Samson
By Georg Friedrich Händel, Lynda Russell, Lynne Dawson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Thomas Randle, Mark Padmore, Michael George (3), Jonathan Best (2), The Sixteen, The Symphony Of Harmony And Invention, and Harry Christophers
Tracklist
- Samson, oratorio, HWV 57
- Act One
- Scene 1
- Overture
- This Day, A Solemn Feast To Dagon Held
- Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound
- Ye Men Of Gaza, Hither Bring
- Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound
- Loud As The Thunder's Awful Voice
- Then Free From Sorrow
- Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound
- Why By An Angel Was My Birth Foretold
- Torments Alas!
- Scene 2
- O Change Beyond Report
- O Mirror Of Our Fickle State!
- Whom Have I To Complain Of But Myself
- Total Eclipse!
- Since Light So Necessary Is To Life
- Oh First Created Beam!
- Ye See, My Friends, How Woes Enclose Me Round
- Scene 3
- Brethren And Men Of Dan
- Oh Miserable Change!
- Oh Ever Failing Trust In Mortal Strength!
- God Of Our Fathers, What Is Man?
- The Good We Wish For, Often Proves Our Bane
- Thy Glorious Deeds Inspir'd My Tongue
- Justly These Evils Have Befall'n Thy Son
- My Griefs For This
- Why Does The God Of Israel Sleep?
- There Lies Our Hope!
- Then Shall They Know
- For Thee, My Dearest Son
- Then Long Eternity Shall Greet Your Bliss
- Then Round About The Starry Throne
- Act Two
- Despair Not Thus!
- Just Are The Ways Of God To Man
- My Evils Hopeless Are!
- Return, Oh God Of Hosts!
- Scene 2
- But Who Is This
- With Plaintive Notes And Am'rous Moan
- Alas! Th' Event Was Worse Than I Foresaw
- Your Charms To Ruin Led The Way
- Forgive What's Done
- My Faith And Truth, Oh Samson, Prove
- To Fleeting Pleasures Make Your Court
- Ne'er Think Of That!
- Traitor To Love!
- Scene 3
- It Is Not Virture
- Favour'd Of Heaven Is He
- To Man God's Universal Law
- Scene 4
- No Words Of Peace
- Honour And Arms Scorn Such A Foe
- Put On Your Arms
- My Strength Is From The Living God
- With Thee!
- Go, Baffled Coward, Go
- Here Lie The Proof
- Hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah, Hear!
- Dagon, Arise!
- To Song And Dance We Give The Day
- To Song And Dance We Give The Day
- Fix'd In His Everlasting Seat
- Act Three
- More Trouble Is Behind
- Presuming Slave
- Reflect Then, Samson
- With Thunder Arm'd Great God, Arise!
- Be Of Good Courage
- Thus When The Sun From's Wat'ry Bed
- With Might Endued Above The Sons Of Men
- The Holy One Of Israel Be Thy Guide
- Scene 2
- Old Manoa, With Youthful Steps
- Great Dago Has Subdued Our Foe
- What Noise Of Joy Was That?
- How Willing My Paternal Love
- Your Hopes Of His Deliv'ry Seem Not Vain
- Noise Call You This?
- Scene 3
- Where Shall I Run
- In Life And Death
- Proceed We Hence To Find His Body
- Dead March
- The Body Comes
- Glorious Hero
- Come, Come!
- Let The Bright Seraphim