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Handel - Saul - Mogens Woldike

Year:	1999
Genre:	Oratorios, Sacred music
Composer:	Georg Friedrich Handel
Conductor:	Mogens Wöldike
Performers:	Jennifer Vyvyan, Laurence Dutoit, Margarete Sjöstedt, Helen Watts, Herbert Handt, Erling Thorborn, Thomas Hemsley, Peter Wimberger, Copenhagen Boys Choir, Vienna Symphony Orchestra

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1	1. SAUL Oratorio in three acts HWV 53. Libretto: Charles Jennens - ACT ONE. Symphony - Scene 1. Chorus: ''How excellent Thy name O Lord'' 3:00 6.87 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.14 $ Buy
2	2. Scene 1. Air Soprano: ''In infant rais'd by Thy command'' 1:33 3.55 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.07 $ Buy
3	3. Scene 1. Chorus: ''Along the Monster Atheist strode'' 3:43 8.51 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.17 $ Buy
4	4. Scene 1. Chorus: ''How excellent Thy Name O Lord'' 2:43 6.22 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.12 $ Buy
5	5. Scene 2. Recitative Abner Saul David: ''Behold O King the brave victorious youth'' Aria David: ''O King your favours with delight'' 5:46 13.20 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.26 $ Buy
6	6. Scene 2. Recitative Jonathan Saul Merab: ''O early piety O modest merit'' Aria Merab: ''My soul rejects the thought with scorn'' 2:31 5.76 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.12 $ Buy
7	7. Scene 2. Aria Michal: ''See with what a scornful air'' ''¦ ''Ah lovely youth was thou design'd'' 2:28 5.65 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.11 $ Buy
8	8. Scene 3. Sinfonia 1:20 3.06 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.06 $ Buy
9	9. Scene 3. Recitative Michal: ''Already see the daughters of the land'' Chorus: ''Welcome welcome mighty King'' 2:17 5.23 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.10 $ Buy
10	10. Scene 3. Accompagnato Saul: ''What do I hear? Am I sunk so low'' Chorus: ''David his ten thousands slew'' 1:15 2.86 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.06 $ Buy
11	11. Scene 3. Accompagnato Saul: ''To him ten thousends'' Aria Saul: ''With rage I shall burst his praises tio hear'' 1:55 4.39 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.09 $ Buy
12	12. Scene 3. Recitative Jonathan Michal: ''Imprudent women your ill-timed comparisons'' Aria Michal: ''Fell rage and black despair possess'd'' 4:17 9.81 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.20 $ Buy
13	13. Scene 4. Recitative Abner: ''Rack'd with infernal pains ev'n now the king'' Aria David: ''O Lord whose mercies numberless'' 4:20 9.92 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.20 $ Buy
14	14. Scene 4. Recitative Jonathan: '''Tis all in vain his fury still continues'' Aria Saul: ''A serpent in my bosom warm'd'' 2:29 5.69 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.11 $ Buy
15	15. Scene 4. Recitative Saul: ''Has he escap'd my rage?'' Accompagnato Aria Jonathan: ''O filial piety O sacred friendship'' ''¦ ''No cruel father no'' 4:24 10.08 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.20 $ Buy
16	16. Scene 4. Chorus: ''Preserve him for the glory of Thy name'' 2:59 6.82 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.14 $ Buy

