Handel Edition Volume 7 - Saul, Alexander's feast, Ode for St Cecilia's Day, Utrecht Te Deum, Apollo e Dafne, Giulio Cesare

Saul, HWV 53: Symphony (Allegro - Larghetto - Allegro - Menuet. Andante larghetto)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 1: No. 1, Chorus, "How excellent thy name, oh Lord" (Chorus)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 1: No. 2, Aria, "An infant raised by thy command" (Soprano)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 1: No. 3, Trio, "Along the monster atheist strode" (Counter-Tenor, Tenor, Bass)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 1: No. 4, Chorus, "The youth inspired by Thee, o Lord" - No. 5, Chorus, "How excellent Thy name, o Lord"

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 2: No. 6, Recitative, "He comes!" - No. 7, Air, "O godlike youth!" (Michal)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 2: No. 8, Recitative, "Behold, o King, the brave, victorious youth" (Abner, Saul, David) - No. 9, Air, "O King, your favours with delight I take" (David)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 2: No. 10, Recitative, "Oh early piety!" (Jonathan)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 2: No. 11a, Air, "What abject thoughts" (Merab)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 2: No. 12, Recitative, "Yet think, on whom this honour" (Merab) - No. 13, Air, "Birth and fortune I despise!" (Jonathan)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 2: No. 16, Recitative, "Thou, Merab, first in birth" (Saul, Merab) - No. 17, Air, "My soul rejects the thoughts with scorn" (Merab)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 2: No. 18, Air, "See, with what a scornful air" - No. 19, Air, "Ah! lovely youth!" (Michal)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 2: No. 20, Symphony (Andante allegro)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 3: No. 21, Recitative, "Already see, the daughters of the land" (Michal)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 3: No. 22, Chorus, "Welcome, mighty king!" (Chorus)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 3: No. 23, Recitative, "What do I hear?" (Saul) - No. 24, Chorus, "David his ten thousands slew" - No. 25, Recitative, "To him ten thousands!" (Saul) - No. 26, Air, "With rage I shall burst his praises to hear!" (S

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 4: No. 27, Recitative, "Imprudent women!" (Jonathan, Michal) - No. 28, Air, "Fell rage and black despair possest" (Michal)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 5: No. 31, Recitative, "Racked with infernal pains" (Abner)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 5: No. 32b, Air, "O Lord, whose mercies numberless" (David)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 5: No. 34, Recitative, "Tis all in vain" (Jonathan)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 5: No. 35, Air, "A serpent, in my bosom warmed" - No. 36, Recitative, "Has he escaped my rage?" (Saul)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 5: No. 37, Air, "Capricious man, in humour lost" (Merab)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 6: No. 38, Recitative, "O filial piety!" - No. 29, Air, "No, cruel father, no" (Jonathan)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1 Scene 6: No. 41, Chorus, "Preserve him for the glory of thy name"

Saul, HWV 53, Act 2 Scene 1: No. 42, Chorus, "Envy! eldest born of hell!"

Saul, HWV 53, Act 2 Scene 2: No. 43, Recitative, "Ah, dearest friend" - No. 44, Air, "But sooner Jordan's stream" - No. 47, Recitative, "My father comes" (Jonathan)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 2 Scene 3: No. 48, Recitative, "Hast thou obeyed my orders" (Saul, Jonathan) - No. 49, Air, "Sin not, o King" (Jonathan)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 2 Scene 3: No. 50, Air, "As great Jehovah lives" (Saul)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 2 Scene 3: No. 51, Air, "From cities stormed, and battles won" (Jonathan)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 2 Scene 4: No. 52, Recitative, "Appear, my friend" (Jonathan, Saul)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 2 Scene 4: No. 53, Air, "Your words, o King" (David)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 2 Scene 4: No. 54, Recitative, "Yes, he shall wed my daughter" (Saul)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 2 Scene 5: No. 55, Recitative, "A father's will has authoriz'd my love" (Michal)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 2 Scene 5: No. 56, Duet, "O fairest of ten thousand fair" (Michal, David)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 2 Scene 5: No. 57, Chorus, "Is there a man"

Saul, HWV 53, Act 2 Scene 5: No. 58a, Symphony (Largo - Allegro)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 2 Scene 6: No. 59, Recitative, "Thy father is as cruel" (David) - No. 60, Duet, "At persecution I can laugh" (David, Michal)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 2 Scene 7: No. 61, Recitative, "Whom dost thou seek?" (Michal, Doeg) - No. 62, Air, "No, no, let the guilty tremble" (Michal)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 2 Scene 8: No. 63, Recitative, "Mean as he was" - No. 64, Air, "Author of peace" (Merab)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 2 Scene 9: No. 65, Symphony (Allegro)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 2 Scene 9: No. 66a, Recitative, "The time at length is come" (Saul)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 2 Scene 10: No. 67, Recitative, "Where is the son of Jesse?" (Saul, Jonathan)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 2 Scene 10: No. 68, Chorus, "O fatal consequence of rage"

Saul, HWV 53, Act 3 Scene 1: No. 69, Recitative, "Wretch that I am!" - No. 70, Air, "Tis said, here lives a woman" (Saul)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 3 Scene 2: No. 71, Recitative, "With me what would'st thou?" (Witch, Saul) - No. 72, Air, "Infernal spirits" (Witch)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 3 Scene 3: No. 73, Recitative, "Why hast thou forced me … O holy prophet!" (Samuel, Saul)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 3 Scene 3: No. 74, Symphony (Allegro)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 3 Scene 4: No. 75, Recitative, "Whence comst thou?" (David, Amalekite) - No. 76, Air, "Impious wretch, of race accurst" (David)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 3 Scene 4: No. 77b, March (Grave)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 3 Scene 5: No. 78, Chorus, "Mourn, Israel, mourn, thy beauty lost!"

