Handel: Samson, HWV 57

1. 1
   Handel: Samson, HWV 57: Overture
   5:28
2. 2
   Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I, Scene 1: Menuet - Recitative. "This day, a solemn feast to Dagon held" (Samson)
   2:58
3. 3
   Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I, Scene 1: Chorus. "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound" (Philistines)
   2:04
4. 4
   Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I, Scene 1: Aria. "Ye men of Gaza" (Philistine Woman)
   3:55
5. 5
   Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I, Scene 1: Chorus. "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound" - Recitative. "Why by an angel was my birth foretold" (Philistines, Samson)
   1:13
6. 6
   Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I, Scene 1: Aria. "Torments, alas, are not confined" - Recitative. "Oh, change beyond report" (Samson, Micah)
   5:58
7. 7
   Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I, Scene 2: Aria. "O mirror of our fickle state" - Recitative. "Whom have I to complain of" (Micah, Samson)
   4:02
8. 8
   Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I, Scene 2: Aria. "Total eclipse!" (Samson)
   3:28
9. 9
   Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I, Scene 2: Accompagnato. "Since light so necessary is to life" (Micah)
   1:19
10. 10
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I, Scene 2: Chorus. "O first created beam!" - Recitative. "Ye see, my friends, how woes enclose me round" (Israelites, Samson, Micah, Manoah)
    4:54
11. 11
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I, Scene 3: Accompagnato. "Oh miserable change!" (Manoah)
    0:54
12. 12
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I, Scene 3: Accompagnato. "The good we wish for" (Manoah)
    1:10
13. 13
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I, Scene 3: Aria. "Thy glorious deeds inspir'd my tongue" - Recitative. "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son" (Manoah, Samson)
    4:18
14. 14
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I, Scene 3: Accompagnato. "My genial spirits droop" (Samson)
    1:19
15. 15
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I, Scene 3: Recitative. "Then long Eternity shall greet your bliss" (Micah)
    0:55
16. 16
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I, Scene 3: Chorus. "Then round about the starry throne" (Israelites)
    2:26
17. 17
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II, Scene 1: Recitative. "Trust yet in God! Thy father's timely care" (Manoah, Samson, Micah)
    0:57
18. 18
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II, Scene 1: Aria. "Return, oh God of hosts!" (Micah)
    3:49
19. 19
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II, Scene 1: Chorus and Aria. "To dust his glory they would tread" (Israelites, Micah)
    5:25
20. 20
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II, Scene 2: Aria. "With plaintive notes and am'rous moan" - Recitative. "Did love constrain thee?" (Dalila, Samson)
    6:20
21. 21
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II, Scene 2: Aria. "Your charms to ruin led the way" - Recitative. "Forgive what's done" (Samson, Dalila)
    3:50
22. 22
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II, Scene 2: Aria and Duet. "My faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Dalila, Philistine Woman)
    4:45
23. 23
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II, Scene 2: Chorus. "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Virgins)
    1:12
24. 24
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II, Scene 2: Aria. "To fleeting pleasures make your court" (Dalila)
    1:37
25. 25
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II, Scene 2: Chorus. "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Virgins) [Reprise]
    1:19
26. 26
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II, Scene 2: Recitative. "N'er think of that!" (Samson, Dalila)
    1:17
27. 27
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II, Scene 2: Duet. "Traitor to love!" - Recitative. "She's gone! (Dalila, Samson, Micah)
    2:18
28. 28
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II, Scene 3: Chorus. "To man God's universal Law" - Recitative. "No words of peace" (Israelites, Micah, Harapha, Samson)
    4:19
29. 29
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II, Scene 4: Aria. "Honour and arms scorn such a foe" - Recitative. "Cam'st thou for this, vain boaster?" (Harapha, Samson)
    5:19
30. 30
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II, Scene 4: Duet. "Go, baffled coward, go" - Recitative. "Here lies the proof" (Samson, Harapha, Micah)
    3:06
31. 31
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II, Scene 4: Chorus. "Hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah, hear" - Recitative. "Dagon, arise" (Israelites, Harapha)
    3:15
32. 32
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II, Scene 4: Aria. "To song and dance we give the day" (A Philistine)
    1:24
33. 33
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II, Scene 4: Chorus. "To song and dance we give the day" (Philistines)
    2:06
34. 34
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II, Scene 4: Chorus. "Fix'd in his everlasting seat" (Israelites and Philistines)
    2:50
35. 35
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III, Scene 1: Recitative. "More trouble is behind" (Micah, Samson, Harapha)
    1:27
36. 36
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III, Scene 1: Aria. "Presuming slave, to move their wrath" - Recitative. "Reflect then" (Harapha, Micah, Samson)
    2:57
37. 37
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III, Scene 1: Chorus. "With thunder arm'd, great God, arise" - Recitative. "Be of good courage" (Israelites, Samson, Micah, Harapha)
    4:24
38. 38
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "Then shall I make Jehovah's glory known!" (Samson)
    0:31
39. 39
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III, Scene 1: Aria. "Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed" (Samson)
    4:04
40. 40
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "With might endued above the sons of men" (Micah)
    0:33
41. 41
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III, Scene 1: Aria. "The Holy One of Israel be thy guide" (Micah)
    1:27
42. 42
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III, Scene 1: Chorus. "To fame immortal go" - Recitative. "Old Manoah, with youthful steps" (Israelites, Micah, Manoah)
    1:20
43. 43
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III, Scene 2: Aria. "Great Dagon has subdued our foe" (A Philistine)
    1:55
44. 44
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III, Scene 2: Chorus. "Great Dagon has subdued our foe" - Recitative. "What noise of joy was that?" (Philistines, Manoah, Micah)
    2:24
45. 45
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III, Scene 2: Aria. "How willing my paternal love" - Recitative. "Your hopes of his deliv'ry seem not vain" (Manoah, Micah)
    2:49
46. 46
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III, Scene 2: A Symphony of Horror and Confusion - Recitative. "Heav'n! What noise!" (Manoah)
    0:24
47. 47
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III, Scene 2: Chorus. "Hear us, our God!" - Recitative. "Noise call you this?" (Philistines, Micah, Manoah, Messenger)
    3:09
48. 48
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III, Scene 2: Aria. "Ye sons of Israel, now lament" (Micah)
    2:04
49. 49
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III, Scene 2: Chorus. "Weep, Israel, weep a louder strain" (Israelites)
    1:11
50. 50
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III, Scene 2: Dead March - Recitative. "The body comes" (Micah, Manoah)
    3:42
51. 51
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III, Scene 2: Aria with Chorus. "Glorious hero" - Recitative. "Come, come! No time for lamentation now" (Manoah, Israelites, Israelite Woman)
    5:13
52. 52
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III, Scene 2: Aria. "Let the bright Seraphim in burning row" (Israelite Woman)
    3:14
53. 53
    Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III, Scene 2: Chorus. "Let their celestial concerts all unite" (Israelites)
    3:19

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