1	1. ACT TWO. Scene 1. Chorus: ''Envy eldest born of hell'' 2:42 6.19 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.12 $ Buy
2	2. Scene 1. Recitative Saul: ''Hast thou obey'd my orders'' Aria Jonathan: ''Sin not O King against the youth'' 2:45 6.30 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.13 $ Buy
3	3. Scene 1. Aria Saul: ''As great Jehovah lives I swear'' Aria Jonathan: ''From cities storm'd and battles won'' 3:33 8.13 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.16 $ Buy
4	4. Scene 1. Recitative Jonathan Saul: ''Appear my friend'' 0:42 1.61 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.03 $ Buy
5	5. Scene 2. Recitative Michal: ''A father's will has authorized my love'' Duet Michal David: ''O fairest of ten thousand fair'' 3:27 7.90 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.16 $ Buy
6	6. Scene 2. Chorus: ''Is there a man who all his ways'' 1:41 3.86 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.08 $ Buy
7	7. Scene 2. Sinfonia 5:17 12.10 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.24 $ Buy
8	8. Scene 3. Recitative David: ''Thy father is as cruel'' Duet David Michal: ''At persecution I can laugh'' 2:03 4.70 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.09 $ Buy
9	9. Scene 3. Recitative Michal Doeg: ''Whom dost thou seek? And who hast sent thee hither?'' Aria Michal: ''No no let the guilty tremble'' 3:11 7.29 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.15 $ Buy
10	10. Scene 3. Sinfonia 1:25 3.25 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.06 $ Buy
11	11. Scene 4. Accompagnato Saul: ''The time at length is come when I shall take'' Accompagnato Saul Jonathan: ''Where is the son of Jesse?'' 2:17 5.23 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.10 $ Buy
12	12. Scene 4. Chorus: ''Oh fatal consequence of rage'' 5:30 12.59 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.25 $ Buy
13	13. ACT THREE. Scene 1. Accompagnato Saul: ''Wretch that I am Of my own ruin author'' Accompagnato Saul: '''Tis said here lives a woman close familiar'' 4:22 10.00 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.20 $ Buy
14	14. Scene 2. Recitative Witch Saul: ''With me what should'st thou?'' Aria Witch: ''Infernal spirits by whose power'' 2:59 6.83 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.14 $ Buy
15	15. Scene 2. Accompagnato Samuel Saul: ''Why hast thou forc'd me from the realms of peace'' 3:14 7.40 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.15 $ Buy
16	16. Scene 3. Sinfonia 0:45 1.72 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.03 $ Buy
17	17. Scene 3. Recitative David Amalekite: ''Whence comest thou?'' Aria David: ''Impious wretch of race accurst'' 3:28 7.94 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.16 $ Buy
18	18. Scene 3. Dead March 2:41 6.14 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.12 $ Buy
19	19. Scene 3. Chorus: ''Mourn Israel mourn thy beauty lost'' 3:44 8.55 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.17 $ Buy
20	20. Scene 3. Aria David: ''Brave Jonathan his bow ne'er drew'' 2:16 5.19 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.10 $ Buy
21	21. Scene 3. Chorus of Israelites: ''Eagles were not so swift as they'' 0:28 1.07 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.02 $ Buy
22	22. Scene 3. Air Soprano: ''In sweetest harmony they liv'd'' Chorus and Solo David: ''O fatal day how low the mighty lie'' 9:11 21.02 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.42 $ Buy
23	23. Scene 3. Recitative Abiathar: ''Ye men of Judah weep no more'' Chorus of Israelites: ''Gird on thy sword thou man of might'' 6:28 14.82 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.30 $ Buy

