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Symphony
1-1	1. Allegro
1-2	2. Larghetto
1-3	3. Allegro
1-4	4. Andante Larghetto
Act I
Scene 1
1-5	1. Chorus: "How Excellent Thy Name, Oh Lord"
1-6	2. Air (Soprano): "An Infant Rais'd By Thy Command"
1-7	3. Trio: "Along The Monster Atheist Strode"
1-8	4. Chorus: "The Youth Inspir'd By Thee, Oh Lord"
1-9	5. Chorus: "How Exellent Thy Name, Oh Lord"
Scene 2
1-10	6. Recitative: "He Comes, He Comes!" / 7. Air: "Oh God-Like Youth! By All Confess'd"
1-11	8. Recitative: "Behold, Oh King, The Brave, Victorious Youth"
1-12	9. Air: "Oh King, Your Favours With Delight I Take"
1-13	10. Recitative: "Oh Early Piety! Oh Modest Merit!"
1-14	11. Air: "What Abject Thoughts A Prince Can Have!"
1-15	12. Recitative: "Yet Think, On Whom This Honour You Bestow"
1-16	13. Air: "Birth And Fortune I Despise"
1-17	14. Recitative: "Go On, Illustrious Pair!"
1-18	15. Air: "While Yet Thy Tide Of Blood Runs High"
1-19	16. Recitative: "Thou, Merab, First In Birth, Be First In Honour"
1-20	17. Air: "My Soul Rejects The Thought With Scorn"
1-21	18. Air: "See, With What Scornful Air"
1-22	19. Air: "Ah, Lovely Youth!"
1-23	20. Symphony
1-24	21. Recitative: "Already See The Daughters Of The Land"
Scene 3
1-25	22. Chorus Of Women: "Welcome, Welcome, Mighty King!"
1-26	23. Accompagnato: "What Do I Hear? - Am I Then Sunk Sol Low"
1-27	24. Chorus: "David His Ten Thousands Slew"
1-28	25. Accompagnato: "To Him Ten Thousands, And To Me But Thousand"
1-29	26. Air: "With Rage I Shall Burst His Praises To Hear!"
Scene 4
1-30	27. Recitative: "Imprudent Women!"
1-31	28. Air: "Fell Rage And Black Despair Possess'd"
1-32	29: Recitative: "This But The Smallest Part Of Harmony"
1-33	30: Accompagnato: "By Thee This Universal Frame"
Scene 5
2-1	31. Recitaive: "Rack'd With Infernal Pains, Ev'n Now The King Comes Forth"
2-2	32. Air: "Oh Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless"
2-3	33. Symphony
2-4	34. Recitative: "Tis All In Vain; His Fury Still Continues"
2-5	35. Air: "A Serpent, In My Bosom Warm'd"
2-6	36. Recitative: "Has He Escap'd My Rage?"
2-7	37. Air: "Capricious Man, In Humour Lost"
Scene 6
2-8	38. Accompagnato: "Oh Filial Piety! Oh Sacred Friendship"
2-9	39. Air: "No, Cruel Father, No!"
2-10	40. Air: "Oh Lord, Whose Providence Ever Wakes"
2-11	41. Chorus: "Preserve Him For The Glory Of Thy Name"
Act II
Scene 1
2-12	42. Chorus: "Envy! Eldest Born Of Hell!"
Scene 2
2-13	43. Recitative: "Ah! Dearest Friend, Undone By Too Much Virtue!"
2-14	44. Air: "But Sooner Jordan's Stream, I Swear"
2-15	45. Recitative: "Oh Strange Vicissitude!"
2-16	46. Air: "Such Haugthy Beauties Rather Move Aversion"
2-17	47. Recitative: "My Father Comes: Retire, My Friend"
Scene 3
2-18	48. Recitative: "Hast Thou Obey'd My Orders"
2-19	49. Air: "Sin Not, Oh King, Against The Youth"
2-20	50. Air: "As Great Jehovah Lives, I Swear"
2-21	51. Air: "From Cities Storm'd, And Battles Won"
Scene 4
2-22	52. Recitative: "Appear, My Friend"
2-23	53. Air: "Your Words, Oh King, My Loyal Heart With Double Ardour Fire"
2-24	54. Recitative: "Yes, He Shall Wed My Daughter!"
Scene 5
2-25	55. Recitative: "A Father's Will Has Authoriz'd My Love"
2-26	56. Duet: "Oh Fairest Of Then Thousand Fair"
2-27	57. Chorus: "Is There A Man, Who All His Ways Directs"
2-28	58. Symphony
Scene 6
2-29	59. Recitative: "Thy Father Is As Cruel, And As False, As Thou Art Kind And True"
2-30	60. Duet: "At Persecution I Can Laugh"
Scene 7
2-31	61. Recitative: "Whom Dost Thou Seek?"
2-32	62. Air: "No, No, Let The Guilty Tremble"
Scene 8
2-33	63. Recitative: "Mean As He Was, He Is My Brother Now"
2-34	64. Air: "Author Of Peace, Who Canst Controul Ev'ry Passion Of The Soul"
Scene 9
2-35	65. Symphony
2-36	66. Accompagnato: "The Time At Length Is Come"
Scene 10
2-37	67. Recitative: "Where Is The Son Of Jesse?"
2-38	68. Chorus: "Oh Fatal Consequence Of Rage"
Act III
Scene 1
3-1	69. Accompagnato: "Wretch That I Am! Of My Own Ruin Author!"
3-2	70. Accompagnato: "Tis Said, Here Lives A Woman"
Scene 2
3-3	71. Recitative: "With Me What Would'st Thou?"
3-4	72. Air: "Infernal Spirits, By Whose Pow'r"
Scene 3
3-5	73. Accompagnato: "Why Hast Thou Forc'd Me From The Realms Of Peace"
3-6	74. Symphony
Scene 4
3-7	75. Recitative: "Whence Comest Thou?"
3-8	76. Air: "Impious Wretch, Of Race Accurst!"
3-9	77. Dead March
Scene 5
3-10	78. Chorus: "Mourn, Israel, Mourn, Thy Beauty Lost"
3-11	79. Air (Tenor): "Oh Lt It Not In Gath Be Heard"
3-12	80. Air (Soprano): "From This Unhappy Day No More"
3-13	81. Air: "Brave Jonathan His Bow Ne'er Drew"
3-14	82. Chorus: "Eagles Were Not So Swift As They"
3-15	83. Air (Soprano): "In Sweetest Harmony They Liv'd"
3-16	84. Solo (David) & Chorus: "Oh Fatal Day! How Low The Mighty Lie!"
3-17	85. Recitative: "Ye Men Of Judah, Weep No More!"
3-18	86. Chorus: "Gird On They Sword, Thou Man Of Might"

