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Samson HWV 57

Libretto: Newburgh Hamilton
Nicholas McGegan, FestspielOrchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Thomas Cooley (Tenor), Sophie Daneman (Soprano), Franziska Gottwald (Alto), William Berger (Bass), Wolf Matthias Friedrich (Bass), Michael Slattery (Tenor)
2008, Dresden
Live
72 Tracks, 2:47:10
    • Symphony
      04:31
    • Menuet
      02:03

  • Act I

    • 1. Recitative: This day, a solemn feast to Dagon held (Samson)
      00:35
    • 2. Awake the trumpet's lofty sound! (Chorus)
      01:57
    • 3. Act I Scene 1: Air: Ye men of Gaza (Philistine Woman)
      04:06
    • 4. Act I Scene 1: Awake the trumpet's lofty sound! (Chorus)
      00:27
    • 5. Air: Loud as the thunder's awful voice (Philistine Man)
      03:27
    • 6. Recitative: Why by an angel was my birth foretold (Samson)
      00:34
    • 7. Air: Torments alas! are not confin'd (Samson)
      04:42
    • 8. Recitative: O change beyond report, thought, or belief! (Micah)
      00:52
    • 9. Air: O mirror of our fickle state! (Micah)
      03:14
    • 10. Recitative: Whom have I to complain of but myself (Samson, Micah)
      01:20
    • 11. Air: Totel eclipse! (Samson)
      03:59
    • 12. Oh first created beam! (Chorus)
      03:25
    • 13. Recitative: Ye see, my friends, how woes enclosed me round (Samson, Micah)
      00:56
    • 14. Recitative: Brethren and men of Dan, say, where is my son (Manoa, Micah)
      00:34
    • 15. Recitative: Oh miserable change! (Manoa)
      00:49
    • 16. Recitative: Oh ever failing trust in mortal strength! (Israelite Man)
      00:14
    • 17. Air: God of our fathers, what is man? (Israelite Man)
      03:03
    • 18. Recitative: The good we wish for, often proves our bane (Manoa)
      01:08
    • 19. Air: Thy glorious deeds inspir'd my tongue (Manoa)
      04:34
    • 20. Recitative: Justly these evils have befall'n thy son (Samson, Manoa)
      00:14
    • 21. Recitative: My griefs for this (Samson)
      00:55
    • 22. Air: Why does the God of Israel sleep? (Samson)
      04:47
    • 23. Recitative: These lies our hope! (Micah)
      00:21
    • 24. Then shall they know (Chorus)
      02:49
    • 25. Recitative: For thee, my dearest son (Manoa, Samson)
      01:59
    • 26. Then round about the starry throne (Chorus)
      02:34

  • Act II

    • 1. Recitative: Trust yet (Manoa, Samson, Micah)
      00:59
    • 2. Air: Return, oh God of hosts! (Micah)
      08:40
    • 3. Recitative: But who is this, that so bedeck'd and gay (Micah, Samson, Dalila)
      02:27
    • 4. Air: With plaintive notes and am'rous moan (Dalila)
      03:51
    • 5. Recitative: Did love constrain thee? (Samson)
      00:30
    • 6. Air: Your charms to ruin led the way (Samson)
      02:35
    • 7. Recitative: Forgive what's done, nor think of what's past cure (Dalila)
      00:39
    • 8. Duet: My faith and truth (Dalila, Virgin)
      05:23
    • 9. Air: To fleeting pleasures make your court (Dalila, Chorus)
      04:57
    • 10. Recitative: Ne'er think of that! (Samson, Dalila)
      01:21
    • 11. Duet: Traitor to love! (Dalila Samson) - Scene 3: Recitative: She's gone! (Micah Samson)
      01:55
    • 12. Air: It is not virtue, valour, wit (Micah)
      02:44
    • 13. Recitative: Favour'd of Heaven is he (Samson)
      00:24
    • 14. To man God's universal law (Chorus)
      02:28
    • 15. Recitative: No words of peace (Micah, Harapha, Samson)
      01:44
    • 16. Air: Honour and arms scorn such a foe (Harapha)
      05:14
    • 17. Recitative: Cam'st thou for this (Samson, Harapha)
      00:30
    • 18. Duet: Go, baffled coward, go (Samson, Harapha)
      02:18
    • 19. Recitative: Here lie the proof (Micah)
      00:49
    • 20. Hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah (Chorus)
      03:18
    • 21. Recitative: Dagon, arise! (Harapha)
      00:13
    • 22. Air: To song and dance (Chorus)
      01:57
    • 23. Fix'd in his everlasting seat (Dalila, Samson, Harapha, Manoa, Chorus)
      02:49

  • Act III

    • 1. Recitative: More trouble is behind (Micah, Samson, Harapha)
      01:22
    • 2. Air: Presuming slave, to move their wrath (Harapha)
      01:55
    • 3. Recitative: Reflect then, Samson, matters now are strain'd (Micah, Samson)
      00:47
    • 4. With thunder arm'd great God, arise! (Chorus)
      02:46
    • 5. Recitative: Be of good courage (Samson, Micah, Harapha)
      01:59
    • 6. Air: Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed (Samson)
      04:33
    • 7. Recitative: With might endued above the sons of men (Micah)
      00:28
    • 8. Air: The Holy One of Israel be thy guide (Micah, Chorus)
      02:16
    • 9. Recitative: Old Manoa, with youthful steps, makes haste (Micah, Manoa)
      00:34
    • 10. Air and Chorus: Great Dagon has subdued our foe (Philistine Man, Chorus)
      03:39
    • 11. Recitative: What noise of joy was that? (Manoa, Micah)
      00:52
    • 12. Air: How willing my paternal love (Manoa)
      03:46
    • 13. Recitative: Your hopes of his deliv'ry seem not vain (Micah, Manoa, Chorus)
      01:53
    • 14. Recitative: Noise call you this? (Micah, Manoa)
      00:39
    • 15. Recitative: Where shall I run (Messenger, Micah, Manoa)
      02:37
    • 16. Air: Ye sons of Israel, now lament (Micah, Chorus)
      03:42
    • 17. Dead March
      02:42
    • 18. Recitative and Air: The body comes (Micah, Manoa)
      00:58
    • 19. Glorious Hero, may thy grave Peace (Manoa, Israelit Woman, Chorus)
      05:06
    • 20. Recitative: Come, come! (Manoa)
      00:32
    • 21. Air and Chorus: Let the bright Seraphim in burning row (Israelite Woman, Chorus)
      06:10