1	1. SAUL Oratorio in three acts HWV 53. Libretto: Charles Jennens - ACT ONE. Symphony - Scene 1. Chorus: ''How excellent Thy name O Lord'' 3:00 16.58 Mb 772 Kbp	close 0.25 $ Buy
2	2. Scene 1. Air Soprano: ''In infant rais'd by Thy command'' 1:33 7.99 Mb 719 Kbp	close 0.12 $ Buy
3	3. Scene 1. Chorus: ''Along the Monster Atheist strode'' 3:43 20.83 Mb 783 Kbp	close 0.31 $ Buy
4	4. Scene 1. Chorus: ''How excellent Thy Name O Lord'' 2:43 15.87 Mb 816 Kbp	close 0.24 $ Buy
5	5. Scene 2. Recitative Abner Saul David: ''Behold O King the brave victorious youth'' Aria David: ''O King your favours with delight'' 5:46 30.37 Mb 736 Kbp	close 0.46 $ Buy
6	6. Scene 2. Recitative Jonathan Saul Merab: ''O early piety O modest merit'' Aria Merab: ''My soul rejects the thought with scorn'' 2:31 13.42 Mb 745 Kbp	close 0.20 $ Buy
7	7. Scene 2. Aria Michal: ''See with what a scornful air'' ''¦ ''Ah lovely youth was thou design'd'' 2:28 12.78 Mb 724 Kbp	close 0.19 $ Buy
8	8. Scene 3. Sinfonia 1:20 6.84 Mb 717 Kbp	close 0.10 $ Buy
9	9. Scene 3. Recitative Michal: ''Already see the daughters of the land'' Chorus: ''Welcome welcome mighty King'' 2:17 12.41 Mb 759 Kbp	close 0.19 $ Buy
10	10. Scene 3. Accompagnato Saul: ''What do I hear? Am I sunk so low'' Chorus: ''David his ten thousands slew'' 1:15 7.00 Mb 782 Kbp	close 0.11 $ Buy
11	11. Scene 3. Accompagnato Saul: ''To him ten thousends'' Aria Saul: ''With rage I shall burst his praises tio hear'' 1:55 10.59 Mb 772 Kbp	close 0.16 $ Buy
12	12. Scene 3. Recitative Jonathan Michal: ''Imprudent women your ill-timed comparisons'' Aria Michal: ''Fell rage and black despair possess'd'' 4:17 21.99 Mb 717 Kbp	close 0.33 $ Buy
13	13. Scene 4. Recitative Abner: ''Rack'd with infernal pains ev'n now the king'' Aria David: ''O Lord whose mercies numberless'' 4:20 22.00 Mb 709 Kbp	close 0.33 $ Buy
14	14. Scene 4. Recitative Jonathan: '''Tis all in vain his fury still continues'' Aria Saul: ''A serpent in my bosom warm'd'' 2:29 13.99 Mb 787 Kbp	close 0.21 $ Buy
15	15. Scene 4. Recitative Saul: ''Has he escap'd my rage?'' Accompagnato Aria Jonathan: ''O filial piety O sacred friendship'' ''¦ ''No cruel father no'' 4:24 22.99 Mb 730 Kbp	close 0.34 $ Buy
16	16. Scene 4. Chorus: ''Preserve him for the glory of Thy name'' 2:59 17.51 Mb 821 Kbp	close 0.26 $ Buy