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polydor International GmbH
• Printed By – Münstermann-Druck KG
• Made By – PMDC, Germany
• Recorded At – Leeds Town Hall

Credits

• Art Direction – Lutz Bode
• Bass Vocals [Doeg] – Stafford Dean
• Bass Vocals [Samuel] – Stafford Dean
• Bass Vocals [Saul] – Donald McIntyre
• Bassoon – Martin Gatt
• Celesta – Charles Fullbrook
• Cello – Kenneth Heath
• Chorus – Leeds Festival Chorus
• Chorus [Chorus Master] – Donald Hunt
• Composed By – George Frideric Handel*
• Conductor, Liner Notes – Sir Charles Mackerras
• Contrabass – Adrian Beers
• Countertenor Vocals [David] – James Bowman
• Cover, Illustration – Rembrandt
• Engineer – Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Joachim Niss
• Glockenspiel – David Corkhill
• Harp – John Marson
• Harpsichord – Roger Bullivant
• Leader – Kenneth Sillito
• Libretto By – Charles Jennens
• Liner Notes – Hans-Dieter Clausen
• Orchestra – English Chamber Orchestra
• Organ – Donald Hunt
• Photography By [Artist Photo] – Clive Barda
• Producer – Dr. Gerd Ploebsch
• Soprano Vocals [Merab] – Margaret Price
• Soprano Vocals [Michal] – Sheila Armstrong
• Tenor Vocals [Abner] – John Winfield
• Tenor Vocals [Amalekite] – Gerald English
• Tenor Vocals [High Priest] – Gerald English
• Tenor Vocals [Jonathan] – Ryland Davies
• Tenor Vocals [Witch Of Endor] – John Winfield
• Theorbo – Robert Spencer

Notes

Double jewel-case.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 028944769623
• Label Code: LC 0113

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
2722 008	Georg Friedrich Händel, Charles Mackerras*, Leeds Festival Chorus / English Chamber Orchestra	Georg Friedrich Händel, Charles Mackerras*, Leeds Festival Chorus / English Chamber Orchestra - Saul Oratorio ‎(3xLP + Box)	Archiv Produktion	2722 008	Germany	1973
2710 014	Georg Friedrich Händel, Charles Mackerras*, Leeds Festival Chorus / English Chamber Orchestra	Georg Friedrich Händel, Charles Mackerras*, Leeds Festival Chorus / English Chamber Orchestra - Saul Oratorio ‎(3xLP + Box)	Archiv Produktion	2710 014	1973
413910-1	Georg Friedrich Händel, Donald McIntyre, Ryland Davies, James Bowman , Margaret Price, Sheila Armstrong, Charles Mackerras*, Leeds Festival Chorus / English Chamber Orchestra	Georg Friedrich Händel, Donald McIntyre, Ryland Davies, James Bowman , Margaret Price, Sheila Armstrong, Charles Mackerras*, Leeds Festival Chorus / English Chamber Orchestra - Saul Oratorio ‎(3xLP, RE + Box)	Deutsche Grammophon	413910-1	Germany	1985