Samson

Album by George Frideric Handel & Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Concentus Musicus Wien & Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Samson is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, first performed in 1743. Composed in Handel's mature Baroque period, it features large-scale choral writing, expressive arias and recitatives and varied orchestral colour, reflecting his shift from Italian opera to the English oratorio tradition and his interest in dramatic sacred narrative.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Samson: Symphony
    5:28
  2. 2.
    Samson: Menuet
    2:58
  3. 3.
    Samson: Act I, Scene I: Chorus of Philistines: "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!"
    2:03
  4. 4.
    Samson: Act I, Scene I: Philistine woman (Air): "Ye men of Gaza, hither bring"
    3:54
  5. 5.
    Samson: Act I, Scene I: Chorus of Philistines: "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!"
    1:13
  6. 6.
    Samson: Act I, Scene I: Samson (Air): "Toments, alas! are not confined"
    5:57
  7. 7.
    Samson: Act I, Scene II: Michah (Air): "O mirror of our fickle state"
    4:01
  8. 8.
    Samson: Act I, Scene II: Samson (Air): "Total eclipse! no sun, no moon, all dark"
    3:27
  9. 9.
    Samson: Act I, Scene II: Michah (Accompagnato): "Since light so necessary is to life"
    1:19
  10. 10.
    Samson: Act I, Scene II: Chorus of Israelites: " O first created beam!"
    4:54
  11. 11.
    Samson: Act I, Scene III: Manoa (Rec.): "Oh miserable change! is this the man"
    0:54
  12. 12.
    Samson: Act I, Scene III: Manoa (Accompagnato): "The good we wish for, often proves our banes"
    1:09
  13. 13.
    Samson: Act I, Scene III: Manoa (Air): "Thy glorious deeds inspir'd my tongue"
    4:17
  14. 14.
    Samson: Act I, Scene III: Samson (Accompagnato): "My genial spirits droop, my hopes are flat"
    1:19
  15. 15.
    Samson: Act I, Scene III: Michah (Air): "Then long Eternity shall greet your bliss"
    0:54
  16. 16.
    Samson: Act I, Scene III: Chorus of Israelites: "Then round about the starry throne"
    2:30
  17. 17.
    Samson: Act II, Scene I: Manoa (Rec.): "Trust yet in God! Thy father's timely care"
    0:57
  18. 18.
    Samson: Act II, Scene I: Michah (Air): "Return, oh God of hosts!"
    3:49
  19. 19.
    Samson: Act II, Scene I: Chorus of Israelites, Michah: "To dust his glory they would tread"
    5:25
  20. 20.
    Samson: Act II, Scene II: Attendant to Dalila (Air): "With plaintive notes and am'rous moan"
    6:20
  21. 21.
    Samson: Act II, Scene II: Samson (Air): "Your charms to ruin led the way"
    3:49
  22. 22.
    Samson: Act II, Scene II: Dalila, Vergin (Duet): "My (Her) faith and truth, oh Samson, prove"
    4:44
  23. 23.
    Samson: Act II, Scene II: Chorus of Virgins: "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove"
    1:11
  24. 24.
    Samson: Act II, Scene II: Dalila (Air): "To fleeting pleasures make your court"
    1:37
  25. 25.
    Samson: Act II, Scene II: Chorus of Virgins: "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove"
    1:18

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Samson: Act II, Scene II: Samson, Dalila (Rec.): "N'er think of that!"
    1:16
  2. 3.
    Samson: Act II, Scene II: Dalila, Samson (Duet): Traitor (Traitress) to love! I'll sue (hear) no more"
    2:18
  3. 4.
    Samson: Act II, Scene III: Chorus of Israelites: "To man God's universal law"
    4:19
  4. 5.
    Samson: Act II, Scene IV: Harapha (Air): "Honour and arms scorn such a foe"
    5:18
  5. 6.
    Samson: Act II, Scene IV: Samson, Harapha (Duet): "Go baffled coward, go" / "Presume not on thy God"
    3:05
  6. 7.
    Samson: Act II, Scene IV: Chorus of Israelites: "Hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah, hear!"
    3:15
  7. 8.
    Samson: Act II, Scene IV: Philistine (Air): "To song and dance we give the day"
    1:23
  8. 9.
    Samson: Act II, Scene IV: Chorus of Philistines: "To song and dance we give the day"
    2:06
  9. 10.
    Samson: Act II, Scene IV: Chorus of Israelites and Philistines: "Fix'd in his everlasting seat"
    2:54
  10. 11.
    Samson: Act III, Scene I: Michah (Rec.): "More trouble is behind: for Harapha"
    1:27
  11. 12.
    Samson: Act III, Scene I: Harapha (Air): "Presuming slave, to move their wrath"
    2:56
  12. 13.
    Samson: Act III, Scene I: Chorus of Israelites: "With thunder arm'd, great God, arise"
    4:23
  13. 14.
    Samson: Act III, Scene I: Samson (Accompagnato): "Jehova's Glory known"
    0:30
  14. 15.
    Samson: Act III, Scene I: Samson (Air): "Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed"
    4:03
  15. 16.
    Samson: Act III, Scene I: Michah (Accompagnato): "With might endued above the suns of men"
    0:32
  16. 17.
    Samson: Act III, Scene I: Michah (Air): "The Holy One of Israel be thy guide"
    1:26
  17. 18.
    Samson: Act III, Scene I: Chorus of Israelites: "To fame immortal go"
    1:20
  18. 19.
    Samson: Act III, Scene II: Philistine (Air): "Great Dagon has subdued our foe"
    1:55
  19. 20.
    Samson: Act III, Scene II: Chorus of Philistines: "Great Dagon has subdued our foe"
    2:23
  20. 21.
    Samson: Act III, Scene II: Manoa (Air): "How willing my paternal love"
    2:49
  21. 22.
    Samson: Act III, Scene II: A Symphony of horror and confusion
    0:23
  22. 23.
    Samson: Act III, Scene II: Chorus of Philistines: "Hear us, our God, oh hear our cry!"
    3:08
  23. 24.
    Samson: Act III, Scene II: Michah (Air): "Ye sons of Israel, now lament"
    2:03
  24. 25.
    Samson: Act III, Scene II: Chorus of Israelites: "Weep, Israel, weep a louder strain"
    1:11
  25. 26.
    Samson: Act III, Scene II: A Dead March
    3:42
  26. 27.
    Samson: Act III, Scene II: Chorus of Israelites: "Glorious hero, may thy grave"
    5:13
  27. 28.
    Samson: Act III, Scene II: Israelitish woman (Air): "Let the bright Seraphim in burning row"
    3:13
  28. 29.
    Samson: Act III, Scene II: Chorus of Israelites: "Let their celestial concerts all unite"
    3:18

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