‎Handel: Samson, HWV 57 by Arnold Schoenberg Choir

Overture

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien

5:28

Menuet - Recitative. "This day, a solemn feast to Dagon held" (Samson)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Concentus Musicus Wien

2:58

Chorus. "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound" (Philistines)

Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Arnold Schoenberg Choir

2:06

Aria. "Ye men of Gaza" (Philistine Woman)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Angela Maria Blasi, Concentus Musicus Wien

3:54

Chorus. "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound" - Recitative. "Why by an angel was my birth foretold" (Philistines, Samson)

Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

1:13

Aria. "Torments, alas, are not confined" - Recitative. "Oh, change beyond report" (Samson, Micah)

Concentus Musicus Wien, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski

5:57

Aria. "O mirror of our fickle state" - Recitative. "Whom have I to complain of" (Micah, Samson)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Concentus Musicus Wien

4:01

Aria. "Total eclipse!" (Samson)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien

3:27

Accompagnato. "Since light so necessary is to life" (Micah)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski, Concentus Musicus Wien

1:19

Chorus. "O first created beam!" - Recitative. "Ye see, my friends, how woes enclose me round" (Israelites, Samson, Micah, Manoah)

Anton Scharinger, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski, Concentus Musicus Wien, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

4:54

Accompagnato. "Oh miserable change!" (Manoah)

Concentus Musicus Wien, Anton Scharinger, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

0:54

Accompagnato. "The good we wish for" (Manoah)

Concentus Musicus Wien, Anton Scharinger, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

1:09

Aria. "Thy glorious deeds inspir'd my tongue" - Recitative. "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son" (Manoah, Samson)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Anton Scharinger, Concentus Musicus Wien, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

4:17

Accompagnato. "My genial spirits droop" (Samson)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

1:19

Recitative. "Then long Eternity shall greet your bliss" (Micah)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski, Concentus Musicus Wien

0:54

Chorus. "Then round about the starry throne" (Israelites)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir

2:26

Recitative. "Trust yet in God! Thy father's timely care" (Manoah, Samson, Micah)

Concentus Musicus Wien, Anton Scharinger, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

1:01

Aria. "Return, oh God of hosts!" (Micah)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski, Concentus Musicus Wien

3:49

Chorus and Aria. "To dust his glory they would tread" (Israelites, Micah)

Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski

5:25

Aria. "With plaintive notes and am'rous moan" - Recitative. "Did love constrain thee?" (Dalila, Samson)

Roberta Alexander, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

6:20

Aria. "Your charms to ruin led the way" - Recitative. "Forgive what's done" (Samson, Dalila)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Roberta Alexander, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Concentus Musicus Wien

3:49

Aria and Duet. "My faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Dalila, Philistine Woman)

Angela Maria Blasi, Roberta Alexander, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien

4:44

Chorus. "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Virgins)

Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

1:11

Aria. "To fleeting pleasures make your court" (Dalila)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Roberta Alexander, Concentus Musicus Wien

1:37

Chorus. "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Virgins) [Reprise]

Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

1:18

Recitative. "N'er think of that!" (Samson, Dalila)

Concentus Musicus Wien, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Roberta Alexander

1:16

Duet. "Traitor to love!" - Recitative. "She's gone!" (Dalila, Samson, Micah)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Roberta Alexander, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski

2:18

Chorus. "To man God's universal Law" - Recitative. "No words of peace" (Israelites, Micah, Harapha, Samson)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Alastair MiIes, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

4:19

Aria. "Honour and arms scorn such a foe" - Recitative. "Cam'st thou for this, vain boaster?" (Harapha, Samson)

Alastair MiIes, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

5:18

Duet. "Go, baffled coward, go" - Recitative. "Here lies the proof" (Samson, Harapha, Micah)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Concentus Musicus Wien, Alastair MiIes, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski

3:05

Chorus. "Hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah, hear" - Recitative. "Dagon, arise" (Israelites, Harapha)

Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Alastair Miles

3:15

Aria. "To song and dance we give the day" (A Philistine)

Christoph Prégardien, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

1:23

Chorus. "To song and dance we give the day" (Philistines)

Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

2:06

Chorus. "Fix'd in his everlasting seat" (Israelites and Philistines)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir

2:51

Recitative. "More trouble is behind" (Micah, Samson, Harapha)

Alastair MiIes, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

1:30

Aria. "Presuming slave, to move their wrath" - Recitative. "Reflect then" (Harapha, Micah, Samson)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski, Alastair MiIes, Concentus Musicus Wien, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

3:00

Chorus. "With thunder arm'd, great God, arise" - Recitative. "Be of good courage" (Israelites, Samson, Micah, Harapha)

Alastair MiIes, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski

4:23

Accompagnato. "Then shall I make Jehovah's glory known!" (Samson)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

0:30

Aria. "Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed" (Samson)

Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

4:03

Accompagnato. "With might endued above the sons of men" (Micah)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski, Concentus Musicus Wien

0:32

Aria. "The Holy One of Israel be thy guide" (Micah)

Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski

1:26

Chorus. "To fame immortal go" - Recitative. "Old Manoah, with youthful steps" (Israelites, Micah, Manoah)

Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski, Anton Scharinger, Arnold Schoenberg Choir

1:20

Aria. "Great Dagon has subdued our foe" (A Philistine)

Christoph Prégardien, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

1:55

Chorus. "Great Dagon has subdued our foe" - Recitative. "What noise of joy was that?" (Philistines, Manoah, Micah)

Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, Anton Scharinger, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski

2:23

Aria. "How willing my paternal love" - Recitative. "Your hopes of his deliv'ry seem not vain" (Manoah, Micah)

Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski, Anton Scharinger

2:49

A Symphony of Horror and Confusion - Recitative. "Heav'n! What noise!" (Manoah)

Anton Scharinger, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Erwin Ortner, Arnold Schoenberg Choir

0:23

Chorus. "Hear us, our God!" - Recitative. "Noise call you this?" (Philistines, Micah, Manoah, Messenger)

Anton Scharinger, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Christoph Prégardien

3:08

Aria. "Ye sons of Israel, now lament" (Micah)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski, Concentus Musicus Wien

2:07

Chorus. "Weep, Israel, weep a louder strain" (Israelites)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir

1:11

Dead March - Recitative. "The body comes" (Micah, Manoah)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski, Concentus Musicus Wien, Anton Scharinger, Maria Venuti, Arnold Schoenberg Choir

3:42

Aria with Chorus. "Glorious hero" - Recitative. "Come, come! No time for lamentation now" (Manoah, Israelites, Israelite Woman)

Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Anton Scharinger, Maria Venuti

5:13

Aria. "Let the bright Seraphim in burning row" (Israelite Woman)

Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Maria Venuti, Arnold Schoenberg Choir

3:13

Chorus. "Let their celestial concerts all unite" (Israelites)

Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Maria Venuti

3:20

Helmut A. Mühle

Producer
Wolfgang Mohr

Producer
Renate Kupfer

Producer
Stefan Witzel

Engineer
Michael Brammann

Engineer

Handel: Samson, HWV 57

RECORD LABEL

George Frideric Handel

Arnold Schoenberg Choir

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Concentus Musicus Wien

Anthony Rolfe Johnson

Production

Handel: Samson, HWV 57

RECORD LABEL

On This Album

George Frideric Handel

Arnold Schoenberg Choir

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Concentus Musicus Wien

Anthony Rolfe Johnson

Production