1	1. ACT TWO. Scene 1. Chorus: ''Envy eldest born of hell'' 2:42 15.35 Mb 794 Kbp	close 0.23 $ Buy
2	2. Scene 1. Recitative Saul: ''Hast thou obey'd my orders'' Aria Jonathan: ''Sin not O King against the youth'' 2:45 14.35 Mb 729 Kbp	close 0.22 $ Buy
3	3. Scene 1. Aria Saul: ''As great Jehovah lives I swear'' Aria Jonathan: ''From cities storm'd and battles won'' 3:33 19.35 Mb 761 Kbp	close 0.29 $ Buy
4	4. Scene 1. Recitative Jonathan Saul: ''Appear my friend'' 0:42 3.40 Mb 678 Kbp	close 0.05 $ Buy
5	5. Scene 2. Recitative Michal: ''A father's will has authorized my love'' Duet Michal David: ''O fairest of ten thousand fair'' 3:27 17.90 Mb 725 Kbp	close 0.27 $ Buy
6	6. Scene 2. Chorus: ''Is there a man who all his ways'' 1:41 9.33 Mb 775 Kbp	close 0.14 $ Buy
7	7. Scene 2. Sinfonia 5:17 29.26 Mb 774 Kbp	close 0.44 $ Buy
8	8. Scene 3. Recitative David: ''Thy father is as cruel'' Duet David Michal: ''At persecution I can laugh'' 2:03 10.85 Mb 739 Kbp	close 0.16 $ Buy
9	9. Scene 3. Recitative Michal Doeg: ''Whom dost thou seek? And who hast sent thee hither?'' Aria Michal: ''No no let the guilty tremble'' 3:11 16.83 Mb 739 Kbp	close 0.25 $ Buy
10	10. Scene 3. Sinfonia 1:25 8.20 Mb 808 Kbp	close 0.12 $ Buy
11	11. Scene 4. Accompagnato Saul: ''The time at length is come when I shall take'' Accompagnato Saul Jonathan: ''Where is the son of Jesse?'' 2:17 11.57 Mb 708 Kbp	close 0.17 $ Buy
12	12. Scene 4. Chorus: ''Oh fatal consequence of rage'' 5:30 30.14 Mb 765 Kbp	close 0.45 $ Buy
13	13. ACT THREE. Scene 1. Accompagnato Saul: ''Wretch that I am Of my own ruin author'' Accompagnato Saul: '''Tis said here lives a woman close familiar'' 4:22 22.33 Mb 714 Kbp	close 0.33 $ Buy
14	14. Scene 2. Recitative Witch Saul: ''With me what should'st thou?'' Aria Witch: ''Infernal spirits by whose power'' 2:59 15.41 Mb 722 Kbp	close 0.23 $ Buy
15	15. Scene 2. Accompagnato Samuel Saul: ''Why hast thou forc'd me from the realms of peace'' 3:14 16.23 Mb 701 Kbp	close 0.24 $ Buy
16	16. Scene 3. Sinfonia 0:45 4.09 Mb 762 Kbp	close 0.06 $ Buy
17	17. Scene 3. Recitative David Amalekite: ''Whence comest thou?'' Aria David: ''Impious wretch of race accurst'' 3:28 17.60 Mb 709 Kbp	close 0.26 $ Buy
18	18. Scene 3. Dead March 2:41 13.04 Mb 679 Kbp	close 0.20 $ Buy
19	19. Scene 3. Chorus: ''Mourn Israel mourn thy beauty lost'' 3:44 18.46 Mb 691 Kbp	close 0.28 $ Buy
20	20. Scene 3. Aria David: ''Brave Jonathan his bow ne'er drew'' 2:16 11.54 Mb 711 Kbp	close 0.17 $ Buy
21	21. Scene 3. Chorus of Israelites: ''Eagles were not so swift as they'' 0:28 2.64 Mb 791 Kbp	close 0.04 $ Buy
22	22. Scene 3. Air Soprano: ''In sweetest harmony they liv'd'' Chorus and Solo David: ''O fatal day how low the mighty lie'' 9:11 47.80 Mb 727 Kbp	close 0.72 $ Buy
23	23. Scene 3. Recitative Abiathar: ''Ye men of Judah weep no more'' Chorus of Israelites: ''Gird on thy sword thou man of might'' 6:28 36.11 Mb 779 Kbp	close 0.54 $ Buy

Handel - Saul - Mogens Woldike

CD1

1. SAUL Oratorio in three acts HWV 53. Libretto: Charles Jennens - ACT ONE. Symphony - Scene 1. Chorus: ''How excellent Thy name O Lord''

2. Scene 1. Air Soprano: ''In infant rais'd by Thy command''

3. Scene 1. Chorus: ''Along the Monster Atheist strode''

4. Scene 1. Chorus: ''How excellent Thy Name O Lord''

5. Scene 2. Recitative Abner Saul David: ''Behold O King the brave victorious youth'' Aria David: ''O King your favours with delight''

6. Scene 2. Recitative Jonathan Saul Merab: ''O early piety O modest merit'' Aria Merab: ''My soul rejects the thought with scorn''

7. Scene 2. Aria Michal: ''See with what a scornful air'' ''¦ ''Ah lovely youth was thou design'd''

8. Scene 3. Sinfonia

9. Scene 3. Recitative Michal: ''Already see the daughters of the land'' Chorus: ''Welcome welcome mighty King''

10. Scene 3. Accompagnato Saul: ''What do I hear? Am I sunk so low'' Chorus: ''David his ten thousands slew''

11. Scene 3. Accompagnato Saul: ''To him ten thousends'' Aria Saul: ''With rage I shall burst his praises tio hear''

12. Scene 3. Recitative Jonathan Michal: ''Imprudent women your ill-timed comparisons'' Aria Michal: ''Fell rage and black despair possess'd''

