagnato. "What Do I Hear?" (Saul)George Frideric Handel0:24
- 24Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene III, "David His Ten Thousand Slew" (Chorus of Israelites)George Frideric Handel0:31
- 25Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene III, Accompagnato. "To Him Ten Thousands" (Saul)George Frideric Handel0:13
- 26Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene III, Air. "With Rage I Shall Burst" (Saul)George Frideric Handel1:14
- 27Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene IV, Recitative. "Imprudent Women!" (Johnathan, Michal)George Frideric Handel0:45
- 28Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene IV, Air. "Fell Rage and Black Despair" (Michal)George Frideric Handel2:35
- 29Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene V, Recitative. "Racked with Infernal Pains" (Abner)George Frideric Handel0:16
- 30Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene V, Air. "Oh Lord Whose Mercies" (David)George Frideric Handel4:03
- 31Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene V, Symphony (Harp)George Frideric Handel1:29
- 32Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene V, Recitative. "'Tis All in Vain" (Jonathan)George Frideric Handel0:18
- 33Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene V, Air. "A Serpent, in My Bosom Warm'd" (Saul)George Frideric Handel1:54
- 34Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene V, Recitative. "Has He Escap'd My Rage?" (Saul)George Frideric Handel0:21
- 35Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene V, Air. "Capricious Man" (Mehab)George Frideric Handel3:40
- 36Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene VI, Accompagnato. "O Filial Piety!" (Jonathan)George Frideric Handel1:21
- 37Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene VI, Air. "No, Cruel Father, No!" (Jonathan)George Frideric Handel1:23
- 38Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene VI, Air. "O Lord, Whose Providence" (High Priest)George Frideric Handel1:27
- 39Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene VI, "Preserve Him for the Glory" (High Priest)George Frideric Handel3:40
- Digital Media 2
- 1Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene I, "Envy, Eldest Born of Hell" (Chorus)George Frideric Handel2:59
- 2Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene II, Recitative. "Ah, Dearest Friend" (Jonathan)George Frideric Handel0:34
- 3Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene II, Air. "But Sooner Jordan's Stream" (Jonathan)George Frideric Handel2:10
- 4Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene II, Recitative. "Oh, Strange Vicissitude!" (David, Jonathan)George Frideric Handel0:55
- 5Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene II, Air. "Such Haughty Beauties Rather Move" (David)George Frideric Handel5:09
- 6Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene II, Recitative. "My Father Comes" (Jonathan)George Frideric Handel0:52
- 7Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene III, Air. "Sin Not, O King, Against the Youth" (Jonathan)George Frideric Handel2:05
- 8Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene III, Air. "As Great Jehovah Lives, I Swear" (Saul)George Frideric Handel1:06
- 9Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene III, Air. "From Cities Stormed, And Battles Won" (Jonathan)George Frideric Handel2:02
- 10Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene IV, Recitative. "Appear, My Friend" (Jonathan, Saul)George Frideric Handel0:30
- 11Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene IV, Air. "Your Words, O King, My Loyal Heart" (David)George Frideric Handel1:04
- 12Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene IV, Recitative. "Yes, He Shall Wed My Daughter!" (Saul)George Frideric Handel1:01
- 13Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene V, Duet. "O Fairest of Then Thousand Fair" (Michal, David)George Frideric Handel2:50
- 14Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene V, "Is There a Man, Who All His Ways" (Chorus)George Frideric Handel1:39
- 15Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene V, SinfoniaGeorge Frideric Handel6:44
- 16Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene VI, Recitative. "Thy Father Is As Cruel" (David)George Frideric Handel0:41
- 17Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene VI, Duet. "At Persecution I Can Laugh" (David, Michal)George Frideric Handel1:11
