Saul

Album by George Frideric Handel & Rosemary Joshua & Emma Bell & Lawrence Zazzo & Jeremy Ovenden & Gidon Saks & RIAS Kammerchor & Concerto Köln & René Jacobs

Saul is an oratorio by Georg Friedrich Haendel, first performed in 1739. A large-scale Baroque oratorio, it combines dramatic choruses, expressive solo recitatives and arias and vivid orchestral writing to convey intense emotional and narrative contrasts, and it belongs to Handel's mature English oratorio period as an example of his turn toward more theatrical and dramatic sacred works.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Saul: Symphony: Allegro - Larghetto - Allegro - Andante larghetto
    8:00
  2. 2.
    Saul: Act I, Scene 1. No. 1 “How excellent Thy name, o Lord”
    2:37
  3. 3.
    Saul: Act I, Scene 1. No. 2 “An infant raised by thy command” / No. 3 “Along the monster atheist strode”
    2:09
  4. 4.
    Saul: Act I, Scene 1. No. 4 “The youth inspired by Thee, o Lord” / No. 5 “How excellent Thy name, o Lord”
    3:56
  5. 5.
    Saul: Act I, Scene 2. Nos. 6 & 7. “He comes, he comes!” / “O God‐like youth!” / No. 8 “Behold, o King, the brave, victorious youth”
    3:38
  6. 6.
    Saul: Act I, Scene 2. No. 9 “O king, your favours with delight” / No. 10 “Oh early piety!”
    5:22
  7. 7.
    Saul: Act I, Scene 2. No. 11 “What abject thoughts a prince can have!” / No. 12 “Yet think, on whom this honour you bestow”
    2:14
  8. 8.
    Saul: Act I, Scene 2. No. 13 “Birth and fortune I despise!”
    4:57
  9. 9.
    Saul: Act I, Scene 2. No. 14 “Go on, illustrious pair!” / No. 15 “While yet thy tide of blood runs high”
    2:45
  10. 10.
    Saul: Act I, Scene 2. No. 16 “Thou, Merab, first in birth, be first in honour” / No. 17 “My soul rejects the thought with scorn” / No. 18 “See, with what a scornful air” / No. 19 “Ah, lovely youth, wast thou designed”
    3:20
  11. 11.
    Saul: Act I, Scene 2. No. 20 Symphony: Andante allegro / No. 21 “Already see the daughters of the land” / Scene 3. No. 22 “Welcome, welcome, mighty king!”
    2:47
  12. 12.
    Saul: Act I, Scene 3. No. 23 “What do I hear?” / No. 24 “David his ten thousands slew” / No. 25 “To him ten thousands” / No. 26 “With rage I shall start burst his praises to hear”
    2:18
  13. 13.
    Saul: Act I, Scene 4. No. 27 “Imprudent women!” / No. 28 “Fell rage and black despair possessed”
    2:59
  14. 14.
    Saul: Act I, Scene 4. No. 29 “This but the smallest part of Harmony” / No. 30 “By thee this universal frame”
    2:47
  15. 15.
    Saul: Act I, Scene 5. No. 31 “Racked with infernal pains” / No. 32 “O Lord, whose mercies numberless”
    3:52
  16. 16.
    Saul: Act I, Scene 5. No. 33 Symphony: Largo / No. 34 “’Tis all in vain, his fury still continues”
    2:15
  17. 17.
    Saul: Act I, Scene 5. No. 35 “A serpent in my bosom warmed” / No. 36 “Has he escaped my rage?”
    2:22
  18. 18.
    Saul: Act I, Scene 5. No. 37 “Capricious man”
    3:38
  19. 19.
    Saul: Act I, Scene 6. No. 38 “O filial piety!” / No. 39 “No, cruel father, no!”
    3:00
  20. 20.
    Saul: Act I, Scene 6. No. 40 “O Lord, whose providence” / No. 41 “Preserve him for the glory of Thy name”
    3:37
  21. 21.
    Saul: Act II, Scene 1. No. 42 “Envy! Eldest born of hell!”
    2:48
  22. 22.
    Saul: Act II, Scene 2. No. 43 “Ah! dearest friend” / No. 44 “But sooner Jordan’ stream, I swear”
    2:36
  23. 23.
    Saul: Act II, Scene 2. No. 45 “Oh strange vicissitude!” / No. 46 “Such haughty beauties rather move”
    5:08