13. Scene 4. Recitative Abner: ''Rack'd with infernal pains ev'n now the king'' Aria David: ''O Lord whose mercies numberless''

14. Scene 4. Recitative Jonathan: '''Tis all in vain his fury still continues'' Aria Saul: ''A serpent in my bosom warm'd''

15. Scene 4. Recitative Saul: ''Has he escap'd my rage?'' Accompagnato Aria Jonathan: ''O filial piety O sacred friendship'' ''¦ ''No cruel father no''

16. Scene 4. Chorus: ''Preserve him for the glory of Thy name''

CD2

1. ACT TWO. Scene 1. Chorus: ''Envy eldest born of hell''

2. Scene 1. Recitative Saul: ''Hast thou obey'd my orders'' Aria Jonathan: ''Sin not O King against the youth''

3. Scene 1. Aria Saul: ''As great Jehovah lives I swear'' Aria Jonathan: ''From cities storm'd and battles won''

4. Scene 1. Recitative Jonathan Saul: ''Appear my friend''

5. Scene 2. Recitative Michal: ''A father's will has authorized my love'' Duet Michal David: ''O fairest of ten thousand fair''

6. Scene 2. Chorus: ''Is there a man who all his ways''

7. Scene 2. Sinfonia

8. Scene 3. Recitative David: ''Thy father is as cruel'' Duet David Michal: ''At persecution I can laugh''

9. Scene 3. Recitative Michal Doeg: ''Whom dost thou seek? And who hast sent thee hither?'' Aria Michal: ''No no let the guilty tremble''

10. Scene 3. Sinfonia

11. Scene 4. Accompagnato Saul: ''The time at length is come when I shall take'' Accompagnato Saul Jonathan: ''Where is the son of Jesse?''

12. Scene 4. Chorus: ''Oh fatal consequence of rage''

13. ACT THREE. Scene 1. Accompagnato Saul: ''Wretch that I am Of my own ruin author'' Accompagnato Saul: '''Tis said here lives a woman close familiar''

14. Scene 2. Recitative Witch Saul: ''With me what should'st thou?'' Aria Witch: ''Infernal spirits by whose power''

15. Scene 2. Accompagnato Samuel Saul: ''Why hast thou forc'd me from the realms of peace''

16. Scene 3. Sinfonia

17. Scene 3. Recitative David Amalekite: ''Whence comest thou?'' Aria David: ''Impious wretch of race accurst''

18. Scene 3. Dead March

19. Scene 3. Chorus: ''Mourn Israel mourn thy beauty lost''

20. Scene 3. Aria David: ''Brave Jonathan his bow ne'er drew''

21. Scene 3. Chorus of Israelites: ''Eagles were not so swift as they''

22. Scene 3. Air Soprano: ''In sweetest harmony they liv'd'' Chorus and Solo David: ''O fatal day how low the mighty lie''

23. Scene 3. Recitative Abiathar: ''Ye men of Judah weep no more'' Chorus of Israelites: ''Gird on thy sword thou man of might''

CD1

1. SAUL Oratorio in three acts HWV 53. Libretto: Charles Jennens - ACT ONE. Symphony - Scene 1. Chorus: ''How excellent Thy name O Lord''

2. Scene 1. Air Soprano: ''In infant rais'd by Thy command''

3. Scene 1. Chorus: ''Along the Monster Atheist strode''

4. Scene 1. Chorus: ''How excellent Thy Name O Lord''

5. Scene 2. Recitative Abner Saul David: ''Behold O King the brave victorious youth'' Aria David: ''O King your favours with delight''

6. Scene 2. Recitative Jonathan Saul Merab: ''O early piety O modest merit'' Aria Merab: ''My soul rejects the thought with scorn''

