Handel- Samson HWV 57 - Handel for All

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00:00:00 - Overture
00:04:10 - Recit: This day a solemn Feast
00:04:45 - Chorus: Awake the Trumpet's lofty sound
00:06:29 - Air [Philistine woman]: Ye men of Gaza
00:09:35 - Chorus of Philistines: Awake the trumpet's lofty sound
00:10:00 - Recit [Samson]: Why by an angel
00:10:57 - Air [Samson]: Torment, alas, are not confin'd
00:15:57 - Recit [Micah]: Oh, Change beyond report
00:16:46 - Air [Micah]: Oh, mirror of our fickle state
00:20:03 - Recit [Samson]: Who have I to complain
00:22:32 - Air [Samson]: Total Eclipse
00:25:56 - Accompagnato [Micah]: Since light so necessary is to life
00:27:12 - Chorus of Israelites: O first create beam!
00:30:19 - Recitative [Samson]: Ye see, my friends
00:32:31 - Accompagnato [Manoah]: Oh, miserable change!
00:33:20 - Recitative [Israelitish Man]: Oh, ever failing trust
00:33:31 - Air [Israelitish Man]: God of our fathers
00:36:07 - Accompagnato [Manoah]: The good we wish for
00:37:11 - Ai [Manoa]: Thy glorious deeds
00:41:48 - Recit [Samson]: Justly these evils
00:42:04 - Accompagnato [Samson]: My griefs for this
00:42:56 - Air [Samson]: Why does the God of lsrael sleep?
00:47:23 - Recitative [Micah]: There lies our hope!
00:47:41 - Chorus of Israelites: Then shall they know
00:50:04 - Recitative [Manoah]: For thee, my dearest son,
00:51:50 - Accompagnato [Samson]: My genial spirits droop
00:53:21 - Recitative (air) [Micah]: Then long eternity
00:55:25 - Air [Micah]: Joys that are pure
00:58:23 - Chorus of Israelites: Then round about the starry throne
01:01:20 - ACT 2
01:01:22 - Recitative [Manoah]: Despair not thus!
01:02:42 - Air [Manoah]: Just are the ways of God to man
01:05:49 - Recitative [Samson]: My evils hopeless are
01:06:25 - Air and Chorus [Micah]: Return, O God
01:14:27 - Recitative [Micah]: But who is this
01:17:37 - Air [Dalila]: With plaintive notes and am'rous moan
01:24:43 - Recitative [Dalila]: Alas! Th'event was worse than I foresaw
01:25:32 - Air [Samson]: Your charms to run led the way
01:27:51 - Recitative [Dalilah]: Forgive what's done
01:28:21 - Air and Duet - My Faith and truth
01:33:44 - Air [Dalilah]: How charming is domestic ease!
01:36:20 - Recitative [Samson]: Ne'er think of that!
01:37:57 - Duet - Traitor/Traitress to love
01:39:31 - Recitative [Micah]: She is gone
01:40:15 - Chorus: To man God's universal law
01:42:31 - Recitative [Micah]: No words of peace
01:44:23 - Air [Harapha]: Honour and Arms
01:49:40 - Recitative [Samson]: Put on your arms
01:50:32 - Duet [Samson]: Harapah. Presume not on thy God
01:52:39 - Recitative [Micah]: Here lies the proof
01:53:26 - Chorus of Israelites: Hear, Jacob's God
01:57:11 - Recitative [Harapha]: Dagon, arise, attend thy sacred feast!
01:57:23 - Air [A philistine] To song and dance
02:00:21 - Chorus of Philistines: To song and dance
02:02:12 - Chorus of Israelites: and philistines Fix'd in his everlasting seat
02:05:20 - ACT 3
02:05:21 - Recitative [Micah]: More Trouble is behind
02:06:46 - Air [Harapha]: Presuming slave
02:08:49 - Recitative [Micah]: Reflect then
02:09:37 - Chorus of Israelites: With Thunder arm'd
02:12:00 - Recitative [Samson]: Be of good courage
02:14:13 - Accompagnato [Samson]: Then shall I make
02:14:47 - Air [Samson]: Thus when the sun
02:19:22 - Accompagnato [Micah]: With might endu'd
02:19:52 - Air and Chorus [Micah]: The Holy One
02:22:07 - Recitative [Micah]: Old Manoah
02:22:34 - Air [Philistine]: Great Dagon has subdu'd our foe
02:25:55 - Recitative [Manoah]: What noise
02:26:37 - Air [Manoah]: How willing my paternal love
02:30:29 - Recitative [Micah]: Your hopes of his deliv'ry seem not vain
02:30:51 - A symphony of horror and confusion
02:31:15 - Chorus of Philistines
02:32:20 - Recitative [Micah]: Noise call you this? An universal groan
02:33:00 - Recitative [Messenger]: Where shall I ran
02:36:29 - Air and Chorus: Ye sons of Israel
02:40:18 - Recitative [Manoah]: Proceed we hence
02:41:05 - Recitative [Micah]: The body comes
02:42:03 - Air and Chorus [Manoah]: Glorious hero
02:42:57 - Solo and Chorus Israelite Woman The virgins too
02:47:27 - Recitative [Manoah]: Come, Come!
02:48:32 - Air [Israelite Woman]: Let the bright Seraphim
02:51:21 - Chorus of Israelites: Let their celestial concerts all unite
02:54:15 - Credits

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[helenaconstantine]

One of the best performances on Youtube.

[nickgooch]

And just a word on the use of the soloists in the chorus... sublime!

[Vanchy]

Superb performance out of this world! Marvelous Handel masterwork!

[orlandoiannuzzifilho]

This was the most wonderful performance of the Samson Oratorio that I have ever seen. Superb, superb performance!

[wilhelm-zt]

An amazing work by Handel wonderfully performed. The part where Handel/Samson pull down the edifice is especially stupendous!

[nickgooch]

This is a priceless gift! I thank you from the bottom of my heart - a necessary and much wanted tribute to the composer who moves me above all others... Thank you, thank, thank you!

[testvalleycycling]

Wonderful performance. Thank you so much. A great resource for Handel lovers living outside London.

[dobbinrajqwerty]

Beautiful performance. No caption required, thats how clear everybody was. Such a wonderful rendition

[SpectrumScribe]

What an incredibly noble and blessed project - thank you all involved

[cyoalencar]

Marvelous. God bless the musicians. You're mesengers of angel's voices.

[deewick]

Wonderful, thank you for sharing. Especially the 'Total Eclipse' aria is probably the best version I have ever heard - so tender.

[warjacare]

Only English can perform Handel's operas with perfection.

[gerardvanderleeuw]

Hartstikke mooi! Mijn grote dank voor alles in dit grootse project! Ik ben benieuwd naar alle nieuwe opnamen.

[johnkusske]

Magnificent music, voices, and orchestra! It's such a treat to see and hear such a performance.

[benjaminschmauss]

Stuart Jackson is killing it! Incredible talent!

[LNSCAdmin]

A thrilling performance. So much to admire. I thought the "echo" at 1.30 was simply wonderful Thank you for posting.

[nickevershedmusic]

Oh I sang in Glynebourne youth chorus alongside him