Handel: The Great Oratorios
John Eliot Gardiner · Christopher Hogwood · English Baroque Soloists · Monteverdi Choir · Westminster Cathedral Choir · Angela East · Anthony Rolfe Johnson · Emma Kirkby · David Thomas · Norma Burrowes
Handel: The Great Oratorios (2016), CD, on Decca Classics. Music by George Frideric Handel, performed by John Eliot Gardiner, Christopher Hogwood, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir; 811 tracks.
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Disc 1
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Prima: Sonata
George Frideric Handel - La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Part I. Sonata
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 3 Aria: "Disserratevi, o porte d'Averno" (Angelo)
George Frideric Handel - La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Part I. Aria: Disserratevi, o porte d'Averno (Angelo)
George Frideric Handel - La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Part I. Recitative: Che sei? Chi è questo rè (Lucifero, Angelo)
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Prima: No. 6 Aria: "O voi, dell'Erebo" (Lucifero)
George Frideric Handel - La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Part I. Aria: O voi, dell'Erebo (Lucifero)
George Frideric Handel - La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Part I. Aria: Ferma l'ali, e sui miei lumi (Maddalena)
George Frideric Handel - La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Part I. Aria: Dolci chiodi, amate spine (Maddalena, Cleofe)
George Frideric Handel - La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Part I. Aria: Quando è parto dell'affetto (San Giovanni)
Disc 2
George Frideric Handel - La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Part II. Aria: Ecco il sol, ch'esce dal mar (San Giovanni)
La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Parte Seconda: No. 18 Aria: "Risorga il mondo" (Angelo)
George Frideric Handel - La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Part II. Aria: Risorga il mondo (Angelo)
George Frideric Handel - La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Part II. Recitative: Di rabbia indarno freme (Angelo)
George Frideric Handel - La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Part II. Aria: Per celare il nuovo scorno (Lucifero)
George Frideric Handel - La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Part II. Aria: Impedirlo io saprò (Lucifero, Angelo)
George Frideric Handel - La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Part II. Aria: Vedo il Ciel che più sereno (Cleofe)
George Frideric Handel - La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Part II. Aria: Se per colpa di donna infelice (Angelo)
Disc 3
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act One. No. 1 Sinfonia
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 1. Sinfonia
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act One. No. 2 Chorus: "Oh, the pleasure of the plains!"
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 2. Choir "Oh the pleasure of the plains!"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 3. Recitative "Ye verdant plains and woody mountains" (Galatea)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Norma Burrowes
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act One. No. 4 Air: "Hush, ye pretty warbling quire!" (Galatea)
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 4. Aria "Hush, ye pretty warbling quire!" (Galatea)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Norma Burrowes
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act One. No. 5 Air: "Where shall I seek the charming fair?" (Acis)
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 5. Aria "Where shall I seek the charming fair?" (Acis)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act One. Recitative: "Stay, shepherd, stay!" (Damon)
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 5a. Recitative "Stay, shepherd, stay!" (Damon)
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act One. No. 6 Air: "Shepherd, what art thou pursuing?" (Damon)
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 6. Aria "Shepherd, what art thou pursuing?" (Damon)
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act One. Recitative: "Lo! Here my love" (Acis)
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 6a. Recitative: "Lo! Here my love!" (Acis)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act One. No. 7 Air: "Love in her eyes sits playing" (Acis)
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 7. Aria "Love in her eyes sits playing" (Acis)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 7a. Recitative "Oh! Didst thou know the pains of absent love" (Galatea)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Norma Burrowes
Disc 4
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act Two. No. 10 Chorus: "Wretched lovers! Fate has passed this sad decree"
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 10. Choir "Wretched lovers!"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act Two. No. 11 Accompagnato: "I rage, I melt, I burn!" (Polyphemus)
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 11. Recitativo accompagnato "I rage, I melt, I burn!" (Polyphemus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Willard White
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act Two. No. 12 Air: "O ruddier than the cherry" (Polyphemus)
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 12. Aria "O ruddier than the cherry" (Polyphemus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Willard White
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 12a. Recitativo "Whither, fairest, art thou running" (Polyphemus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Norma Burrowes
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act Two. No. 13 Air: "Cease to beauty to be suing" (Polyphemus)
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 13. Aria "Cease to beauty to be suing" (Polyphemus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Willard White
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 14. Aria "Would you gain the tender creature" (Damon)
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act Two. Recitative: "His hideous love provokes me rage" (Acis)
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 14a. Recitativo "His hideous love provokes my rage" (Acis)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act Two. No. 15 Air: "Love sounds th'alarm, and fear is a-flying" (Acis)
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 15. Aria "Love sounds th'alarm" (Acis)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 16. Aria "Consider, fond shepherd, how fleeting's the pleasure" (Damon)
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act Two. Recitative: "Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth" (Galatea)
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 16a. Recitativo "Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth" (Galatea)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Norma Burrowes
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 17. Trio "The flocks shall leave the mountains" (Galatea, Acis, Polyphemus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 18. Recitativo "Help, Galatea!" (Acis)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act Two. No. 19 Chorus: "Mourn, all ye Muses! Weep, all ye swains!"
