Sinfonia. Allegro - Larghetto
Chorus. "How Excellent Thy Name, Oh Lord" (Israelites)
Aria. "An Infant Rais'd by Thy Command" (Soprano)
Chorus. "Along the Monster Atheist Strode" (Israelites)
Chorus. "The Youth Inspired by Thee, Oh Lord" (Israelites)
Chorus. "Hallelujah" (Israelites)
Recitative. "He Comes, he Comes!" (Michal)
Margaret Marshall · English Chamber Orchestra · Sir Philip Ledger · Robert Tear · Sir Thomas Allen · Paul Esswood · Gareth Morrell · Martyn Hill · Matthew Best · Sally Burgess · Charles Daniels
Aria. "Oh God-Like Youth" (Michal)
Recitative. "Behold, Oh King" (Abner, Saul, David)
Aria. "Oh King, Your Favours with Delight" (David)
Aria. "What Abject Thoughts a Prince Can Have!" (Merab)
Recitative. "Yet Think, on Whom This Honour You Bestow" (Merab)
Sally Burgess · English Chamber Orchestra · Sir Philip Ledger · Gareth Morrell · Charles Daniels · Robert Tear · Sir Thomas Allen · Paul Esswood · Martyn Hill · Margaret Marshall · Matthew Best
Aria. "Birth and Fortune I Despise" (Jonathan)
Recitative. "Thou, Merab, First in Birth" (Saul, Merab)
Aria. "My Soul Rejects the Thought with Scorn" (Merab)
Aria. "See, See, with a Scournful Air" (Michal)
Recitative. "Already See the Daughters of the Land" (Michal)
Margaret Marshall · Sir Philip Ledger · English Chamber Orchestra · Matthew Best · Sir Thomas Allen · Martyn Hill · Robert Tear · Gareth Morrell · Sally Burgess · Charles Daniels · Paul Esswood
Chorus. "Welcome, Welcome, Mighty King!" (Israelites)
Accompagnato. "What Do I Hear?" (Saul)
Chorus. "David His Ten Thousands Slew" (Israelites)
Accompagnato. "To Him Ten Thousands" (Saul)
Aria. "With Rage I Shall Burst" (Saul)
Recitative. "Imprudent Women !" (Jonathan, Michal)
Aria. "Fell Rage and Black Despair Posses'd" (Michal)
Recitative. "Racked with Infernal Pains" (Abner)
Charles Daniels · Sir Philip Ledger · English Chamber Orchestra · Sally Burgess · Paul Esswood · Robert Tear · Sir Thomas Allen · Gareth Morrell · Matthew Best · Martyn Hill · Margaret Marshall
Aria. "O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless" (David)
Sinfonia
Thelma Owen
Recitative. "Tis All in Vain" (Jonathan)
Sir Philip Ledger · Robert Tear · English Chamber Orchestra · Paul Esswood · Sir Thomas Allen · Sally Burgess · Charles Daniels · Martyn Hill · Margaret Marshall · Gareth Morrell · Matthew Best
Aria. "A Serpent, in My Bosom Warmed" (Saul)
Recitative. "Has He Escaped My Rage?" (Saul)
Aria. "Capricious Man, in Humour Lost" (Merab)
Accompagnato. "Oh Filial Piety!" (Jonathan)
Aria. "No, No Cruel Father, No!" (Jonathan)
Chorus. "Preserve Him for the Glory of Thy Name" (Israelites)
Chorus. "Envy! Eldest Born of Hell!" (Israelites)
Recitative. "Ah! Dearest Friend" (Jonathan)
Aria. "But Sooner Jordan's Stream" (Jonathan)
Recitative. "Oh Strange Vicissitude" (David, Jonathan)
Aria. "Such Haughty Beauties Rather Move" (David)
Recitative. "My Father Comes" (Jonathan)
English Chamber Orchestra · Robert Tear · Sir Philip Ledger · Sally Burgess · Charles Daniels · Martyn Hill · Gareth Morrell · Matthew Best · Margaret Marshall · Paul Esswood · Sir Thomas Allen
Recitative. "Hast Thou Obey'd My Orders" (Saul, Jonathan)
Aria. "Sin Not, Oh King, Against the Youth" (Jonathan)
Aria. "As Great Jehovah Lives" (Saul)
Recitative. "Appear, My Friend" (Jonathan, Saul)
Recitative. "Yes, He Shall Wed My Daughter" (Saul)
Recitative. "A Father's Will Has Authorized My Love" (Michal)
Duet. "Oh Fairest of Ten Thousand Fair" (Michal, David)
Chorus. "Is There a Man?" (Israelites)
Recitative. "Thy Father Is as Cruel..." (David)
Duet. "At Persecution I Can Laugh" (David, Michal)
Recitative. "Whom Dost Thou Seek?" (Michal, Doeg)
Margaret Marshall · Sir Philip Ledger · Gareth Morrell · English Chamber Orchestra
Aria. "No, No Let the Guilty Tremble" (Michal)
Accompagnato. "The Time at Length Is Come" (Saul)
Recitative. "Where Is the Son of Jesse?" (Saul, Jonathan)
Chorus. "O Fatal Consequence" (Israelites)
Accompagnato. "Wretch That I am!" (Saul)
Recitative. "Tis Said, Here Lives a Woman" (Saul)
Recitative. "With Me What Would'st Thou?" (Witch, Saul)
Accompagnato. "Why Hast Thou Forced Me" (Samuel, Saul)
Recitative. "Whence Comst Thou?" (David, An Amalekite)
Chorus. "Mourn, Israel" (Israelites)
Aria. "Oh Let Is Not in Gath Beheard" (High Priest)
Chorus. "Eagles Were Not so Swift as They Lived" (Israelites)
English Chamber Orchestra · The Choir of King's College, Cambridge · Sir Philip Ledger · Sally Burgess · Charles Daniels · Robert Tear · Martyn Hill · Sir Thomas Allen · Margaret Marshall · Paul Esswood · Gareth Morrell · Matthew Best
Aria. "In Sweetest Harmony" (Michal)
Solo and Chorus. "Oh Fatal Day!" (David, Israelites)
Recitative. "Ye Men of Judah, Weep No More" (Abner)
Chorus. "Gird on Thy Sword" (Israelites)