7. Scene 2. Aria Michal: ''See with what a scornful air'' ''¦ ''Ah lovely youth was thou design'd''

8. Scene 3. Sinfonia

9. Scene 3. Recitative Michal: ''Already see the daughters of the land'' Chorus: ''Welcome welcome mighty King''

10. Scene 3. Accompagnato Saul: ''What do I hear? Am I sunk so low'' Chorus: ''David his ten thousands slew''

11. Scene 3. Accompagnato Saul: ''To him ten thousends'' Aria Saul: ''With rage I shall burst his praises tio hear''

12. Scene 3. Recitative Jonathan Michal: ''Imprudent women your ill-timed comparisons'' Aria Michal: ''Fell rage and black despair possess'd''

13. Scene 4. Recitative Abner: ''Rack'd with infernal pains ev'n now the king'' Aria David: ''O Lord whose mercies numberless''

14. Scene 4. Recitative Jonathan: '''Tis all in vain his fury still continues'' Aria Saul: ''A serpent in my bosom warm'd''

15. Scene 4. Recitative Saul: ''Has he escap'd my rage?'' Accompagnato Aria Jonathan: ''O filial piety O sacred friendship'' ''¦ ''No cruel father no''

16. Scene 4. Chorus: ''Preserve him for the glory of Thy name''

CD2

1. ACT TWO. Scene 1. Chorus: ''Envy eldest born of hell''

2. Scene 1. Recitative Saul: ''Hast thou obey'd my orders'' Aria Jonathan: ''Sin not O King against the youth''

3. Scene 1. Aria Saul: ''As great Jehovah lives I swear'' Aria Jonathan: ''From cities storm'd and battles won''

4. Scene 1. Recitative Jonathan Saul: ''Appear my friend''

5. Scene 2. Recitative Michal: ''A father's will has authorized my love'' Duet Michal David: ''O fairest of ten thousand fair''

6. Scene 2. Chorus: ''Is there a man who all his ways''

7. Scene 2. Sinfonia

8. Scene 3. Recitative David: ''Thy father is as cruel'' Duet David Michal: ''At persecution I can laugh''

9. Scene 3. Recitative Michal Doeg: ''Whom dost thou seek? And who hast sent thee hither?'' Aria Michal: ''No no let the guilty tremble''

10. Scene 3. Sinfonia

11. Scene 4. Accompagnato Saul: ''The time at length is come when I shall take'' Accompagnato Saul Jonathan: ''Where is the son of Jesse?''

12. Scene 4. Chorus: ''Oh fatal consequence of rage''

13. ACT THREE. Scene 1. Accompagnato Saul: ''Wretch that I am Of my own ruin author'' Accompagnato Saul: '''Tis said here lives a woman close familiar''

14. Scene 2. Recitative Witch Saul: ''With me what should'st thou?'' Aria Witch: ''Infernal spirits by whose power''

15. Scene 2. Accompagnato Samuel Saul: ''Why hast thou forc'd me from the realms of peace''

16. Scene 3. Sinfonia

17. Scene 3. Recitative David Amalekite: ''Whence comest thou?'' Aria David: ''Impious wretch of race accurst''

18. Scene 3. Dead March

19. Scene 3. Chorus: ''Mourn Israel mourn thy beauty lost''

20. Scene 3. Aria David: ''Brave Jonathan his bow ne'er drew''

1. SAUL Oratorio in three acts HWV 53. Libretto: Charles Jennens - ACT ONE. Symphony - Scene 1. Chorus: ''How excellent Thy name O Lord''

2. Scene 1. Air Soprano: ''In infant rais'd by Thy command''

3. Scene 1. Chorus: ''Along the Monster Atheist strode''

4. Scene 1. Chorus: ''How excellent Thy Name O Lord''

5. Scene 2. Recitative Abner Saul David: ''Behold O King the brave victorious youth'' Aria David: ''O King your favours with delight''