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 19. Choir "Mourn, all ye muses!"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 20a. Solo with Choir "Must I my Acis still bemoan" (Galatea, choir)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 20c. Recitativo "'Tis done" (Galatea)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Norma Burrowes
Disc 5
Esther, HWV 50: Scene 1. Ouverture / Recitative: "'Tis greater far to spare" (Habdonah, Haman)
Esther, HWV 50: Scene 1. No. 1 Air: "Pluck root and branch from out the land" (Haman)
Esther, HWV 50: Scene 1. No. 2 Chorus: "Shall we the God of Israel fear?"
Esther, HWV 50: Scene 2. No. 3 Air: "Tune your harps to cheerful strains" (1st Israelite)
Esther, HWV 50: Scene 2. No. 4 Chorus: "Shall we of servitude complain"
Esther, HWV 50: Scene 2. No. 5 Air: "Praise the Lord with cheerful noise" (Israelite woman)
Esther, HWV 50: Scene 3. No. 8 Chorus: "Ye sons of Israel mourn"
Esther, HWV 50: Scene 4. No. 10 Air: "Dread not, righteous Queen, the danger" (Mordecai)
Disc 6
Esther, HWV 50: Scene 5. Recitative: "Who dares intrude into our presence" (Ahasuerus)
Esther, HWV 50: Scene 5. No. 15 Air: "How can I stay when love invites" (Ahasuerus)
Esther, HWV 50: Scene 5. No. 16 Chorus: "Virtue, truth and innocence"
Esther, HWV 50: Scene 6. No. 19 Arioso: "Turn not, O Queen, thy face away" (Haman)
Esther, HWV 50: Scene 6. No. 21 Air: "How art thou fall'n from thy height!" (Haman)
Disc 7
Athalia, HWV 52: Part One, Scene 1. No. 1 Air: "Blooming virgins, spotless train" (Josabeth)
Athalia, HWV 52: Part One, Scene 1. No. 2 Chorus: "The rising world Jehovah crown'd" (Young Virgins)
Athalia, HWV 52: Part One, Scene 1. Recitative: "When he is in his wrath reveal'd" (Abner)
Athalia, HWV 52: Part One, Scene 2. Recitative: "Your sacred songs awhile forbear" (Joad)
Athalia, HWV 52: Part One, Scene 3. No. 10 Chorus: "Cheer her, O Baal" (Attendants)
Athalia, HWV 52: Part One, Scene 3. No. 11 Air: "Gentle airs, melodious strains!" (Mathan)
Athalia, HWV 52: Part One, Scene 3. No. 12 Air: "Softest sounds no more can ease me" (Athalia)
Disc 8
Athalia, HWV 52: Part Two, Scene 1. No. 17 Chorus: "The mighty pow'r" (Priests, Levites, Israelites)
Athalia, HWV 52: Part Two, Scene 1. No. 18 Air: "Through the land so lovely blooming" (Josabeth)
Athalia, HWV 52: Part Two, Scene 2. No. 21 Air: "My vengeance awakes me" (Athalia)
Athalia, HWV 52: Part Three, Scene 1. No. 27a Accompagnato: "Let harmony breathe soft around" (Joad)
Athalia, HWV 52: Part Three, Scene 4. No. 32 Air: "Oppression, no longer I dread thee" (Abner)
Athalia, HWV 52: Part Three, Scene 4. No. 33 Arioso: "Hark! His thunders round me roll" (Mathan)
Athalia, HWV 52: Part Three, Scene 4. No. 34 Air: "To darkness eternal" (Athalia)
Disc 9
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. Overture: Larghetto e staccato - Allegro - Adagio - Andante
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 1. Overture
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. Recitative: "T'was at the royal feast"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 2. Recitative "'Twas at the royal feast" (Tenor)
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. Nos. 1 & 2: Air and Chorus: "Happy, happy, happy pair!"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 3. Aria "Happy, happy pair"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. Recitative: "Timotheus placed on high"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 5. Recitative "Timotheus plac'd on high"
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 3 Accompagnato: "The song began from Jove"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 6. Recitative "The song began from Jove"
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 4 Chorus: "The listening crowd admired the lofty sound"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 7. Chorus "The list'ning crowd"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 5 Air: "With ravish'd ears"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 8. Aria "With ravish'd ears" (Soprano)
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. Recitative: "The praise of Bacchus then"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 9. Recitative "The praise of Bacchus"
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 6 Air: "Bacchus, ever fair and young"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 10. Aria and Chorus "Bacchus ever fair and young"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. Recitative: "Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 11. Recitative "Sooth'd with the sound"
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 7 Accompagnato: "He chose a mournful Muse"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 12. Recitative "He chose a mournful muse"
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 8 Air: "He sung Darius, great and good"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 13. Aria "He sung Darius, great and good" (Soprano)
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 9 Accompagnato: "With downcast looks the joyless victor sate"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 14. Recitative "With downcast looks"
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. Chorus: "Behold Darius great and good"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 15. Chorus "Behold Darius great and good"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 10 Recitative: "The mighty master smiled to see"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 16. Recitative "The mighty master smil'd"
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 11 Arioso: "Softly sweet in Lydian measures"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 17. Arioso "Softly sweet in Lydian measures"
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 12 Air: "War, he sung, is toil and trouble"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 18. Aria "War, he sung, is toil and trouble"
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 1. No. 13 Chorus: "The many rend the skies with loud applause"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I, no. 19. Chorus "The many rend the skies with loud applause"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Disc 10
Concerto grosso in C major, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast": I. Allegro
