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René Jacobs

Handel: Oratorios (Saul, Messiah)

René Jacobs

89 SONGS • 4 HOURS AND 47 MINUTES • DEC 02 2008

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Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II: Air "O King, Your Favours With Delight" - "Oh Early Piety!"
05:21
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Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II: Air "What Abject Thoughts a Prince Can Have!" - "Yet Think, On Whom This Honour You Bestow"
02:13
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Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II: "Go On, Illustrious Pair!" - Air "While Yet Thy Tide of Blood Runs High"
02:45
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Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II: "Thou, Merab, First In Birth, First In Honour" - Air "My Soul Rejects the Thought With Scorn" / 18. Air "See, With What a Scornful Air" / 19. Air "Ah, Lovely Youth, Wast Thou Designed"
03:19
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Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene II: "Symphony" - "Already See the Daughters of the Land" / Scene III. 22. Chorus "Welcome, Welcome, Mighty King!"
02:47
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Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene III: "What Do I Hear?" - Chorus "David His Ten Thousands Slew" / 25. "To Him Ten Thousands" / 26. Air "With Rage I Shall Start Burst His Praises to Hear"
02:17
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Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene IV: "Imprudent Women!" - Air "Fell Rage and Black Despair Possessed"
02:58
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Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene IV: "This But the Smallest Part of Harmony" - "By Thee This Universal Frame"
02:47
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Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene V: "Racked With Infernal Pains" - Air "O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless"
03:51
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Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene V: Symphony - "Tis All in Vain, His Fury Still Continues"
02:14
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Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene V: Air "A Serpent, In My Bosom Warmed" - "Has He Escaped My Rage?"
02:22
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Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene VI: "O Filial Pity!" - Air "No, Cruel Father, No!"
03:00
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Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene VI: Air "O Lord, Whose Providence" - Chorus "Preserve Him for the Glory of Thy Name"
03:37
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Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene I: Chorus "Envy! Eldest Born of Hell!"
02:47
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Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene II: "Ah! Dearest Friend" Air "But Sooner Jordan's Stream, I Swear"
02:36
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Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene II: "Oh Strange Vicissitude!" - Air "Such Haughty Beauties Rather Move"
05:07
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Saul, HWV 53: Act II, Scene II: "My Father Comes" - Scene III. "Hast Thou Obeyed My Orders"
00:42
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Saul, HWV 53: Act II. Scene III. 49. Air "Sin Not, O King, Against the Youth" / 50. Air "As Great Jehovah Lives" / 51. Air "From Cities Stormed, and Battles Won"
04:54
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Saul, HWV 53: Act II. Scene IV. 52. "Appear, My Friend" / 53. Air "Your Words, O King, My Loyal Heart" / 54. "Yes, He Shall Wed My Daughter!"
01:49
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Saul, HWV 53: Act II. Scene V. 55. "A Father's Will Has Authorised My Love" / 56. Duet "O Fairest of Ten Thousand Fair" / 57. Chorus "Is There a Man"
04:18
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Saul, HWV 53: Act II. Scene V. 58. Symphony
04:35
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Saul, HWV 53: Act II. Scene VI. 59. "Thy Father Is As Cruel" / 60. Duet "At Persecution I Can Laugh"
01:37
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Saul, HWV 53: Act II. Scene VII. 61. "Whom Dost Thou Seek" / 62. Air "No, No Let the Guilty Tremble"
02:14
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Saul, HWV 53: Act II. Scene VIII. 63. "Mean As He Was, He Is My Brother Now" / 64. Air "Author of Peace, Who Canst Controul"
03:32
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Saul, HWV 53: Act II. Scene IX. 65. Symphony
01:06
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Saul, HWV 53: Act II. Scene IX. 66. "The Time At Length Is Come" / Scene X. 67. "Where Is the Son of Jesse?"
01:29
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Saul, HWV 53: Act II. Scene X. 68. Chorus "Oh Fatal Consequence of Rage"
04:46
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Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene I. 69. "Wretch That I Am" / 70. "Tis Said, Here Lives a Woman"
03:15
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Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene II. 71. "With Me What Would'st Thou" / 72. Air "Infernal Spirits"
02:50
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Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene III. 73. "Why Hast Thou Forced Me from the Reals of Peace"
02:42
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Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene III. 74. Symphony
00:33
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Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene IV. 75. "Whence Comest Thou?" / 76. Air "Impious Wretch, of Race Accurst!"
02:52
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Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene IV. 77. March
03:03
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Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene V. 78. Chorus "Mourn, Israel"
03:27
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Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene V. 79. Air "Oh Let It Not In Gath Be Heard"