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Saul: Act II, Scene 2. No. 47 “My father comes” / Scene 3. No. 48 “Hast thou obeyed my orders”
    0:43
  2. 3.
    Saul: Act II, Scene 3. No. 49 “Sin not, o king, against the youth” / No. 50 “As great Jehovah lives” / No. 51 “From cities stormed, and battles won”
    4:55
  3. 4.
    Saul: Act II, Scene 4. No. 52 “Appear, my friend” / No. 53 “Your words, o king, my loyal heart” / No. 54 “Yes, he shall wed my daughter!”
    1:49
  4. 5.
    Saul: Act II, Scene 5. No. 55 “A father’s will has authorised my love” / No. 56 “O fairest of ten thousand fair” / No. 57 “Is there a man”
    4:19
  5. 6.
    Saul: Act II, Scene 5. No. 58 Symphony: Largo - Allegro
    4:35
  6. 7.
    Saul: Act II, Scene 6. No. 59 “Thy father is as cruel” / No. 60 “At persecution I can laugh”
    1:37
  7. 8.
    Saul: Act II, Scene 7. No. 61 “Whom dost thou seek” / No. 62 “No, no let the guilty tremble”
    2:14
  8. 9.
    Saul: Act II, Scene 8. No. 63 “Mean as he was, he is my brother now” / No. 64 “Author of peace, who canst controul”
    3:33
  9. 10.
    Saul: Act II, Scene 9. No. 65 Symphony: Allegro
    1:06
  10. 11.
    Saul: Act II, Scene 9. No. 66 “The time at length is come” / Scene 10. No. 67 “Where is the son of Jesse?”
    1:30
  11. 12.
    Saul: Act II, Scene 10. No. 68 “O fatal consequence of Rage”
    4:46
  12. 13.
    Saul: Act III, Scene 1. No. 69 “Wretch that I am” / No. 70 “’Tis said, here lives a woman”
    3:15
  13. 14.
    Saul: Act III, Scene 2. No. 71 “With me what would’st thou” / No. 72 “Infernal spirits”
    2:50
  14. 15.
    Saul: Act III, Scene 3. No. 73 “Why hast thou forced me from the realms of peace”
    2:42
  15. 16.
    Saul: Act III, Scene 3. No. 74 Symphony: Allegro
    0:34
  16. 17.
    Saul: Act III, Scene 4. No. 75 “Whence comest thou?” / No. 76 “Impious wretch, of race accurst!”
    2:53
  17. 18.
    Saul: Act III, Scene 4. No. 77 March: Grave
    3:03
  18. 19.
    Saul: Act III, Scene 5. No. 78 “Mourn, Israel”
    3:27
  19. 20.
    Saul: Act III, Scene 5. No. 79 “Oh let it not in Gath be heard”
    2:07
  20. 21.
    Saul: Act III, Scene 5. No. 80 “From this unhappy day”
    2:39
  21. 22.
    Saul: Act III, Scene 5. No. 81 “Brave Jonathan his bow never drew” / No. 82 “Eagles were not so swift as they”
    2:10
  22. 23.
    Saul: Act III, Scene 5. No. 83 “In sweetest harmony they lived!” / No. 84 “O fatal day!” / No. 85 “Ye men of Judah, weep no more!”
    9:07
  23. 24.
    Saul: Act III, Scene 5. No. 86 “Gird on thy sword, thou man of might”
    5:01

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