Saul - George Frideric Handel; Christopher Purves, Sarah Connolly, Robert Murray, Elizabeth Atherton, Joélle Harvey, Mark Dobell, Jeremy Budd, Stuart Young, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

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
1
Saul, HWV 53: Act 1, Overture
George Frideric Handel
11:55
2
Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene I, "How Excellent Thy Name", (Chorus of Israelites)
George Frideric Handel
2:44
3
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene I, Air. "An Infant Rais'd", (Merah)
George Frideric Handel
1:37
4
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene I, "Along the Monster" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel
1:02
5
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene I, "The Youth Inspired" (Chorus of Israelites)
George Frideric Handel
1:48
6
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene I, "How Excellent Thy Name" (Chours of Israelites)
George Frideric Handel
0:49
7
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene I, "Hallelujah!" (Chorus of Israelites)
George Frideric Handel
1:40
8
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Recitive. "He Comes, He Comes!" (Michal)
George Frideric Handel
0:04
9
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Air. "O Godlike Youth" (Michal)
George Frideric Handel
3:15
10
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Recitative. "Behold, O King" (Abner, Saul, David)
George Frideric Handel
0:53
11
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Air. "O King, Your Favours" (David)
George Frideric Handel
5:23
12
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Recitative "Oh Early Piety!" (Jonathan)
George Frideric Handel
0:24
13
Saul : Act I, Scene II, Air. "What Abject Thoughts" (Merab)
George Frideric Handel
2:04
14
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Recitative. "Yet Think On Whom This Honor" (Merab)
George Frideric Handel
0:12
15
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Air. "Birth and Fortune I Despise!" (Jonathan)
George Frideric Handel
4:57
16
Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II, Recitative. "Go On, Illustrious Pair!" (High Priest)
George Frideric Handel
0:19
17
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Air. "While Yet Thy Tide" (High Priest)
George Frideric Handel
2:04
18
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Recitative. "Thou, Merab, First in Birth" (Saul, Merab)
George Frideric Handel
0:18
19
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Air. "My Soul Rejects" (Merab, Michal)
George Frideric Handel
3:18
20
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene II, Sinfonia
George Frideric Handel
1:04
21
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene III, Recitative. "Already See the Daughters" (Michal)
George Frideric Handel
0:18
22
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene III, "Welcome, Welcome, Mighty King!" (Chorus of Israelites)
George Frideric Handel
1:30
23
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene III, Accompagnato. "What Do I Hear?" (Saul)
George Frideric Handel
0:24
24
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene III, "David His Ten Thousand Slew" (Chorus of Israelites)
George Frideric Handel
0:31
25
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene III, Accompagnato. "To Him Ten Thousands" (Saul)
George Frideric Handel
0:13
26
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene III, Air. "With Rage I Shall Burst" (Saul)
George Frideric Handel
1:14
27
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene IV, Recitative. "Imprudent Women!" (Johnathan, Michal)
George Frideric Handel
0:45
28
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene IV, Air. "Fell Rage and Black Despair" (Michal)
George Frideric Handel
2:35
29
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene V, Recitative. "Racked with Infernal Pains" (Abner)
George Frideric Handel
0:16
30
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene V, Air. "Oh Lord Whose Mercies" (David)
George Frideric Handel
4:03
31
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene V, Symphony (Harp)
George Frideric Handel
1:29
32
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene V, Recitative. "'Tis All in Vain" (Jonathan)
George Frideric Handel
0:18
33
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene V, Air. "A Serpent, in My Bosom Warm'd" (Saul)
George Frideric Handel
1:54
34
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene V, Recitative. "Has He Escap'd My Rage?" (Saul)
George Frideric Handel
0:21
35
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene V, Air. "Capricious Man" (Mehab)
George Frideric Handel
3:40
36
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene VI, Accompagnato. "O Filial Piety!" (Jonathan)
George Frideric Handel
1:21
37
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene VI, Air. "No, Cruel Father, No!" (Jonathan)
George Frideric Handel
1:23
38
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene VI, Air. "O Lord, Whose Providence" (High Priest)
George Frideric Handel
1:27
39
Saul, HWV 53 : Act I, Scene VI, "Preserve Him for the Glory" (High Priest)
George Frideric Handel
3:40
Digital Media 2
1
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene I, "Envy, Eldest Born of Hell" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel
2:59
2
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene II, Recitative. "Ah, Dearest Friend" (Jonathan)
George Frideric Handel
0:34
3
