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Samson HWV 57

Libretto: Newburgh Hamilton
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor), Roberta Alexander (Soprano), Jochen Kowalski (Countertenor), Anton Scharinger (Bass), Alastair Miles (Bass), Angela Maria Blasi (Soprano), Christoph Prégardien (Tenor), Maria Venuti (Soprano)
℗ 1993
53 Tracks, 2:28:00

  • Overture

    • Andante – Adagio – Allegro – Allegro
      05:28

  • Act I

    • 1. Menuet – Recitative "This day, a solemn feast to Dagon held" (Samson)
      02:58
    • 2. Chorus "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound" (Philistines)
      02:06
    • 3. Aria "Ye men of Gaza" (Philistine Woman)
      03:55
    • 4. Chorus "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound" – Recitative "Why by an angel was my birth foretold" (Philistines, Samson)
      01:13
    • 5. Aria "Torments, alas, are not confined" – Recitative "Oh, change beyond report" (Samson, Micah)
      05:58
    • 6. Aria "O mirror of our fickle state" – Recitative "Whom have I to complain of" (Micah, Samson)
      04:02
    • 7. Aria "Total eclipse!" (Samson)
      03:28
    • 8. Accompagnato "Since light so necessary is to life" (Micah)
      01:19
    • 9. Chorus "O first created beam!" – Recitative "Ye see, my friends, how woes enclose me round" (Israelites, Samson, Micah, Manoah)
      04:54
    • 10. Accompagnato "Oh miserable change!" (Manoah)
      00:55
    • 11. Accompagnato "The good we wish for" (Manoah)
      01:10
    • 12. Aria "Thy glorious deeds inspir'd my tongue" – Recitative "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son" (Manoah, Samson)
      04:18
    • 13. Accompagnato "My genial spirits droop" (Samson)
      01:19
    • 14. Recitative "Then long Eternity shall greet your bliss" (Micah)
      00:55
    • 15. Chorus. "Then round about the starry throne" (Israelites)
      02:26

  • Act II

    • 1. Recitative "Trust yet in God! Thy father's timely care" (Manoah, Samson, Micah)
      01:02
    • 2. Aria "Return, oh God of hosts!" (Micah)
      03:49
    • 3. Chorus and Aria "To dust his glory they would tread" (Israelites, Micah)
      05:25
    • 4. Aria "With plaintive notes and am'rous moan" – Recitative "Did love constrain thee?" (Dalila, Samson)
      06:20
    • 5. Aria "Your charms to ruin led the way" – Recitative "Forgive what's done" (Samson, Dalila)
      03:50
    • 6. Aria and Duet "My faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Dalila, Philistine Woman)
      04:45
    • 7. Chorus "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Virgins)
      01:12
    • 8. Aria "To fleeting pleasures make your court" (Dalila)
      01:37
    • 9. Chorus "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Virgins) (Reprise)
      01:19
    • 10. Recitative "N'er think of that!" (Samson, Dalila)
      01:17
    • 11. Duet "Traitor to love!" – Recitative "She's gone! (Dalila, Samson, Micah)
      02:18
    • 12. Chorus "To man God's universal Law" – Recitative "No words of peace" (Israelites, Micah, Harapha, Samson)
      04:19
    • 13. Aria "Honour and arms scorn such a foe" – Recitative "Cam'st thou for this, vain boaster?" (Harapha, Samson)
      05:19
    • 14. Duet "Go, baffled coward, go" – Recitative "Here lies the proof" (Samson, Harapha, Micah)
      03:06
    • 15. Chorus "Hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah, hear" – Recitative "Dagon, arise" (Israelites, Harapha)
      03:15
    • 16. Aria "To song and dance we give the day" (A Philistine)
      01:24
    • 17. Chorus "To song and dance we give the day" (Philistines)
      02:06
    • 18. Chorus "Fix'd in his everlasting seat" (Israelites and Philistines)
      02:52

  • Act III

    • 1. Recitative "More trouble is behind" (Micah, Samson, Harapha)
      01:31
    • 2. Aria "Presuming slave, to move their wrath" – Recitative "Reflect then" (Harapha, Micah, Samson)
      03:01
    • 3. Chorus "With thunder arm'd, great God, arise" – Recitative "Be of good courage" (Israelites, Samson, Micah, Harapha)
      04:24
    • 4. Accompagnato "Then shall I make Jehovah's glory known!" (Samson)
      00:31
    • 5. Aria "Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed" (Samson)
      04:04
    • 6. Accompagnato "With might endued above the sons of men" (Micah)
      00:33
    • 7. Aria "The Holy One of Israel be thy guide" (Micah)
      01:27
    • 8. Chorus "To fame immortal go" – Recitative "Old Manoah, with youthful steps" (Israelites, Micah, Manoah)
      01:20
    • 9. Aria "Great Dagon has subdued our foe" (A Philistine)
      01:55
    • 10. Chorus "Great Dagon has subdued our foe" – Recitative "What noise of joy was that?" (Philistines, Manoah, Micah)
      02:24
    • 11. Aria "How willing my paternal love" – Recitative "Your hopes of his deliv'ry seem not vain" (Manoah, Micah)
      02:49
    • 12. A Symphony of Horror and Confusion – Recitative "Heav'n! What noise!" (Manoah)
      00:24
    • 13. Chorus "Hear us, our God!" – Recitative "Noise call you this?" (Philistines, Micah, Manoah, Messenger)
      03:09
    • 14. Aria "Ye sons of Israel, now lament" (Micah)
      02:08
    • 15. Chorus "Weep, Israel, weep a louder strain" (Israelites)
      01:11
    • 16. Dead March – Recitative "The body comes" (Micah, Manoah)
      03:42
    • 17. Aria with Chorus "Glorious hero" – Recitative "Come, come! No time for lamentation now" (Manoah, Israelites, Israelite Woman)
      05:13
    • 18. Aria "Let the bright Seraphim in burning row" (Israelite Woman)
      03:14
    • 19. Chorus "Let their celestial concerts all unite" (Israelites)
      03:21