‎Handel: Samson, HWV 57 by Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Overture

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien

5:28

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

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

2:58

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

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien

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)

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

1:13

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

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

5:57

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

Concentus Musicus Wien, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

4:01

Aria. "Total eclipse!" (Samson)

Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

3:27

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

Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski

1:19

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

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

4:54

Accompagnato. "Oh miserable change!" (Manoah)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Anton Scharinger, Concentus Musicus Wien

0:54

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

Anton Scharinger, Concentus Musicus Wien, 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)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

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, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien

2:26

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

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

1:01

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

Concentus Musicus Wien, Jochen Kowalski, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

3:49

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

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

5:25

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

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

6:20

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

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

3:49

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

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

4:44

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

Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, 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]

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir

1:18

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

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

1:16

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

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

2:18

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

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

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, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien

5:18

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

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

3:05

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

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

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, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien

2:06

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

Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

2:51

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

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

1:30

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

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

3:00

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

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

4:23

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

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

0:30

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

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien

4:03

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

Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski

0:32

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

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski, Concentus Musicus Wien

1:26

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

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

1:20

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

Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Christoph Prégardien

1:55

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

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

2:23

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

3:08

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

Concentus Musicus Wien, Jochen Kowalski, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

2:07

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

Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

1:11

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

Concentus Musicus Wien, Jochen Kowalski, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, 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)

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

5:13

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

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

3:13

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

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

3:20

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Soprano, Conductor, Orchestra
Arnold Schoenberg Choir

Choir
Concentus Musicus Wien

Orchestra
Anthony Rolfe Johnson

Countertenor, Tenor

Helmut A. Mühle

Producer
Renate Kupfer

Producer
Wolfgang Mohr

Producer
Stefan Witzel

Engineer
Michael Brammann

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57

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George Frideric Handel

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Arnold Schoenberg Choir

Concentus Musicus Wien

Anthony Rolfe Johnson

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