6. Scene 2. Recitative Jonathan Saul Merab: ''O early piety O modest merit'' Aria Merab: ''My soul rejects the thought with scorn''

7. Scene 2. Aria Michal: ''See with what a scornful air'' ''¦ ''Ah lovely youth was thou design'd''

9. Scene 3. Recitative Michal: ''Already see the daughters of the land'' Chorus: ''Welcome welcome mighty King''

10. Scene 3. Accompagnato Saul: ''What do I hear? Am I sunk so low'' Chorus: ''David his ten thousands slew''

11. Scene 3. Accompagnato Saul: ''To him ten thousends'' Aria Saul: ''With rage I shall burst his praises tio hear''

12. Scene 3. Recitative Jonathan Michal: ''Imprudent women your ill-timed comparisons'' Aria Michal: ''Fell rage and black despair possess'd''

13. Scene 4. Recitative Abner: ''Rack'd with infernal pains ev'n now the king'' Aria David: ''O Lord whose mercies numberless''

14. Scene 4. Recitative Jonathan: '''Tis all in vain his fury still continues'' Aria Saul: ''A serpent in my bosom warm'd''

15. Scene 4. Recitative Saul: ''Has he escap'd my rage?'' Accompagnato Aria Jonathan: ''O filial piety O sacred friendship'' ''¦ ''No cruel father no''

16. Scene 4. Chorus: ''Preserve him for the glory of Thy name''

1. ACT TWO. Scene 1. Chorus: ''Envy eldest born of hell''

2. Scene 1. Recitative Saul: ''Hast thou obey'd my orders'' Aria Jonathan: ''Sin not O King against the youth''

3. Scene 1. Aria Saul: ''As great Jehovah lives I swear'' Aria Jonathan: ''From cities storm'd and battles won''

4. Scene 1. Recitative Jonathan Saul: ''Appear my friend''

5. Scene 2. Recitative Michal: ''A father's will has authorized my love'' Duet Michal David: ''O fairest of ten thousand fair''

6. Scene 2. Chorus: ''Is there a man who all his ways''

8. Scene 3. Recitative David: ''Thy father is as cruel'' Duet David Michal: ''At persecution I can laugh''

9. Scene 3. Recitative Michal Doeg: ''Whom dost thou seek? And who hast sent thee hither?'' Aria Michal: ''No no let the guilty tremble''

11. Scene 4. Accompagnato Saul: ''The time at length is come when I shall take'' Accompagnato Saul Jonathan: ''Where is the son of Jesse?''

12. Scene 4. Chorus: ''Oh fatal consequence of rage''

13. ACT THREE. Scene 1. Accompagnato Saul: ''Wretch that I am Of my own ruin author'' Accompagnato Saul: '''Tis said here lives a woman close familiar''

14. Scene 2. Recitative Witch Saul: ''With me what should'st thou?'' Aria Witch: ''Infernal spirits by whose power''

15. Scene 2. Accompagnato Samuel Saul: ''Why hast thou forc'd me from the realms of peace''

17. Scene 3. Recitative David Amalekite: ''Whence comest thou?'' Aria David: ''Impious wretch of race accurst''

19. Scene 3. Chorus: ''Mourn Israel mourn thy beauty lost''

20. Scene 3. Aria David: ''Brave Jonathan his bow ne'er drew''

21. Scene 3. Chorus of Israelites: ''Eagles were not so swift as they''

22. Scene 3. Air Soprano: ''In sweetest harmony they liv'd'' Chorus and Solo David: ''O fatal day how low the mighty lie''

23. Scene 3. Recitative Abiathar: ''Ye men of Judah weep no more'' Chorus of Israelites: ''Gird on thy sword thou man of might''

1. SAUL Oratorio in three acts HWV 53. Libretto: Charles Jennens - ACT ONE. Symphony - Scene 1. Chorus: ''How excellent Thy name O Lord''