George Frideric Handel - Concerto grosso in C major, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast"
Concerto grosso in C major, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast": II. Largo - Adagio
George Frideric Handel - Concerto grosso in C major, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast"
Concerto grosso in C major, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast": III. Allegro - Adagio
George Frideric Handel - Concerto grosso in C major, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast"
Concerto grosso in C major, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast": IV. Andante non presto
George Frideric Handel - Concerto grosso in C major, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part II, no. 1. Recitative and Chorus "Now strike the golden lyre again"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part II, no. 4. Aria "Revenge, Timotheus cries" (Bass)
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 2. No. 17 Accompagnato: "Give the vengeance due"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part II, no. 6. Recitative "Give vengeance the due"
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 2. No. 18 Air: "The princes applaud with a furious joy"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part II, no. 7. Air and Chorus "The princes applaud with a furious joy"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part II, no. 8. Air and Chorus "Thais led the way"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 2. No. 20 Accompagnato and Chorus: Accompagnato: "Thus, long ago"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part II, no. 9. Recitative "Thus long ago"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 2. Chorus: "At last divine Cecilia came"
George Frideric Handel - Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part II, no. 10. Chorus "At last divine Cecilia came"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 2. Recitative: "Your voices tune, and raise them high"
Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part 2. Duet: "Let's imitate her notes above!"
Disc 11
Saul, HWV 53: Act 1, Scene 1. No. 1 Chorus: "How excellent thy Name, o Lord"
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene I, no. 2a. Chorus "How excellent Thy name, o Lord"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene I, no. 4. Trio "Along the monster atheist strode" (Alto, Tenor, Bass)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Saul, HWV 53: Act 1, Scene 1. No. 4 Chorus: "The Youth inspir'd by Thee, o Lord"
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene I, no. 5. "The Youth inspired by Thee, o Lord" (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Saul, HWV 53: Act 1, Scene 1. No. 5 Chorus: "How excellent thy Name, o Lord"
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene I, no. 2a. Chorus "How excellent Thy name, o Lord"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II, no. 6. Recitative "He comes, he comes" (Michal)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II, no. 8. Recitative "Behold, o King, the brave, victorious youth" (Abner, Saul, David)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Alastair Miles
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II, no. 9. Air "O king, your favours with delight" (David)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Derek Lee Ragin
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II, no. 12. Recitative "Yet think, on whom this honour you bestow" (Merab)
Saul, HWV 53: Act 1, Scene 2. No. 13 Air: "Birth and fortune I despise!" (Jonathan)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II, no. 13. Air "Birth and fortune I despise" (Jonathan)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Mark Ainsley
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II, no. 15. Air "While yet thy tide of blood runs high" (High Priest)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II, no. 17. Air "My soul rejects the though with scorn" (Merab)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Alastair Miles
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene III, no. 23. Accompagnato "What do I hear?" (Saul)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Saul, HWV 53: Act 1, Scene 3. No. 26 Air: "With rage I shall burst his praises to hear!" (Saul)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene III, no. 26. Air "With rage I shall start burst his praises to hear" (Saul)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Alastair Miles
Saul, HWV 53: Act 1, Scene 4. No. 27 Recitative: "Imprudent women!" (Jonathan, Michal)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene IV, no. 27. Recitative "Imprudent women!" (Jonathan, Michal)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Mark Ainsley
Saul, HWV 53: Act 1, Scene 4. No. 28 Air: "Fell rage and black despair possessed" (Michal)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene IV, no. 28. Air "Fell rage and black despair possessed" (Michal)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene IV, no. 29. Recitative "This but the smallest part of Harmony" (High Priest)
Saul, HWV 53: Act 1, Scene 5. No. 31 Recitative: "Rack'd with infernal pains" (Abner)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene V, no. 31. Recitative "Racked with infernal pains" (Abner)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene V, no. 32. Air "Oh Lord, whose mercies numberless" (David)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Derek Lee Ragin
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene V, no. 35. Air "A serpent, in my bosom warned" (Saul)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Alastair Miles
Saul, HWV 53: Act 1, Scene 5. No. 37 Air: "Capricious man" (Merab)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene V, no. 37. Air "Capricious man" (Merab)
Saul, HWV 53: Act 1, Scene 6. No. 38 Accompagnato: "O filial piety!" (Jonathan)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene VI, no. 38. Accompagnato "O filial piety!" (Jonathan)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Mark Ainsley
Saul, HWV 53: Act 1, Scene 6. No. 39 Air: "No, cruel Father, no!" (Jonathan)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene VI, no. 39. Air "No, cruel father, no!" (Jonathan)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Mark Ainsley
Disc 12
Saul, HWV 53: Act 2, Scene 1. No. 42 Chorus: "Envy! eldest born of hell!"
