__ Händel: Saul, dramatic oratorio in three parts, HWV 53 Part I: 00:00:10 - Overture 00:09:42 - Chorus: How excellent thy name, O Lord 00:19:09 - Aria: O godlike youth, by all confess'd 00:23:00 - Aria: O king, your favours with delight 00:27:41 - Aria: What abject thoughts a prince can have! 00:29:49 - Aria: Birth and fortune I despise! 00:34:31 - Aria: While yet thy Tide of blood runs high 00:37:26 - Aria: See, with what a scornful air 00:40:45 - Symphony and chorus: Welcome, welcome, mighty king! 00:43:38 - Accompagnato: What do I hear? 00:44:02 - Chorus: David his ten thousands slew 00:44:34 - Accompagnato: To him ten thousands! and to me but thousands? 00:46:58 - Aria: Fell rage and black despair possesse'd :) 00:52:43 - Aria: O Lord, whose mercies numberless 00:58:34 - Aria: A serpent, in my bosom warm'd 01:00:39 - Aria: Capricious man, in humour lost 01:04:36 - Accompagnato: O filial piety! O sacred friendship! 01:06:09 - Aria: No, cruel father, no! 01:09:08 - Chorus: Preserve him for the glory of thy name Part II: 01:11:51 - Chorus: Envy, eldest born of hell! 01:14:51 - Aria: As great Jehovah lives, I swear 01:17:46 - Aria: Such haughty beauties 01:23:01 - Aria: Sin not, o king, against the youth 01:25:04 - Aria: As great Jehovah lives 01:26:20 - Aria: From cities storm’d, and battles won 01:28:58 - Aria: Your words, o king, my loyal heart 01:31:11 - Duetto: O fairest of ten thousand / O lovely maid 01:33:52 - Chorus: Is there a man, who all his ways 01:35:18 - Symphony 01:40:40 - Duetto: At persecution I can laugh 01:42:52 - Aria: No, no, let the guilty tremble 01:45:13 - Aria: Author of peace, who canst control 01:48:29 - Symphony 01:49:49 - Accompagnato: The time at length is come when I shall take 01:51:10 - Chorus: Oh, fatal consequence Part III: 01:55:40 - Accompagnato: Wretch that I am 01:59:43 - Aria: Infernal spirits 02:01:28 - Accompagnato: Why hast thou forc'd me 02:04:37 - Symphony 02:06:28 - Aria: Impious wretch, of race accurst 02:08:20 - March 02:10:59 - Chorus: Mourn Israel 02:17:06 - Aria: O let it not in gath be heard 02:19:45 - Aria: Brave Jonathan his Bow ne'er drew 02:22:05 - Chorus: Eagles were not so swift as they 02:22:29 - Aria: In sweetest harmony 02:26:38 - Solo and Chorus: O fatal Day 02:31:17 - Chorus: Gird on thy Sword __ Florian Boesch | Saul Anna Prohaska | Merab Giulia Semenzato | Michal Jake Arditti | David Rupert Charlesworth | Jonathan Rafał Tomkiewicz | Witch of Ender David Webb | High Priest Andrew Morstein | Amalekite Paul Lorenger | Samuel Freiburger Barockorchester & Arnold Schoenberg Chor Conducted by Christopher Moulds __ Oedipus Coloneus, 2022