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene II, Air. "But Sooner Jordan's Stream" (Jonathan)
George Frideric Handel
2:10
4
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene II, Recitative. "Oh, Strange Vicissitude!" (David, Jonathan)
George Frideric Handel
0:55
5
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene II, Air. "Such Haughty Beauties Rather Move" (David)
George Frideric Handel
5:09
6
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene II, Recitative. "My Father Comes" (Jonathan)
George Frideric Handel
0:52
7
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene III, Air. "Sin Not, O King, Against the Youth" (Jonathan)
George Frideric Handel
2:05
8
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene III, Air. "As Great Jehovah Lives, I Swear" (Saul)
George Frideric Handel
1:06
9
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene III, Air. "From Cities Stormed, And Battles Won" (Jonathan)
George Frideric Handel
2:02
10
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene IV, Recitative. "Appear, My Friend" (Jonathan, Saul)
George Frideric Handel
0:30
11
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene IV, Air. "Your Words, O King, My Loyal Heart" (David)
George Frideric Handel
1:04
12
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene IV, Recitative. "Yes, He Shall Wed My Daughter!" (Saul)
George Frideric Handel
1:01
13
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene V, Duet. "O Fairest of Then Thousand Fair" (Michal, David)
George Frideric Handel
2:50
14
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene V, "Is There a Man, Who All His Ways" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel
1:39
15
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene V, Sinfonia
George Frideric Handel
6:44
16
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene VI, Recitative. "Thy Father Is As Cruel" (David)
George Frideric Handel
0:41
17
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene VI, Duet. "At Persecution I Can Laugh" (David, Michal)
George Frideric Handel
1:11
18
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene VII, Recitative. "Whom Dost Thou Seek?" (Michal, Doeg)
George Frideric Handel
0:41
19
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene VII, Air. "No, No, Let the Guitly Tremble" (Michal)
George Frideric Handel
1:24
20
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene VIII, Recitative. "Mean As He Was, He Is My New Brother" (Merab)
George Frideric Handel
0:52
21
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene VIII, Air. "Author of Peace" (Merab)
George Frideric Handel
3:35
22
Saul, HWV 53 : Act, II, Scene IX, Saul at the Feast of the New Moon. (Symphony)
George Frideric Handel
1:10
23
Saul, HWV 53 : Act, II, Scene IX, Saul at the Feast of the New Moon. Accompagnato. "The Time At Length Is Come" (Saul)
George Frideric Handel
0:37
24
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene X, Recitative. "Where Is the Son of Jesse?" (Saul, Jonathan)
George Frideric Handel
1:04
25
Saul, HWV 53 : Act II, Scene X, "Oh Fatal Consequence" (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel
5:10
Digital Media 3
1
Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene I - Saul Disguised, at Endor: Accompagnato. "Wretch That I Am, of My Own Ruin Author!" (Saul)
George Frideric Handel
2:10
2
Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene I - Saul Disguised, at Endor: Accompagnato. "'Tis Said, Here Lives a Woman" (Saul)
George Frideric Handel
0:54
3
Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene II - Saul and the Witch of Endor: Recitative. "With Me What Would'st Thou?" (Witch, Saul)
George Frideric Handel
0:44
4
Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene II - Saul and the Witch of Endor: Air. "Infernal Spirits, By Whose Pow'r" (Witch)
George Frideric Handel
1:53
5
Saul, 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 Handel
3:17
6
Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene III - Appartition of Samuel: Sinfonia
George Frideric Handel
0:36
7
Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene IV, Recitative. "Whence Comest Thou?" (David, Amalekite)
George Frideric Handel
1:02
8
Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene IV, Air. "Impious Wretch, of Race Accurst!" (David)
George Frideric Handel
1:51
9
Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene IV, Dead March (Symphony)
George Frideric Handel
3:16
10
Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene V - Elegy on the Death of Saul and Jonathan: "Mourn, Israel, Mourn Thy Beauty Lost" (Chours)
George Frideric Handel
3:35
11
Saul, 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 Handel
2:20
12
Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene V - Elegy on the Death of Saul and Jonathan: Air. "From This Unhappy Day" (Merab)
George Frideric Handel
2:37
13
Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene V - Elegy on the Death of Saul and Jonathan: Air. "Brave Jonathan Hi Bow Never Drew" (David)
George Frideric Handel
2:06
14
Saul, 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 Handel
0:21
15
Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene V - Elegy on the Death of Saul and Jonathan: Air. "In Sweetest Harmony They Lived" (Michal)
George Frideric Handel
4:02
16
Saul, HWV 53 : Act III, Scene V - Elegy on the Death of Saul and Jonathan: Solo/Chorus. "Oh Fatal Day!" (David, Israelites)
George Frideric Handel
3:59
17
Saul, 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 Handel
0:28
18
Saul, 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 Handel
5:22