02:07
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Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene V. 80. Air "From This Unhappy Day"
02:39
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Saul: Act III, scene 5. N°81. Aria David: "Brave Jonathan his bow never drew" - N°82. Chorus: "Eagles were not so swift as they"
02:13
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Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene V. 83. Air "In Sweetest Harmony They Lived!" / 84. "O Fatal Day!" / 85. "Ye Men of Judah, Weep No More!"
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Saul, HWV 53: Act III. Scene V. 86. Chorus "Gird On Thy Sword, Thou Man of Might"
05:01
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 1, 1. "Sinfony"
02:59
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 1, 2. Accompagnato (tenor) "Comfort ye, my people, saith your God"
02:59
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 1, 3. Air (tenor) "Every valley shall be exalted"
03:01
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 1, 4. chorus "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"
02:34
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 1, 5. Accompagnato (bass) "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts"
01:19
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 1, 6. Air (countertenor) "But who may abide the day of His coming?"
03:51
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 1, 7. Chorus "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"
02:24
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 1, 8. Recitative (alto) "Behold, a virgin shall conceive" - 9. Air (alto) & Chorus "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, arise"
05:27
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 1, 10. Accompagnato (bass) "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"
02:18
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 1, 11. Air (bass) "The people that walked in darkness"
03:41
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 1, 12. Chorus "For unto us a child is born"
03:57
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 1, 13. Sinfonia pastorale -14a."There were shepherds"-14b. "And lo, the angel of the Lord"-15. "And the angel said"-16. "And suddenly there was"
04:41
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 1, 17. Chorus "Glory to God in the highest"
02:04
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 1, 18. Air (soprano) "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"
04:33
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 1, 19. Recitative (alto) "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened" - 20. Air (alto & countertenor) "He shall feed His flock"
04:58
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 1, 21. Chorus "His yoke is easy, and His burthen is light"
02:20
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 2, 22. Chorus "Behold the lamb of God"
04:24
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 2, 24. Chorus "Surely He hath borne our griefs"
01:45
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 2, 25. Chorus "And with His stripes we are healed"
01:42
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 2, 26. Chorus "All we like sheep have gone astray"
03:50
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 2, 27. Accompagnato (tenor) "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn"
00:36
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 2, 28. Chorus "He trusted in God that He would deliver Him"
02:11
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 2, 29. Accompagnato (tenor) "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart"
01:30
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 2, 30. Arioso (tenor) "Behold and see if there be any sorrow"
01:21
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 2, 31."He was cut off out of the land of the living" - 32."But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell"
02:14
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 2, 33. Chorus "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"
03:03
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 2, 34. Recitative (tenor) "Unto which of the angels said He at any time"
00:14
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 2, 35. Chorus "Let all the angels of God worship Him"
01:23
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 2, 36. Air (countertenor) "Thou art gone up on high"
02:47
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 2, 37. Chorus "The Lord gave the world"
01:09
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 2, 38. Air (countertenor) "How beautiful are the feet of them"
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 2, 39. Chorus "Their sound is gone out into all lands"
01:24
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 2, 40. Air (bass) "Why do the nations so furiously rage together"
02:49
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 2, 41. Chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder"
01:36
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 2, 42. Recitative (tenor) "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn" - 43. Air (tenor) "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron"
01:59
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 3, 45. Air (soprano) "I know that my redeemer liveth"
06:02
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 3, 46. Chorus "Since by man came death"
01:57
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 3, 47. Accompagnato (bass) "Behold, I tell you a mystery" - 48. Air (bass) "The trumpet shall sound"
08:36
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 3, 49. Recitative (alto) "Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written" - 50. Duet (alto & tenor) "O Death, where is thy sting?"
01:16
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 3, 51. Chorus "But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory"
02:03
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 3, 52. Air (countertenor) "If God be for us, who can be against us?"
04:19
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Messiah, HWV 56: Part 3, 53. Chorus "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain" - 54. Chorus "Amen"
06:51
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