Harnoncourt: Handel – Samson (2 CD, APE)

Composer: George Frideric Handel
Performer: Christoph Pregardien, Angela Maria Blasi, Jochen Kowalski, Alastair Miles, Anton Scharinger, Maria Venuti, Vienna Concentus Musicus, Roberta Alexander, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Audio CD
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 2
Format: APE (image+cue)
Label: Teldec
Size: 569 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

Disc: 1
01. Symphony – Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
02. Menuet – Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
03. Act I, Scene 1: Awake the trumpet’s lofty sound! – Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner
04. Act I, Scene 1: Ye men of Gaza, hither bring – Angela Maria Blasi
05. Act I, Scene 1: Awake the trumpet’s Lofty sound – Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner
06. Act I, Scene 1: Torments, alas! are not confined – Anthony Rolfe Johnson
07. Act I, Scene 2: O mirror of our fickle state – Jochen Kowalski
08. Act I, Scene 2: Total eclipse! no sun, no moon, all dark – Anthony Rolfe Johnson
09. Act I, Scene 2: Since light so necessary is to life – Jochen Kowalski
10. Act I, Scene 2: O first created beam! – Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner
11. Act I, Scene 3: Oh miserable change! is this the man – Anton Scharinger
12. Act I, Scene 3: The good we wish for, often prove our banes – Anton Scharinger
13. Act I, Scene 3: Thy glorious deeds inspir’d my tongue – Anton Scharinger
14. Act I, Scene 3: My genial spirits droop, my hopes are flat – Anthony Rolfe Johnson
15. Act I, Scene 3: Then long Eternity shall greet your bliss – Jochen Kowalski
16. Act I, Scene 3: Then round about the starry throne – Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner
17. Act II, Scene 1: Trust yet in God! Thy father’s timely care – Anton Scharinger
18. Act II, Scene 1: Return, oh God of hosts! – Jochen Kowalski
19. Act II, Scene 1: To dust his glory they would tread – Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner/Jochen Kowalski
20. Act II, Scene 2: With plaintive notes and am’rous moan – Angela Maria Blasi
21. Act II, Scene 2: Your charms to ruin led the way – Anthony Rolfe Johnson
22. Act II, Scene 2: My (Her) faith and truth, oh Samson, prove – Roberta Alexander/Maria Venuti
23. Act II, Scene 2: Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove – Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner
24. Act II, Scene 2: To fleeting pleasures make your court – Roberta Alexander
25. Act II, Scene 2: Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove – Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner

Disc: 2
01. Act II, Scene 2: N’er think of that! – Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Roberta Alexander
02. Act II, Scene 2: Traitor to love! I’ll sue no more – Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Roberta Alexander
03. Act II, Scene 3: To man God’s universal law – Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner
04. Act II, Scene 4: Honour and arms scorn such a foe – Alastair Miles
05. Act II, Scene 4: Go, baffled coward, go/Presume not on thy God – Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Alastair Miles
06. Act II, Scene 4: Hear,Jacob’s God, Jehovah, hear! – Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner
07. Act II, Scene 4: To song and dance we give the day – Christoph Pregardien
08. Act II, Scene 4: To song and dace we give the day – Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner
09. Act II, Scene 4: Fix in his everlasting seat – Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner
10. Act III, Scene 1: More trouble is behind: for Harapha – Jochen Kowalski
11. Act III, Scene 1: Presuming slave, to move thier wrath – Alastair Miles
12. Act III, Scene 1: With thunder arm’d, geat God, arise! – Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner
13. Act III, Scene 1: Jehova’s Glory known! – Anthony Rolfe Johnson
14. Act III, Scene 1: Thus when the sun from’s wat’ry bed – Anthony Rolfe Johnson
15. Act III, Scene 1: With might endued above the suns of men – Jochen Kowalski
16. Act III, Scene 1: The Holy One of Israel be thy guide – Jochen Kowalski
17. Act III, Scene 1: To fame immortal go – Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner
18. Act III, Scene 2: Great Dagon has subdued our foe – Christoph Pregardien
19. Act III, Scene 2: Great Dagon has subdued our foe – Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner
20. Act III, Scene 2: How willing my paternal love – Anton Scharinger
21. Act III, Scene 2: A Sym of horror and confusion – Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner
22. Act III, Scene 2: Hear us, our God, oh hear our cry – Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner
23. Act III, Scene 2: Ye sons of Israel, now lament – Jochen Kowalski
24. Act III, Scene 2: Weep, Israel, weep a louder strain – Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner
25. Act III, Scene 2: A Dead March – Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner
26. Act III, Scene 2: Glorious hero, may thy grave – Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner
27. Act III, Scene 2: Let the bright seraphim in burning row – Maria Venuti
28. Act III, Scene 2: Let Their celestial concerts all unite – Arnold Schoenberg Chor/Erwin Ortner

Samson, oratorio, HWV 57
Composed by George Frideric Handel
with Christoph Pregardien, Angela Maria Blasi, Jochen Kowalski, Alastair Miles, Anton Scharinger, Maria Venuti, Vienna Concentus Musicus, Roberta Alexander, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt