‎Samson, HWV 57 by Raymond Leppard

Overture

Raymond Leppard, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

4:09

Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound!

Raymond Leppard, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus

1:58

Ye Men of Gaza

Raymond Leppard, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus

4:21

Why By an Angel Was My Birth Foretold

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Jon Vickers, Raymond Leppard

1:17

Total Eclipse! No. Sun, No. Moon

Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Raymond Leppard

5:08

O First Created Beam!

Covent Garden Chorus, Raymond Leppard, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

4:13

Brethren and Men of Dan

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Lauris Elms, Raymond Leppard, Joseph Rouleau

1:07

To Sorrows Now I Tune My Song

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Raymond Leppard, Joseph Rouleau

2:18

Justly These Evils Have BefalI'n Thy Son

Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Raymond Leppard

1:37

Why Does the God of lsrael Sleep?

Raymond Leppard, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

3:26

For Thee, My Dearest Son

Raymond Leppard, Joseph Rouleau, Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

2:15

Then Long Eternity Shall Greet

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Lauris Elms, Raymond Leppard

1:02

Joys That Are Pure, Sincerely Good

Raymond Leppard, Lauris Elms, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

3:50

Then Round About the Starry Throne

Raymond Leppard, Covent Garden Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

3:24

Did Love Constrain. Return, O God of Hosts

Raymond Leppard, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Lauris Elms

4:12

But Who is This, That So Bedeck'd and Gay

Jon Vickers, Lauris Elms, Raymond Leppard, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

1:47

With Plaintive Notes and Am'rous Moan

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus, Raymond Leppard

4:26

Did Love Constrain Thee?

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Raymond Leppard, Jon Vickers

0:55

Your Charms to Ruin Led the Way

Raymond Leppard, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Jon Vickers

3:48

Forgive What's Done

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Joan Carlyle, Raymond Leppard

0:32

My Faith and Truth

Raymond Leppard, Covent Garden Chorus, Joan Carlyle, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

3:59

Let Me Approach, At Least, and Touch Thy Hand

Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Raymond Leppard, Joan Carlyle

0:31

Traitor to Love! I’ll Sue No. More

Raymond Leppard, Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Joan Carlyle

1:39

She's gone! A Serpent Manifest

James Pease, Lauris Elms, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Jon Vickers, Raymond Leppard

2:25

Honour and Arms Scorn Such a Foe

Raymond Leppard, James Pease, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

5:48

Cam'st Thou for This, Vain Boaster?

James Pease, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Jon Vickers, Raymond Leppard

0:53

Go, Baffled Coward, Go

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Jon Vickers, Raymond Leppard, James Pease

2:26

Here Lies the Proof

Jon Vickers, Raymond Leppard, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

1:02

Hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah, Hear!

Raymond Leppard, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus

3:48

Dagon, Arise, Attend Thy Sacred Feast!

James Pease, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Raymond Leppard

0:19

Fix'd in His Everlasting Seat

Raymond Leppard, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus

3:03

More Trouble is Behind

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Jon Vickers, Raymond Leppard, James Pease, Lauris Elms

1:51

Presuming Slave, to Move Their Wrath!

James Pease, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Raymond Leppard

2:34

Consider, Samson, Matters Now Are Strain'd

Jon Vickers, Raymond Leppard, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Lauris Elms

1:05

With Thunder Arm'd, Great God, Arise!

Raymond Leppard, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus

3:05

Be of Good Courage

Raymond Leppard, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Jon Vickers

1:15

Thus When the Sun From's Wat'ry Bed

Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Raymond Leppard

4:34

Great Dagon Has Subdu'd Our Foe

Covent Garden Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Raymond Leppard

2:05

What Noise of Joy Was That?

Raymond Leppard, Joseph Rouleau, Lauris Elms, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

0:58

How Willing My Paternal Love

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Joseph Rouleau, Raymond Leppard

4:04

Your Hopes of His Deliv'ry

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Lauris Elms, Raymond Leppard, Joseph Rouleau, Covent Garden Chorus

2:10

Ye Sons of lsrael

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Lauris Elms, Raymond Leppard, Covent Garden Chorus

4:33

Symphony. Dad March

Raymond Leppard, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

3:41

Glorious Hero, May Thy Grave

Raymond Leppard, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus, Joseph Rouleau

4:13

Come, come! No. Time for Lamentation Now

Raymond Leppard, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Joseph Rouleau

0:42

Let the Bright Seraphim in Burning Row

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus, Raymond Leppard

6:28

Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Raymond Leppard, Covent Garden Chorus

3:01

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Raymond Leppard

Conductor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra
Jon Vickers

Tenor
Lauris Elms

Contralto

Samson, HWV 57

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