No. |
Title |
Length |
1. |
SAMSON, Oratorio, HWV 57 - Act I. Sinfonia (featuring London Voices) |
8:40 |
2. |
Scene 1. Air (Samson): ÂTorments, Alas! Are Not Confinâdâ (featuring Samson, Robert Tear) |
3:36 |
3. |
Scene 2. Recitative (Micah): ÂOh Change Beyond Report, Thought, Or Belief! Â (featuring Micah, Helen Watts) |
0:54 |
4. |
Scene 2. Air (Micah): ÂOh Mirror Of Our Fickle State! Â (featuring Micah, Helen Watts) |
3:47 |
5. |
Scene 2. Recitative (Samson, Micah): ÂWhom Have I To Complain Of But Myselfâ... ÂMatchless In Might! Once Israelâs Glory, Now Her Grief! Â... (featuring Micah, Helen Watts, Samson, Robert Tear) |
2:22 |
6. |
Scene 2. Air (Samson): ÂTotal Eclipse! No Sun, No Moon! Â (featuring Samson, Robert Tear) |
3:57 |
7. |
Scene 2. Air (Micah): ÂSince Light So Necessary Is To Lifeâ (featuring Micah, Helen Watts) |
1:25 |
8. |
Scene 2. Chorus Of Israelites: ÂOh First Created Beam! And Thou Great Word! Â (featuring London Voices) |
4:10 |
9. |
Scene 2. Recitative (Samson, Micah): ÂYe See, My Friends, How Woes Enclose Me Roundâ... ÂThe Wisest Men Have Errâd, And Been Deceivâdâ... (featuring Micah, Helen Watts, Samson, Robert Tear) |
1:39 |
10. |
Scene 3. Recitative (Manoa, Micah, Israelitish Man): ÂBrethren And Men Of Dan, Say, Where Is My Sonâ... ÂAs Signal Now In Low Dejected Stateâ... (featuring Micah, Helen Watts, John Shirley - Quirk, Alexander Oliver) |
1:52 |
11. |
Scene 3. Air (Israelitish Man): ÂOh Ever Failing Trust In Mortal Strength! Â (featuring Alexander Oliver) |
2:32 |
12. |
Scene 1. Recitative (Samson): ÂThis Day, A Solemn Feast To Dagon Heldâ (featuring Samson, Robert Tear) |
0:37 |
13. |
Scene 3. Recitative (Manoa): ÂThe Good We Wish For, Often Proves Our Baneâ (featuring John Shirley - Quirk) |
1:14 |
14. |
Scene 3. Air (Manoa): ÂThy Glorious Deeds Inspirâd My Tongueâ (featuring John Shirley - Quirk) |
4:49 |
15. |
Scene 3. Recitative (Samson, Manoah): ÂJustly These Evils Have Befallân Thy Sonâ... ÂWorse Yet Remainsâ... (featuring Samson, John Shirley - Quirk, Robert Tear) |
1:36 |
16. |
Scene 3. Air (Samson): ÂMy Griefs For Thisâ (featuring Samson, Robert Tear) |
1:11 |
17. |
Scene 3. Air (Samson): ÂWhy Does The God Of Israel Sleep? Â (featuring Samson, Robert Tear) |
5:16 |
18. |
Scene 3. Recitative (Micah): ÂThere Lies Our Hope! True Prophet Mayâst Thou Beâ (featuring Micah, Helen Watts) |
0:23 |
19. |
Scene 3. Chorus Of Israelites: ÂThen Shall They Know, That He Whose Nameâ (featuring London Voices) |
2:29 |
20. |
Scene 1. Chorus Of Philistines: ÂAwake The Trumpetâs Lofty Sound! Â (featuring London Voices) |
2:14 |
21. |
Scene 1. Air (Dalila): ÂYe Men Of Gaza, Hither Bringâ (featuring Dalila, Janet Baker) |
3:43 |
22. |
Scene 1. Chorus Of Philistines: ÂAwake The Trumpetâs Lofty Sound! Â (featuring London Voices) |
0:35 |
23. |
Scene 1. Air (Philistine): ÂLoud As The Thunderâs Awful Voiceâ (featuring Philip Langridge) |
3:04 |
24. |
Scene 1. Air (Philistine Woman): ÂThen Free From Sorrow, Free From Thrallâ (featuring Norma Burrowes) |
2:49 |
25. |
Scene 1. Chorus Of Philistines: ÂAwake The Trumpetâs Lofty Sound! Â (featuring London Voices) |
0:34 |
26. |
Scene 1. Recitative (Samson): ÂWhy By An Angel Was My Birth Foretoldâ (featuring Samson, Robert Tear) |
1:10 |