01. SAUL, Oratorio in three acts, HWV 53. Libretto: Charles Jennens - Symphony. Allegro (04:35)
02. Symphony. Larghetto (02:28)
03. Symphony. Allegro (03:14)
04. Symphony. Andante larghetto (04:02)
05. ACT ONE. Scene 1. No. 1. Chorus: "How excellent thy name, oh Lord" (02:59)
06. Scene 1. No. 2. Air (Soprano): "An infant rais'd by thy command" (01:53)
07. Scene 1. No. 3. Trio (Countertenor, Tenor, Bass): "Along the monster atheist strode" (01:05)
08. Scene 1. No. 4. Chorus: "The youth inspir'd by Thee, oh Lord" (02:12)
09. Scene 1. No. 5. Chorus: "How excellent thy name, oh Lord" (02:43)
10. Scene 2. No. 6. Recitative (Michal): "He comes, he comes!" ; No. 7. Air (Michal): "Oh god-like youth! by all confesss'd" (03:43)
11. Scene 2. No. 8. Recitative (Abner, Saul, David): "Behold, oh king, the brave, victorious youth" (00:57)
12. Scene 2. No. 9. Air (David): "Oh king, your favours with delight I take" (02:25)
13. Scene 2. No. 10. Recitative (Jonathan): "Oh early piety! oh modest merit!" (00:33)
14. Scene 2. No. 11. Air (Merab): "What abject thoughts a prince can have!" (02:32)
15. Scene 2. No. 12. Recitative (Merab): "Yet think on whom this honour you bestow" (00:25)
16. Scene 2. No. 13. Air (Jonathan): "Birth and fortune I despise!" (05:01)
17. Scene 2. No. 14. Recitative (High Priest): "Go on, illustrious pair! - your great example" (00:26)
18. Scene 2. No. 15. Air (High Priest): "While yet thy tide of blood runs high" (02:22)
19. Scene 2. No. 16. Recitative (Saul, Merab): "Thou, Merab, first in birth, be first in honour" (00:28)
20. Scene 2. No. 17. Air (Merab): "My soul rejects the thought with scorn" (01:30)
21. Scene 2. No. 18. Air (Michal): "See with what a scornful air" (01:08)
22. Scene 2. No. 19. Air (Michal): "Ah, lovely youth! wast thou desigh'd" (01:05)
23. Scene 2. No. 20. Symphony (01:10)
24. Scene 2. No. 21. Recitative (Michal): "Already see the daughters of the land" (00:20)
25. Scene 3. No. 22. Chorus of Women: "Welcome, welcome, mighty king!" (01:37)
26. Scene 3. No. 23. Accompagnato (Saul): "What do I hear? - am I then sunk so low" (00:22)
27. Scene 3. No. 24. Chorus: "David his ten thousand slew" (00:36)
28. Scene 3. No. 25. Accompagnato (Saul): "To him ten thousands, and to me but thousand!" (00:19)
29. Scene 3. No. 26. Air (Saul): "With rage I shall burst his praises to hear!" (01:33)
30. Scene 4. No. 27. Recitative (Jonathan, Michal): "Imprudent women! your ill-tim'd comparisons" (00:50)
31. Scene 4. No. 28. Air (Michal): "Fell rage and black despair posses'd" (03:02)
32. Scene 4. No. 29. Recitative (High Priest): "This but the smallest part of harmony" (00:38)
33. Scene 4. No. 30. Accompagnato (High Priest): "By thee this universal frame" (02:45)
34. Scene 5. No. 31. Recitative (Abner): "Rack'd with infernal pains, ev'n now the king comes forth" (00:22)
35. Scene 5. No. 32. Air (David): "Oh Lord, whose mercies numberless" (03:43)
36. Scene 5. No. 33. Symphony (01:52)
37. Scene 5. No. 34. Recitative (Jonathan): "'Tis all in vain; his fury still continues" (00:21)
38. Scene 5. No. 35. Air (Saul): "A serpent, in my bosom warm'd" (02:10)
39. Scene 5. No. 36. Recitative (Saul): "Has he escap'd my rage?" (00:25)
40. Scene 5. No. 37. Air (Merab): "Capricious man, in humour lost" (04:26)
41. Scene 6. No. 38. Accompagnato (Jonathan): "Oh filial piety! oh sacred friendship!" (01:58)
42. Scene 6. No. 39. Air (Jonathan): "No, cruel father, no!" (01:54)
43. Scene 6. No. 40. Air (High Priest): "Oh Lord, whose providence ever wakes for their defence" (02:01)
44. Scene 6. No. 41. Chorus: "Preserve him for the glory of thy name" (02:37)
45. ACT TWO. No. 42. Scene 1. Chorus: "Envy! eldest born of hell!" (03:39)
46. Scene 2. No. 43. Recitative (Jonathan): "Ah! dearest friend, undone by too much virtue!" (00:46)
47. Scene 2. No. 44. Air (Jonathan): "But sooner Jordan's stream, I swear" (02:17)
48. Scene 2. No. 45. Recitative (David, Jonathan): "Oh strange vicissitude! But yesterday" (00:55)
49. Scene 2. No. 46. Air (David): "Such haughty beauties rather move aversion" (02:33)
50. Scene 2. No. 47. Recitative (Jonathan): "My father comes: retire my friend" (00:18)
51. Scene 3. No. 48. Recitative (Saul, Jonathan): "Hast thou obey'd my orders" (00:41)
52. Scene 3. No. 49. Air (Jonathan): "Sin not, oh king, against the youth" (02:37)
53. Scene 3. No. 50. Air (Saul): "As great Jehovah lives, I swear" (01:47)
54. Scene 3. No. 51. Air (Jonathan): "From cities storm'd, and battles won" (02:45)
55. Scene 4. No. 52. Recitative (Jonathan, Saul): "Appear, my friend" (00:38)
56. Scene 4. No. 53. Air (David): "Your words, oh king, my loyal heart with double ardour fire" (01:06)
57. Scene 4. No. 54. Recitative (Saul): "Yes, he shall wed my daughter!" (00:36)
58. Scene 5. No. 55. Recitative (Michal): "A father's will has authoriz'd my love" (00:37)
59. Scene 5. No. 56. Duet (Michal, David): "Oh fairest of ten thousand fair" (03:00)
60. Scene 5. No. 57. Chorus: "Is there a man, who all his ways directs" (01:35)
61. Scene 5. No. 58. Symphony (03:46)
62. Scene 6. No. 59. Recitative (David): "Thy father is as cruel, and as false, as thou art kind and true" (00:39)
63. Scene 6. No. 60. Duet (David, Michal): "At persecution I can laugh" (01:25)
64. Scene 7. No. 61. Recitative (Michal, Doeg): "Whom dost thou seek? and who has sent thee hither?" (00:44)
65. Scene 7. No. 62. Air (Michal): "No, no, let the guilty tremble" (01:46)
66. Scene 8. No. 63. Recitative (Merab): "Mean as he was, he is my brother now" (01:00)
67. Scene 8. No. 64. Air (Merab): "Author of peace, who canst controul ev'ry passion of the soul" (03:13)
68. Scene 9. No. 65. Symphony (01:11)
69. Scene 9. No. 66. Accompagnato (Saul): "The time at length is come, when I shall take" (00:50)
70. Scene 10. No. 67. Recitative (Saul, Jonathan): "Where is the son of Jesse? comes he not to grace our feast?" (01:11)
71. Scene 10. No. 68. Chorus: "Oh fatal consequences of rage" (05:05)
72. ACT THREE. Scene 1. No. 69. Accompagnato (Saul): "Wretch that I am! of my own ruin author!" (03:09)
73. Scene 1. No. 70. Accompagnato (Saul): "'Tis said, here lives a woman, close familiar" (00:55)
74. Scene 2. No. 71. Recitative (Witch, Saul): "With me what would'st thou?" (00:38)
75. Scene 2. No. 72. Air (Witch): "Infernal spirits, by whose pow'r" (02:22)
76. Scene 3. No. 73. Accompagnato (Samuel, Saul): "Why hast thou forc'd me from the realms of peace" (03:45)
77. Scene 3. No. 74. Symphony (00:39)
78. Scene 4. No. 75. Recitative (David, Amalekite): "Whence comest thou?" (01:16)
79. Scene 4. No. 76. Air (David): "Impious wretch, of race accurst!" (01:47)
80. Scene 4. No. 77. Dead March (03:35)
81. Scene 5. No. 78. Chorus: "Mourn, Israel, mourn thy beauty lost" (03:37)
82. Scene 5. No. 79. Air (High Priest): "Oh let it not in Gath be heard" (02:55)
83. Scene 5. No. 80. Air (Merab): "From this unhappy day no more" (03:31)
84. Scene 5. No. 81. Air (David): "Brave Jonathan his bow ne'er drew" (02:25)
85. Scene 5. No. 82. Chorus: "Eagles were not so swift as they" (00:24)
86. Scene 5. No. 83. Air (Michal): "In sweetest harmony they liv'd" (05:09)
87. Scene 5. No. 84. Solo (David) and Chorus: "Oh fatal day! how low the mighty lie!" (04:51)
88. Scene 5. No. 85. Recitative (High Priest): "Ye men of Judah, weep no more!" (00:36)
89. Scene 5. No. 86. Chorus: "Gird on they sword, thou man of might" (05:42)
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