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Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II. Air "Birth and fortune I despise" (Jonathan)

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On Oratorios: Saul / Messiah

2008 · 90 tracks

01Saul, HWV 53: Symphony: Allegro - Larghetto - Allegro - Andante larghetto8:00
01Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene II. Recitative "My father comes" (Jonathan) / Scene III. Recitative "Hast thou obeyed my orders" (Saul, Jonathan)0:43
01Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 1. Sinfony3:00
01Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 27. Accompagnato "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn"0:36
02Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 2. Accompagnato "Comfort ye, my people, saith your God"2:59
02Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 28. Chorus "He trusted in God that He would deliver Him"2:11
02Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene III. Air "Sin not, o king, against the youth" (Jonathan) / Air "As great Jehovah lives (Saul) / Air "From cities stormed, and battles won" (Jonathan)4:55
02Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene I. Chorus "How excellent Thy name, o Lord"2:37
03Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene I. Air "An infant raised by thy command" (Soprano) / Trio "Along the monster atheist strode" (Alto, Tenor, Bass)2:09
03Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 3. Air "Every valley shall be exalted"3:01
03Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 29. Accompagnato "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart"1:30
03Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene IV. Recitative "Appear, my friend" (Jonathan, Saul) / Air "Your words, o king, my loyal heart" (David) / Recitative "Yes, he shall wed my daughter!" (Saul)1:49
04Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 30. Arioso "Behold and see if there be any sorrow"1:22
04Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene I. "The Youth inspired by Thee, o Lord" (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) / Chorus "How excellent Thy name, o Lord"3:56
04Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 4. Chorus "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"2:34
04Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene V. Recitative "A father's will has authorised my love" (Michal) / Duet "O fairest of ten thousand fair" (Michal, David) / Chorus "Is there a man"4:19
05Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene V. Symphony: Largo - Allegro4:35
05Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 5. Accompagnato "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts"1:19
05Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II. Recitative "He comes, he comes" (Michal) / Air "O God-like youth!" (Michal) / Recitative "Behold, o King, the brave, victorious youth" (Abner, Saul, David)3:38
05Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 31. Accompagnato "He was cut off out of the land of the living" / no. 32. Air "But Thou didst no.t leave His soul in hell"2:15
06Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II. Air "O king, your favours with delight" (David) / Recitative "Oh early piety!" (Jonathan)5:22
06Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 33. Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"3:04
06Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene VI. Recitative "Thy father is a cruel!" (David) / Duet "At persecution I can laugh" (David, Michal)1:37
06Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 6. Air "But who may abide the day of His coming?"3:51
07Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 7. Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"2:24
07Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 34. Recitative "Unto which of the angels said He at any time"0:15
07Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene VII. Recitative "Whom dost thou seek" (Michal, Doeg) / Air "No, no, let the guilty tremble" (Michal)2:14
07Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II. Air "What abject thoughts a prince can have!" (Merab) / Recitative "Yet think, on whom this honour you bestow" (Merab)2:14
08Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene VIII. Recitative "Mean as he was, he is my brother now" (Merab) / Air "Author of peace, who canst controul" (Merab)3:33
08Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 8. Recitative "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" / no. 9. Air & Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion arise"5:28
08Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II. Air "Birth and fortune I despise" (Jonathan)4:57
08Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 35. Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him"1:24
09Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 36. Air "Thou art gone up on high"2:48
09Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene IX. Symphony: Allegro1:06
09Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II. Recitative "Go on, illostrious pair!" (High Priest) / Air "While yet thy tide of blood runs high" (High Priest)2:45
09Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 10. Accompagnato "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"2:18
10Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II. Recitative "Thou, Merab, first in birth, be first in honour" (Saul, Merab) / Air "My soul rejects the though with scorn" (Merab) / Air "See, with what a scornful air" (Michal) / Air "Ah, lovely youth, wast thou designed" (Michal)3:20
10Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 11. Air "The people that walked in darkness"3:42
10Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 37. Chorus "The Lord gave the world"1:09
10Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene IX. Accompagnato "The time at length is come" (Saul) / Scene X. Recitative "Where is the son of Jesse!" (Saul, Jonathan)1:30
11Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 38. Air "How beautiful are the feet of them"2:41
11Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II. Symphony: Andante Allegro / Recitative "Already see the daughters of the land" (Michal) / Scene III. Chorus "Welcome, welcome, mighty king!"2:47
11Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene X. Chorus "Oh fatal consequence of Rage"4:46
11Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus "For unto us a child is born"3:58
12Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 39. Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands"1:25
12Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene III. Accompagnato "What do I hear?" (Saul) / Chorus "David his ten thousands slew" / Accompagnato "To him ten thousands" (Saul) / Air "With rage I shall start burst his praises to hear" (Saul)2:18
12Saul, HWV 53: Act III, Scene I. Accompagnato "Wretch that I am" (Saul) / Accompagnato "'Tis said, here lives a woman" (Saul)3:15
12Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 13. Sinfonia Pastorale: (Pifa) / no. 14a. Recitative "There where shepherds abiding in the field" / no. 14b. Accompagnato "And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them" / no. 15. Recitative "And the angel said unto them: Fear not, for behold" / no. 16. Accompagnato "And suddenly there was with the angel"4:41
13Saul, HWV 53: Act III, Scene II. Recitative "With me what would'st thou" (Witch, Saul) / Air "Infernal spirits" (Witch of Endor)2:50
13Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene IV. Recitative "Imprudent women!" (Jonathan, Michal) / Air "Fell rage and black despair possessed" (Michal)2:59
13Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 40. Air "Why do the nations so furiously rage together"2:50
13Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 17. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"2:04
14Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene IV. Recitative "This but the smallest part of Harmony" (High Priest) / Accompagnato "By thee this universal frame" (High Priest)2:47
14Saul, HWV 53: Act III, Scene III. Accompagnato "Why hast thou forced me from the realm of peace" (Samuel, Saul)2:42
14Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 19. Air "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"4:34
14Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 41. Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"1:36
15Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene V. Recitative "Racked with infernal pains" (Abner) / Air "O Lord, whose mercies numberless" (David)3:52
15Saul, HWV 53: Act III, Scene III. Symphony: Allegro0:34
15Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 19. Recitative "Then shalll the eyes of the blind be opened" / 20. Air "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd"4:59
15Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 42. Recitative "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn" / no. 43. Air "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron"1:59
16Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus "Hallelujah!"3:57
16Saul, HWV 53: Act III, Scene IV. Recitative "Whence comest thou?" (David, Amalekite) / Air "Impious wretch, of race accurst!" (David)2:53
16Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 21. Chorus "His yoke is easy, and His burden is light"2:21
16Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene V. Symphony: Largo / Recitative "'Tis All In Vain, his fury still continues" (Jonathan)2:15
17Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene V. Air "A serpent, in my bosom warned" (Saul) / Recitative "Has he escaped my rage?" (Saul)2:22
17Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 45. Air "I know that my redeemer liveth"6:02
17Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 22. Chorus "Behold the lamb of God"4:25
17Saul, HWV 53: Act III, Scene IV. March: Grave3:03
18Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 46. Chorus "Since by man came death"1:57
18Saul, HWV 53: Act III, Scene V. Chorus "Mourn, Israel!"3:27
18Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 23. Air "He was despised and rejected of men"10:42
18Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene V. Air "Capricious man" (Merab)3:38
19Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 24. Chorus "Surely He hath borne our griefs"1:46
19Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene VI. Accompagnato "O filial piety!" (Jonathan) / Air "No, cruel father, no!" (Jonathan)3:00
19Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 47. Accompagnato "Behold, I tell you a mystery" / no. 48. Air "The trumpet shall sound"8:36
19Saul, HWV 53: Act III, Scene V. Air "Oh let it not in Gath be heard" (High Priest)2:07
20Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene VI. Air "O Lord, whose providence" (High Priest) / Chorus "Preserve him for the glory of Thy name"3:37
20Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 25. Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed"1:42
20Saul, HWV 53: Act III, Scene V. Air "From this unhappy day" (Merab)2:39
20Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 49. Recitative "Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written" / no. 50. Duet: O Death, where is thy sting?"1:17
21Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 51. Chorus "But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory"2:03
21Saul, HWV 53: Act III, Scene V. Air "Brave Jonathan his bow never drew" (David) / Chorus "Eagles were not so swift as they"2:10
21Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene I. Chorus "Envy! Eldest born of hell!"2:48
21Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 26. Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"3:51
22Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene I. Recitative "Ah! Dearest friend" (Jonathan) / Air "But sooner Jordan's stream, I swear" (Jonathan)2:36
22Saul, HWV 53: Act III, Scene V. Air "In sweetest harmony they lived!" (Michal) / Solo "O fatal day" (David and Chorus) / Recitative "Ye men of Judah, weep no more!" (Abner)9:07
22Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 52. Air "If God be for us, who can be against us?"4:19
23Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene II. Recitative "Oh strange vicissitude!" (David, Jonathan) / Air "Such haughty beauties rather move" (David)5:08
23Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 53. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain" / no. 54. Chorus "Amen"6:51
23Saul, HWV 53: Act III, Scene V. Chorus "Gird on thy sword, thou man of might"5:01