Handel: Samson

Dunedin Consort & John Butt

2019-10-18 • Classical

Tracklist

• 1
  Samson, HWV 57, Symphony: I. Andante
  3:29
• 2
  Samson, HWV 57, Symphony: II. Allegro
  1:36
• 3
  Samson, HWV 57, Symphony: III. Menuet
  2:30
• 4
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 1: I. This Day, a Solemn Feast (Recitative)
  0:34
• 5
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 1: II. Awake the Trumpet’s Lofty Sound! (Chorus)
  2:05
• 6
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 1: III. Ye Men of Gaza (Air)
  4:06
• 7
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 1: IV. Awake the Trumpet’s Lofty Sound! (Chorus)
  0:30
• 8
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 1: V. Loud As the Thunder’s Awful Voice (Air)
  2:53
• 9
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 1: VI. Then Free from Sorrow (Air)
  2:33
• 10
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 1: VII. Awake the Trumpet’s Lofty Sound! (Chorus)
  0:30
• 11
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 1: VIII. Why by an Angel (Recitative)
  0:49
• 12
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 1: IX. Torments, Alas, Are Not Confin’d (Air)
  4:53
• 13
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 2: I. Oh, Change Beyond Report (Recitative)
  0:49
• 14
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 2: II. O Mirror of Our Fickle State! (Air)
  3:39
• 15
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 2: III. Whom Have I to Complain of but Myself (Recitative)
  3:00
• 16
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 2: IV. Total Eclipse! (Air)
  4:04
• 17
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 2: V. Since Light so Necessary Is to Life (Accompagnato)
  1:17
• 18
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 2: VI. O First Created Beam (Chorus)
  3:11
• 19
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 2: VII. Ye See, My Friends (Recitative)
  1:57
• 20
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 3: I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)
  0:32
• 21
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 3: II. Oh, Miserable Change! (Accompagnato)
  0:59
• 22
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 3: III. Oh, Ever Failing Trust (Recitative)
  0:13
• 23
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 3: IV. God of Our Fathers (Air)
  2:29
• 24
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 3: V. The Good We Wish for (Accompagnato)
  1:16
• 25
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 3: VI. Thy Glorious Deeds Inspir’d My Tongue (Air)
  4:26
• 26
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 3: VII. Justly These Evils (Recitative)
  1:41
• 27
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 3: VIII. My Griefs for This (Accompagnato)
  1:03
• 28
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 3: IX. Why Does the God of Israel Sleep? (Air)
  4:40
• 29
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 3: X. There Lies Our Hope! (Recitative)
  0:23
• 30
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 3: XI. Then Shall They Know (Chorus)
  2:28
• 31
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 3: XII. For Thee, My Dearest Son (Recitative)
  1:42
• 32
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 3: XIII. My Genial Spirits Droop (Accompagnato)
  1:29
• 33
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 3: XIV. Then Long Eternity Shall Greet Your Bliss (Arioso)
  2:09
• 34
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 3: XV. Joys That Are Pure (Air)
  3:01
• 35
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 3: XVI. Then Round About the Starry Throne (Chorus)
  2:32
• 1
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 1: I. Despair Not Thus! (Recitative)
  1:25
• 2
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 1: II. Just Are the Ways of God to Man (Air)
  3:07
• 3
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 1: III. My Evils Hopeless Are! (Recitative)
  0:31
• 4
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 1: IV. Return, O God of Hosts! (Air and Chorus)
  7:53
• 5
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 2: I. But Who Is This (Recitative)
  3:24
• 6
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 2: II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)
  7:14
• 7
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 2: III. Alas! Th’Event Was Worse (Recitative)
  0:59
• 8
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 2: IV. Your Charms to Ruin Led the Way (Air)
  2:48
• 9
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 2: V. Forgive What’s Done (Recitative)
  0:31
• 10
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 2: VI. My Faith and Truth (Duet)
  4:26
• 11
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 2: VII. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)
  1:12
• 12
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 2: VIII. To Fleeting Pleasures Make Your Court (Air)
  3:06
• 13
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 2: IX. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)
  1:11
• 14
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 2: X. Ne’er Think of That! (Recitative)
  1:35
• 15
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 2: XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)
  1:39
• 16
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 3: I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)
  0:20
• 17
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 3: II. It Is Not Virtue (Air)
  3:60
• 18
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 3: III. Favour’d of Heav’n Is He (Recitative)
  0:21
• 19
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 3: IV. To Man God’s Universal Law (Chorus)
  2:34
• 20
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 4: I. No Words of Peace (Recitative)
  1:55
• 21
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 4: II. Honour and Arms Scorn Such a Foe (Air)
  5:44
• 22
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 4: III. Put on Your Arms (Recitative)
  0:11
• 23
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 4: IV. My Strength Is from the Living God (Air)
  2:56
• 24
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 4: V. With Thee, a Man Condemn’d (Recitative)
  0:52
• 25
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 4: VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)
  2:18
• 26
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 4: VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)
  0:51
• 27
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 4: VIII. Hear, Jacob’s God (Chorus)
  3:24
• 28
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 4: IX. Dagon, Arise (Recitative)
  0:16
• 29
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 4: X. To Song and Dance We Give the Day (Air)
  4:06
• 30
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 4: XI. To Song and Dance We Give the Day (Chorus)
  2:04
• 31
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 4: XII. Fix’d in His Everlasting Seat (Chorus and Soli)
  3:04
• 1
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 1: I. More Trouble Is Behind (Recitative)
  1:38
• 2
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 1: II. Presuming Slave, to Move Their Wrath! (Air)
  3:23
• 3
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 1: III. Reflect Then, Samson (Recitative)
  0:51
• 4
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 1: IV. With Thunder Arm’d, Great God, Arise! (Chorus)
  2:42
• 5
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 1: V. Be of Good Courage (Recitative)
  2:19
• 6
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 1: VI. Then Shall I Make Jehovah’s Glory Known! (Accompagnato)
  0:31
• 7
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 1: VII. Thus When the Sun from’s Wat’ry Bed (Air)
  4:43
• 8
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 1: VIII. With Might Endued Above the Sons of Men (Accompagnato)
  0:32
• 9
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 1: IX. The Holy One of Israel (Air and Chorus)
  2:22
• 10
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 2: I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)
  0:29
• 11
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 2: II. Great Dagon Has Subdu’d Our Foe (Air and Chorus)
  3:46
• 12
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 2: III. What Noise of Joy Was That? (Recitative)
  0:50
• 13
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 2: IV. How Willing My Paternal Love (Air)
  3:44
• 14
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 2: V. Your Hopes of His Deliv’ry (Recitative)
  0:17
• 15
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 2: Symphony: I. Presto
  0:19
• 16
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 2: I. Heav’n! What Noise! (Recitative)
  0:06
• 17
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 2: II. Hear Us, Our God! (Chorus)
  1:13
• 18
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 2: III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)
  0:49
• 19
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 3: I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)
  3:49
• 20
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 3: II. Ye Sons of Israel, Now Lament (Air and Chorus)
  3:43
• 21
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 3: III. Proceed We Hence to Find His Body (Recitative)
  1:44
• 22
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 3: IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)
  5:39
• 23
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 3: V. Come, Come! (Recitative)
  1:05
• 24
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 3: VI. Let the Bright Seraphim (Air)
  2:58
• 25
  Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 3: VII. Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite (Chorus)
  3:09