- 18Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene VII, Recitative. "Whom Dost Thou Seek?" (Michal, Doeg)George Frideric Handel0:41
- 19Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene VII, Air. "No, No, Let the Guitly Tremble" (Michal)George Frideric Handel1:24
- 20Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene VIII, Recitative. "Mean As He Was, He Is My New Brother" (Merab)George Frideric Handel0:52
- 21Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene VIII, Air. "Author of Peace" (Merab)George Frideric Handel3:35
- 22Saul, HWV 53 : Act, II, Scene IX, Saul at the Feast of the New Moon. (Symphony)George Frideric Handel1:10
- 23Saul, HWV 53 : Act, II, Scene IX, Saul at the Feast of the New Moon. Accompagnato. "The Time At Length Is Come" (Saul)George Frideric Handel0:37
- 24Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene X, Recitative. "Where Is the Son of Jesse?" (Saul, Jonathan)George Frideric Handel1:04
- 25Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene X, "Oh Fatal Consequence" (Chorus)George Frideric Handel5:10
- Digital Media 3
- 1Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene I - Saul Disguised, at Endor: Accompagnato. "Wretch That I Am, of My Own Ruin Author!" (Saul)George Frideric Handel2:10
- 2Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene I - Saul Disguised, at Endor: Accompagnato. "'Tis Said, Here Lives a Woman" (Saul)George Frideric Handel0:54
- 3Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene II - Saul and the Witch of Endor: Recitative. "With Me What Would'st Thou?" (Witch, Saul)George Frideric Handel0:44
- 4Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene II - Saul and the Witch of Endor: Air. "Infernal Spirits, By Whose Pow'r" (Witch)George Frideric Handel1:53
- 5Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene III - Apparition of Samuel: Accompagnao. "Why Hast Thou Forc'd Me from the Realms of Peace?" (Samuel, Saul)George Frideric Handel3:17
- 6Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene III - Appartition of Samuel: SinfoniaGeorge Frideric Handel0:36
- 7Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene IV, Recitative. "Whence Comest Thou?" (David, Amalekite)George Frideric Handel1:02
- 8Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene IV, Air. "Impious Wretch, of Race Accurst!" (David)George Frideric Handel1:51
- 9Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene IV, Dead March (Symphony)George Frideric Handel3:16
- 10Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene V - Elegy on the Death of Saul and Jonathan: "Mourn, Israel, Mourn Thy Beauty Lost" (Chours)George Frideric Handel3:35
- 11Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene V - Elegy on the Death of Saul and Jonathan: Accompagnato "Oh, Let It Not in Gath Be Heard" (High Priest)George Frideric Handel2:20
- 12Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene V - Elegy on the Death of Saul and Jonathan: Air. "From This Unhappy Day" (Merab)George Frideric Handel2:37
- 13Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene V - Elegy on the Death of Saul and Jonathan: Air. "Brave Jonathan Hi Bow Never Drew" (David)George Frideric Handel2:06
- 14Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene V - Elegy on the Death of Saul and Jonathan: Chorus."Eagles Were Not So Swift As They..." (Israelites)George Frideric Handel0:21
- 15Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene V - Elegy on the Death of Saul and Jonathan: Air. "In Sweetest Harmony They Lived" (Michal)George Frideric Handel4:02
- 16Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene V - Elegy on the Death of Saul and Jonathan: Solo/Chorus. "Oh Fatal Day!" (David, Israelites)George Frideric Handel3:59
- 17Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene V - Elegy on the Death of Saul and Jonathan: Recitative. "Ye Men of Judah, Weep No More!" (High Priest)George Frideric Handel0:28
- 18Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene V - Elegy on the Death of Saul and Jonathan: Chorus. "Gird on Thy Sword, Thou Man of Might" (Israelites)George Frideric Handel5:22
More by George Frideric Handel, Christopher Purves, Sarah Connolly, Robert Murray, Elizabeth Atherton, Joélle Harvey, Mark Dobell, Jeremy Budd, Stuart Young, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Release credits
- conductor
- choir vocals [2], performing orchestra
Issues
S3x Digital Media3 September 2012