2. Scene 1. Air Soprano: ''In infant rais'd by Thy command''

3. Scene 1. Chorus: ''Along the Monster Atheist strode''

4. Scene 1. Chorus: ''How excellent Thy Name O Lord''

5. Scene 2. Recitative Abner Saul David: ''Behold O King the brave victorious youth'' Aria David: ''O King your favours with delight''

6. Scene 2. Recitative Jonathan Saul Merab: ''O early piety O modest merit'' Aria Merab: ''My soul rejects the thought with scorn''

7. Scene 2. Aria Michal: ''See with what a scornful air'' ''¦ ''Ah lovely youth was thou design'd''

9. Scene 3. Recitative Michal: ''Already see the daughters of the land'' Chorus: ''Welcome welcome mighty King''

10. Scene 3. Accompagnato Saul: ''What do I hear? Am I sunk so low'' Chorus: ''David his ten thousands slew''

11. Scene 3. Accompagnato Saul: ''To him ten thousends'' Aria Saul: ''With rage I shall burst his praises tio hear''

12. Scene 3. Recitative Jonathan Michal: ''Imprudent women your ill-timed comparisons'' Aria Michal: ''Fell rage and black despair possess'd''

13. Scene 4. Recitative Abner: ''Rack'd with infernal pains ev'n now the king'' Aria David: ''O Lord whose mercies numberless''

14. Scene 4. Recitative Jonathan: '''Tis all in vain his fury still continues'' Aria Saul: ''A serpent in my bosom warm'd''

15. Scene 4. Recitative Saul: ''Has he escap'd my rage?'' Accompagnato Aria Jonathan: ''O filial piety O sacred friendship'' ''¦ ''No cruel father no''

16. Scene 4. Chorus: ''Preserve him for the glory of Thy name''

1. ACT TWO. Scene 1. Chorus: ''Envy eldest born of hell''

2. Scene 1. Recitative Saul: ''Hast thou obey'd my orders'' Aria Jonathan: ''Sin not O King against the youth''

3. Scene 1. Aria Saul: ''As great Jehovah lives I swear'' Aria Jonathan: ''From cities storm'd and battles won''

4. Scene 1. Recitative Jonathan Saul: ''Appear my friend''

5. Scene 2. Recitative Michal: ''A father's will has authorized my love'' Duet Michal David: ''O fairest of ten thousand fair''

6. Scene 2. Chorus: ''Is there a man who all his ways''

8. Scene 3. Recitative David: ''Thy father is as cruel'' Duet David Michal: ''At persecution I can laugh''

9. Scene 3. Recitative Michal Doeg: ''Whom dost thou seek? And who hast sent thee hither?'' Aria Michal: ''No no let the guilty tremble''

11. Scene 4. Accompagnato Saul: ''The time at length is come when I shall take'' Accompagnato Saul Jonathan: ''Where is the son of Jesse?''

12. Scene 4. Chorus: ''Oh fatal consequence of rage''

13. ACT THREE. Scene 1. Accompagnato Saul: ''Wretch that I am Of my own ruin author'' Accompagnato Saul: '''Tis said here lives a woman close familiar''

14. Scene 2. Recitative Witch Saul: ''With me what should'st thou?'' Aria Witch: ''Infernal spirits by whose power''

15. Scene 2. Accompagnato Samuel Saul: ''Why hast thou forc'd me from the realms of peace''

17. Scene 3. Recitative David Amalekite: ''Whence comest thou?'' Aria David: ''Impious wretch of race accurst''

19. Scene 3. Chorus: ''Mourn Israel mourn thy beauty lost''

20. Scene 3. Aria David: ''Brave Jonathan his bow ne'er drew''

21. Scene 3. Chorus of Israelites: ''Eagles were not so swift as they''

22. Scene 3. Air Soprano: ''In sweetest harmony they liv'd'' Chorus and Solo David: ''O fatal day how low the mighty lie''

23. Scene 3. Recitative Abiathar: ''Ye men of Judah weep no more'' Chorus of Israelites: ''Gird on thy sword thou man of might''