diff --git a/src/backend.go b/src/backend.go
index f4ee04b..afe8405 100644
--- a/src/backend.go
+++ b/src/backend.go
@@ -151,8 +151,11 @@ type Backend interface {
 	// Retrieve a single record from the audit log.
 	QueryAuditLog(ctx context.Context, id AuditID) (record *AuditRecord, err error)
 
-	// Retrieve records from the audit log by time range.
+	// Retrieve record IDs from the audit log by time range.
 	SearchAuditLog(ctx context.Context, opts SearchAuditLogOptions) iter.Seq2[AuditID, error]
+
+	// Retrieve audit record contents for given IDs.
+	GetAuditLogRecords(ctx context.Context, ids iter.Seq2[AuditID, error]) iter.Seq2[*AuditRecord, error]
 }
 
 func CreateBackend(ctx context.Context, config *StorageConfig) (backend Backend, err error) {
diff --git a/src/backend_fs.go b/src/backend_fs.go
index be93049..612d587 100644
--- a/src/backend_fs.go
+++ b/src/backend_fs.go
@@ -524,3 +524,19 @@ func (fs *FSBackend) SearchAuditLog(
 			})
 	}
 }
+
+func (fs *FSBackend) GetAuditLogRecords(
+	ctx context.Context, ids iter.Seq2[AuditID, error],
+) iter.Seq2[*AuditRecord, error] {
+	return func(yield func(*AuditRecord, error) bool) {
+		for id, err := range ids {
+			var record *AuditRecord
+			if err == nil {
+				record, err = fs.QueryAuditLog(ctx, id)
+			}
+			if !yield(record, err) {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/backend_s3.go b/src/backend_s3.go
index 5f73700..0d1341f 100644
--- a/src/backend_s3.go
+++ b/src/backend_s3.go
@@ -848,3 +848,40 @@ func (s3 *S3Backend) SearchAuditLog(
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+var getAuditLogRecordsSemaphore = make(chan struct{}, 64)
+
+func (s3 *S3Backend) GetAuditLogRecords(
+	ctx context.Context, ids iter.Seq2[AuditID, error],
+) iter.Seq2[*AuditRecord, error] {
+	return func(yield func(*AuditRecord, error) bool) {
+		resultsChan := make(chan tuple[*AuditRecord, error])
+		enumeratorCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		go func(ctx context.Context) {
+			wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+			for id, err := range ids {
+				if err != nil {
+					resultsChan <- tuple[*AuditRecord, error]{nil, err}
+				} else {
+					getAuditLogRecordsSemaphore <- struct{}{} // acquire
+					wg.Go(func() {
+						defer func() { <-getAuditLogRecordsSemaphore }() // release
+						record, err := s3.QueryAuditLog(ctx, id)
+						resultsChan <- tuple[*AuditRecord, error]{record, err}
+					})
+				}
+			}
+			wg.Wait()
+			close(resultsChan)
+		}(enumeratorCtx)
+
+		for result := range resultsChan {
+			record, err := result.Splat()
+			if !yield(record, err) {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/main.go b/src/main.go
index ca94635..085d179 100644
--- a/src/main.go
+++ b/src/main.go
@@ -462,30 +462,20 @@ func Main(versionInfo string) {
 		}
 
 	case *auditLog:
-		ch := make(chan *AuditRecord)
-		ids := []AuditID{}
-		for id, err := range backend.SearchAuditLog(ctx, SearchAuditLogOptions{}) {
+		records := []*AuditRecord{}
+		ids := backend.SearchAuditLog(ctx, SearchAuditLogOptions{})
+		for record, err := range backend.GetAuditLogRecords(ctx, ids) {
 			if err != nil {
 				logc.Fatalln(ctx, err)
 			}
-			go func() {
-				if record, err := backend.QueryAuditLog(ctx, id); err != nil {
-					logc.Fatalln(ctx, err)
-				} else {
-					ch <- record
-				}
-			}()
-			ids = append(ids, id)
+			records = append(records, record)
 		}
 
-		records := map[AuditID]*AuditRecord{}
-		for len(records) < len(ids) {
-			record := <-ch
-			records[record.GetAuditID()] = record
-		}
+		slices.SortFunc(records, func(a, b *AuditRecord) int {
+			return cmp.Compare(a.GetAuditID(), b.GetAuditID())
+		})
 
-		for _, id := range ids {
-			record := records[id]
+		for _, record := range records {
 			fmt.Fprintf(color.Output, "%s %s %s %s %s\n",
 				record.GetAuditID().String(),
 				color.HiWhiteString(record.GetTimestamp().AsTime().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)),
diff --git a/src/observe.go b/src/observe.go
index da744c9..a21edca 100644
--- a/src/observe.go
+++ b/src/observe.go
@@ -376,3 +376,17 @@ func (backend *observedBackend) SearchAuditLog(
 		span.Finish()
 	}
 }
+
+func (backend *observedBackend) GetAuditLogRecords(
+	ctx context.Context, ids iter.Seq2[AuditID, error],
+) iter.Seq2[*AuditRecord, error] {
+	return func(yield func(*AuditRecord, error) bool) {
+		span, ctx := ObserveFunction(ctx, "GetAuditLogRecords")
+		for item, err := range backend.inner.GetAuditLogRecords(ctx, ids) {
+			if !yield(item, err) {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		span.Finish()
+	}
+}