Nikolaus HarnoncourtHandel: Samson, HWV 57

Samson, HWV 57: Overture

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

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

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 1: Aria. "Ye Men of Gaza" (Philistine Woman)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 1: Chorus. "Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound" - Recitative. "Why by an Angel Was My Birth Foretold" (Philistines, Samson)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 1: Aria. "Torments, Alas, Are Not Confined" - Recitative. "Oh, Change Beyond Report" (Samson, Micah)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 2: Aria. "O mirror of our fickle state" - Recitative. "Whom have I to complain of" (Micah, Samson)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 2: Aria. "Total eclipse!" (Samson)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 2: Accompagnato. "Since light so necessary is to life" (Micah)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 2: Chorus. "O first created beam!" - Recitative. "Ye see, my friends, how woes enclose me round" (Israelites, Samson, Mic

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Accompagnato. "Oh miserable change!" (Manoah)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Accompagnato. "The good we wish for" (Manoah)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Aria. "Thy glorious deeds inspir'd my tongue" - Recitative. "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son" (Manoah, Samson

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Accompagnato. "My genial spirits droop" (Samson)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Recitative. "Then long Eternity shall greet your bliss" (Micah)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Chorus. "Then round about the starry throne" (Israelites)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 1: Recitative. "Trust yet in God! Thy father's timely care" (Manoah, Samson, Micah)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 1: Aria. "Return, oh God of hosts!" (Micah)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 1: Chorus and Aria. "To dust his glory they would tread" (Israelites, Micah)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Aria. "With plaintive notes and am'rous moan" - Recitative. "Did love constrain thee?" (Dalila, Samson)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Aria. "Your charms to ruin led the way" - Recitative. "Forgive what's done" (Samson, Dalila)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Aria and Duet. "My faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Dalila, Philistine Woman)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Chorus. "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Virgins)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Aria. "To fleeting pleasures make your court" (Dalila)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Chorus. "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Virgins) [Reprise]

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Recitative. "N'er think of that!" (Samson, Dalila)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Duet. "Traitor to love!" - Recitative. "She's gone! (Dalila, Samson, Micah)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 3: Chorus. "To man God's universal Law" - Recitative. "No words of peace" (Israelites, Micah, Harapha, Samson)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Aria. "Honour and arms scorn such a foe" - Recitative. "Cam'st thou for this, vain boaster?" (Harapha, Samson)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Duet. "Go, baffled coward, go" - Recitative. "Here lies the proof" (Samson, Harapha, Micah)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Chorus. "Hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah, hear" - Recitative. "Dagon, arise" (Israelites, Harapha)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Aria. "To song and dance we give the day" (A Philistine)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Chorus. "To song and dance we give the day" (Philistines)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Chorus. "Fix'd in his everlasting seat" (Israelites and Philistines)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Recitative. "More trouble is behind" (Micah, Samson, Harapha)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Aria. "Presuming slave, to move their wrath" - Recitative. "Reflect then" (Harapha, Micah, Samson)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Chorus. "With thunder arm'd, great God, arise" - Recitative. "Be of good courage" (Israelites, Samson, Micah, Harapha)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "Then shall I make Jehovah's glory known!" (Samson)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Aria. "Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed" (Samson)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "With might endued above the sons of men" (Micah)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Aria. "The Holy One of Israel be thy guide" (Micah)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Chorus. "To fame immortal go" - Recitative. "Old Manoah, with youthful steps" (Israelites, Micah, Manoah)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 2: Aria. "Great Dagon has subdued our foe" (A Philistine)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 2: Chorus. "Great Dagon has subdued our foe" - Recitative. "What noise of joy was that?" (Philistines, Manoah, Micah)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 2: Aria. "How willing my paternal love" - Recitative. "Your hopes of his deliv'ry seem not vain" (Manoah, Micah)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 2: A Symphony of Horror and Confusion - Recitative. "Heav'n! What noise!" (Manoah)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 2: Chorus. "Hear us, our God!" - Recitative. "Noise call you this?" (Philistines, Micah, Manoah, Messenger)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 2: Aria. "Ye sons of Israel, now lament" (Micah)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 2: Chorus. "Weep, Israel, weep a louder strain" (Israelites)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 3: Dead March - Recitative. "The body comes" (Micah, Manoah)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 3: Aria with Chorus. "Glorious hero" - Recitative. "Come, come! No time for lamentation now" (Manoah, Israelites, Israeli

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 3: Aria. "Let the bright Seraphim in burning row" (Israelite Woman)

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 3: Chorus. "Let their celestial concerts all unite" (Israelites)