Handel: Samson, HWV 57

01	Handel: Samson, HWV 57: Overture	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	05:28
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
02	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 1: Menuet - Recitative. "This Day, a Solemn Feast to Dagon Held" (Samson)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	02:58
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
03	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 1: Chorus. "Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound" (Philistines)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	02:06
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
04	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 1: Aria. "Ye Men of Gaza" (Philistine Woman)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	03:54
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
05	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 1: Chorus. "Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound" - Recitative. "Why by an Angel Was My Birth Fore	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	01:13
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
06	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 1: Aria. "Torments, Alas, Are Not Confined" - Recitative. "Oh, Change Beyond Report" (Samson,	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	05:57
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
07	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 2: Aria. "O mirror of our fickle state" - Recitative. "Whom have I to complain of" (Micah, Sa	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	04:01
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
08	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 2: Aria. "Total eclipse!" (Samson)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	03:27
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
09	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 2: Accompagnato. "Since light so necessary is to life" (Micah)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	01:19
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
10	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 2: Chorus. "O first created beam!" - Recitative. "Ye see, my friends, how woes enclose me rou	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	04:54
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
11	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Accompagnato. "Oh miserable change!" (Manoah)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	00:54
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
12	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Accompagnato. "The good we wish for" (Manoah)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	01:09
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
13	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Aria. "Thy glorious deeds inspir'd my tongue" - Recitative. "Justly these evils have befal	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	04:17
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
14	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Accompagnato. "My genial spirits droop" (Samson)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	01:19
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
15	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Recitative. "Then long Eternity shall greet your bliss" (Micah)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	00:54
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
16	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Chorus. "Then round about the starry throne" (Israelites)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	02:26
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
17	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 1: Recitative. "Trust yet in God! Thy father's timely care" (Manoah, Samson, Micah)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	01:01
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
18	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 1: Aria. "Return, oh God of hosts!" (Micah)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	03:49
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
19	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 1: Chorus and Aria. "To dust his glory they would tread" (Israelites, Micah)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	05:25
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
20	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Aria. "With plaintive notes and am'rous moan" - Recitative. "Did love constrain thee?" (Da	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	06:20
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
21	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Aria. "Your charms to ruin led the way" - Recitative. "Forgive what's done" (Samson, Dalil	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	03:49
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
22	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Aria and Duet. "My faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Dalila, Philistine Woman)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	04:44
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
23	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Chorus. "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Virgins)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	01:11
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
24	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Aria. "To fleeting pleasures make your court" (Dalila)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	01:37
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
25	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Chorus. "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Virgins) [Reprise]	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	01:18
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
26	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Recitative. "N'er think of that!" (Samson, Dalila)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	01:16
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
27	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Duet. "Traitor to love!" - Recitative. "She's gone! (Dalila, Samson, Micah)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	02:18
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
28	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 3: Chorus. "To man God's universal Law" - Recitative. "No words of peace" (Israelites, Micah,	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	04:19
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
29	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Aria. "Honour and arms scorn such a foe" - Recitative. "Cam'st thou for this, vain boaster	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	05:18
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
30	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Duet. "Go, baffled coward, go" - Recitative. "Here lies the proof" (Samson, Harapha, Micah	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	03:05
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
31	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Chorus. "Hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah, hear" - Recitative. "Dagon, arise" (Israelites, Harap	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	03:15
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
32	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Aria. "To song and dance we give the day" (A Philistine)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	01:23
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
33	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Chorus. "To song and dance we give the day" (Philistines)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	02:06
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
34	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Chorus. "Fix'd in his everlasting seat" (Israelites and Philistines)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	02:51
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
35	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Recitative. "More trouble is behind" (Micah, Samson, Harapha)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	01:30
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
36	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Aria. "Presuming slave, to move their wrath" - Recitative. "Reflect then" (Harapha, Micah,	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	03:00
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
37	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Chorus. "With thunder arm'd, great God, arise" - Recitative. "Be of good courage" (Israeli	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	04:23
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
38	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "Then shall I make Jehovah's glory known!" (Samson)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	00:30
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
39	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Aria. "Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed" (Samson)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	04:03
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
40	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "With might endued above the sons of men" (Micah)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	00:32
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
41	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Aria. "The Holy One of Israel be thy guide" (Micah)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	01:26
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
42	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Chorus. "To fame immortal go" - Recitative. "Old Manoah, with youthful steps" (Israelites,	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	01:20
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
43	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 2: Aria. "Great Dagon has subdued our foe" (A Philistine)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	01:55
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
44	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 2: Chorus. "Great Dagon has subdued our foe" - Recitative. "What noise of joy was that?" (Phi	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	02:23
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
45	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 2: Aria. "How willing my paternal love" - Recitative. "Your hopes of his deliv'ry seem not va	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	02:49
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
46	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 2: A Symphony of Horror and Confusion - Recitative. "Heav'n! What noise!" (Manoah)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	00:23
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
47	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 2: Chorus. "Hear us, our God!" - Recitative. "Noise call you this?" (Philistines, Micah, Mano	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	03:08
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
48	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 2: Aria. "Ye sons of Israel, now lament" (Micah)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	02:07
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
49	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 2: Chorus. "Weep, Israel, weep a louder strain" (Israelites)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	01:11
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
50	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 3: Dead March - Recitative. "The body comes" (Micah, Manoah)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	03:42
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
51	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 3: Aria with Chorus. "Glorious hero" - Recitative. "Come, come! No time for lamentation now"	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	05:13
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
52	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 3: Aria. "Let the bright Seraphim in burning row" (Israelite Woman)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	03:13
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
53	Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 3: Chorus. "Let their celestial concerts all unite" (Israelites)	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Handel: Samson, HWV 57	03:20
	Composers: George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57: Overture

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

05:28

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 1: Menuet - Recitative. "This Day, a Solemn Feast to Dagon Held" (Samson)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Handel: Samson, HWV 57

02:58

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 1: Chorus. "Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound" (Philistines)