Saul, HWV 53, Act 3 Scene 5: No. 79, Air, "O let it not in Gath be heard" (Jonathan) - No. 80, Air, "From this unhappy day" (Michal)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 3 Scene 5: No. 82, Chorus, "Eagles were not so swift as they"

Saul, HWV 53, Act 3 Scene 5: No. 83, Air, "In sweetest harmony they lived" (Merab) - No. 84, Solo and Chorus, "O fatal day!" (David, Chorus)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 3 Scene 5: No. 85a, Recitative, "Ye men of Judah, weep no more" (High Priest)

Saul, HWV 53, Act 3 Scene 5: No. 86, Chorus, "Gird on thy sword" (Chorus)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Overture (Larghetto e staccato - Allegro - Adagio - Andante)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Recitative, "T'was at the royal feast, for Persia won by Philip's warlike son" (Tenor)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 1: No. 1, Air and Chorus, "Happy pair!" (Tenor, Soprano, Chorus)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Recitative, "Timotheus, plac'd on high" (Tenor)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 1: No. 3, Recitative accompanied, "The song began from Jove" (Soprano)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 1: No. 4, Chorus, "The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound"

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 1: No. 5, Aria, "With ravish'd ears the monarch hears" (Soprano)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Recitative, "The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung" (Tenor)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 1: No. 6, Air and Chorus, "Bacchus, ever fair and young … Bacchus' blessings are a treasure" (Bass, Chorus)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Recitative, "Sooth'd with the sound" (Tenor)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 1: No. 7, Recitative accompanied, "He choose a mournful Muse" (Soprano)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 1: No. 8, Air, "He sung Darius, great and good" (Soprano)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 1: No. 9, Recitative accompanied, "With downcast looks the joyless victor sate" (Soprano)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 1: No. 10, Chorus, "Behold Darius great and good"

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 1: Recitative, "The mighty master smiled to see" (Tenor)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 1: No. 11, Arioso, "Softly sweet in Lydian measures" (Soprano)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 1: No. 12, Air, "War, he sung, is toil and trouble" (Tenor)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 1: No. 13, Chorus, "The many rend the skies with loud applause"

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 1: No. 14a, Air, "The Prince, unable to conceal his pain" (Soprano)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 1: No. 14b, Chorus, "The many rend the skies with loud applause" (da capo)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 2: No. 15, Recitative accompanied with Chorus, "Now strike the golden Lyre again! … Break his bonds of sleep asunder … Hark, hark!" (Tenor, Chorus)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 2: No. 16, Air, "Revenge, Timotheus cries" (Bass)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 2: No. 17, Recitative accompanied, "Give the vengeance due to the valiant crew" (Tenor)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 2: No. 18, Air, "The princes applaud with a furious joy" (Tenor)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 2: No. 19, Air with Chorus, "Thais led the way … The princes applaud with a furious joy" (Soprano, Chorus)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 2: No. 20, Recitative accompanied with Chorus, "Thus, long ago, ere heaving Bellows … At last divine Cecilia came" (Tenor, Chorus)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 2: Recitative, "Let old Timotheus yield the prize" (Tenor, Bass)

Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75, Pt. 2: No. 21, Chorus, "Let old Timotheus yield the prize" (Soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: Overture (Larghetto e staccato - Allegro - Menuet) - Recitative, "From Harmony, from heavenly Harmony" - No. 1, Recitative accompanied, "When Nature underneath a heap" (Tenor)

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: No. 2, Chorus, "From Harmony, from heavenly Harmony"

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: No. 3, Air, "What passion cannot Music raise and quell!" (Soprano)

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: No. 4, Solo and Chorus, "The trumpet's loud clangor excites us" (Tenor, Chorus)

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: No. 5, March

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: No. 6, Air, "The soft complainning flute" (Soprano)

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: No. 7, Air, "Sharp Violins proclaim their jealous pangs" (Tenor)

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: No. 8, Air, "But oh! what art can teach" (Soprano)

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: No. 9, Air, "Orpheus could lead" (Soprano)

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: No. 10, Recitative accompanied, "But bright Cecilia rais'd the wonder high'r" (Soprano)

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: No. 11, Chorus, "As from the power of sacred lays"

Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278, "Utrecht Te Deum": No. 1, Chorus, (a) "We praise thee, o God"

Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278, "Utrecht Te Deum": No. 1, Chorus, (b) "All the earth doth worship Thee"

Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278, "Utrecht Te Deum": No. 2, Solo and Chorus, "To Thee all angels cry aloud" (Tenor 1, Alto, Chorus)

Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278, "Utrecht Te Deum": No. 3, Solo and Chorus, "To Thee, Cherubim and Seraphim" (Soprano, Alto, Chorus)

Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278, "Utrecht Te Deum": No. 4, Solo and Chorus, (a) "The glorious company" (Tenor 1, Bass, Soprano, Alto, Chorus)

Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278, "Utrecht Te Deum": No. 4, Solo and Chorus, (b) "Thou art the King of Glory" (Chorus)

Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278, "Utrecht Te Deum": No. 5, Solo and Chorus, (a) "When Thou took'st upon Thee" (Alto, Soprano, Tenors, Bass, Chorus)

Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278, "Utrecht Te Deum": No. 5, Solo and Chorus, (b) "Thou sittest at the right hand of God" (Chorus)

Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278, "Utrecht Te Deum": No. 6, Solo and Chorus, "We believe that Thou shalt come" (Chorus, Alto, Tenor 1, Soprano)

Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278, "Utrecht Te Deum": No. 7, Chorus, "Day by day we magnify Thee" (Soloists, Chorus)

Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278, "Utrecht Te Deum": No. 8, Chorus, "And we worship thy name"

Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278, "Utrecht Te Deum": No. 9, Solo and Chorus, "Vouchsafe, o Lord" (Soprano, Alto, Tenors, Bass, Chorus)

Te Deum in D Major, HWV 278, "Utrecht Te Deum": No. 10, Chorus, "O Lord in Thee have I trusted"

Cantata "Apollo e Dafne", HWV 122: Recitativo, "La terra è liberata" (Apollo)

Cantata "Apollo e Dafne", HWV 122: No. 1, Aria, "Pende il ben dell'universo" (Apollo)

Cantata "Apollo e Dafne", HWV 122: Rcitativo, "Ch'il superbetto Amore" (Apollo)

Cantata "Apollo e Dafne", HWV 122: No. 2, Aria, "Spezza l'arco e getta l'armi" (Apollo)

Cantata "Apollo e Dafne", HWV 122: No. 3, Aria, "Felicissima quest'alma" (Dafne)

Cantata "Apollo e Dafne", HWV 122: Recitativo, "Che voce! Che beltà!" (Apollo, Dafne)

Cantata "Apollo e Dafne", HWV 122: No. 4, Aria, "Ardi, adori e preghi in vano" (Dafne)

Cantata "Apollo e Dafne", HWV 122: Recitativo, "Che crudel! Ch'importuno" (Apollo, Dafne)

Cantata "Apollo e Dafne", HWV 122: No. 5, Duet, "Una guerra ho dentro il seno" (Dafne, Apollo)

Cantata "Apollo e Dafne", HWV 122: Recitativo, "Placati al fin, o cara" (Apollo)

Cantata "Apollo e Dafne", HWV 122: No. 6, Aria, "Come rosa in su la spina" (Apollo)

Cantata "Apollo e Dafne", HWV 122: Recitativo, "Ah ch'un Dio non dovrebbe" (Dafne)

Cantata "Apollo e Dafne", HWV 122: No. 7, Aria, "Come in ciel benigna stella" (Dafne)

Cantata "Apollo e Dafne", HWV 122: Recitativo, "Odi la mia ragion!" (Apollo, Dafne)

Cantata "Apollo e Dafne", HWV 122: No. 8, Duet, "Deh lascia addolcire" (Apollo, Dafne)

Cantata "Apollo e Dafne", HWV 122: Recitativo, "Sempre t'adorerò!" (Apollo, Dafne)

Cantata "Apollo e Dafne", HWV 122: No. 9, Aria, "Mie piante correte, mie braccie stringete" (Apollo)

Cantata "Apollo e Dafne", HWV 122: No. 10, Aria, "Cara pianta co'miei pianti" (Apollo)

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Overture (Andante - Allegro)

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1 Scene 1: No. 1, Coro, "Viva il nostro Alcide!" (Chorus)

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1 Scene 1: No. 2, Aria, "Presti omai l'Egizia terra" (Giulio Cesare)

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1 Scene 4: No. 4, Aria, "Priva son d'ogni conforto" (Cornelia)

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1 Scene 4: Recitativo, "Vani sono i lamenti" (Sesto)

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1 Scene 4: No. 5, Aria, "Svegliatevi nel core" (Sesto)

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1 Scene 8: No. 12, Aria, "Cara speme, questo core" (Sesto)

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1 Scene 9: No. 14, Aria, "Va tacito e nascosto" (Cesare)

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 2 Scene 6: No. 24, Aria, "Cessa omai di sospirare!" (Cornelia)

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 2 Scene 8: No. 29, Aria, "Se pietà di me non senti" (Cleopatra)

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 3 Scene 2: No. 33, Sinfonia

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 3 Scene 7: No. 40, Aria, "Da tempeste il legno infranto" (Cleopatra)

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 3 Scene 10: No. 42b, La Marche

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 3 Scene 10: No. 44, Coro, "Ritorni omai nel nostro core" (Chorus, Cesare, Cleopatra)