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene I, no. 42. Chorus "Envy! Eldest born of hell!"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Saul, HWV 53: Act 2, Scene 2. No. 43 Recitative: "Ah! dearest friend" (Jonathan)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene II, no. 43. Recitative "Ah! Dearest friend" (Jonathan)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Mark Ainsley
Saul, HWV 53: Act 2, Scene 2. No. 44 Air: But sooner Jordan's stream, I swear" (Jonathan)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene II, no. 44. Air "But sooner Jordan's stream, I swear" (Jonathan)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Mark Ainsley
Saul, HWV 53: Act 2, Scene 2. No. 45 Recitative: "O strange vicissitude!" (David, Jonathan)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene II, no. 45. Recitative "Oh strange vicissitude!" (David, Jonathan)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Derek Lee Ragin
Saul, HWV 53: Act 2, Scene 2. No. 46 Air: "Such haughty beauties" (David)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene II, no. 46. Air "Such haughy beauties" (David)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Derek Lee Ragin
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene III, no. 48. Recitative "Hast thou obeyed my orders" (Saul, Jonathan)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Alastair Miles
Saul, HWV 53: Act 2, Scene 3. No. 49 Air: "Sin not, o king, against the youth" (Jonathan)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene III, no. 49. Air "Sin not, o king, against the youth" (Jonathan)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Mark Ainsley
Saul, HWV 53: Act 2, Scene 3. No. 50 Air: "As great Jehovah lives" (Saul)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene III, no. 50. Air "As great Jehovah lives (Saul)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Alastair Miles
Saul, HWV 53: Act 2, Scene 3. No. 51 Air: "From cities storm'd, and battles won" (Jonathan)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene III, no. 51. Air "From cities stormed, and battles won" (Jonathan)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Mark Ainsley
Saul, HWV 53: Act 2, Scene 4. No. 52 Recitative: "Appear, my friend" (Jonathan, Saul)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene IV, no. 52. Recitative "Appear, my friend" (Jonathan, Saul)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Alastair Miles
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene IV, no. 54. Recitative "Yes, he shall wed my daughter!" (Saul)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Alastair Miles
Saul, HWV 53: Act 2, Scene 5. No. 55 Recitative: "A father's will" (Michal)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene V, no. 55. Recitative "A father's will has authorised my love" (Michal)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene V, no. 56. Duet "O fairest of ten thousand fair" (Michal, David)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Saul, HWV 53: Act 2, Scene 6. No. 59 Recitative: "Thy father is as cruel" (David)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene VI, no. 59. Recitative "Thy father is a cruel!" (David)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Derek Lee Ragin
Saul, HWV 53: Act 2, Scene 6. No. 60 Duet: "At persecution I can laugh" (David, Michal)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene VI, no. 60. Duet "At persecution I can laugh" (David, Michal)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Derek Lee Ragin
Saul, HWV 53: Act 2, Scene 7. No. 61 Recitative: "Whom dost thou seek?" (Michal, Doeg)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene VII, no. 61. Recitative "Whom dost thou seek" (Michal, Doeg)
Saul, HWV 53: Act 2, Scene 7. No. 62 Air: "No, no, let the guilty tremble" (Michal)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene VII, no. 62. Air "No, no, let the guilty tremble" (Michal)
Saul, HWV 53: Act 2, Scene 8. No. 63 Recitative: "Mean as he was" (Merab)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene VIII, no. 63. Recitative "Mean as he was, he is my brother now" (Merab)
Saul, HWV 53: Act 2, Scene 8. No. 64 Air: "Author of peace" (Merab)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene VIII, no. 64. Air "Author of peace, who canst controul" (Merab)