Handel Edition Volume 4 - Messiah and Samson

Felicity Palmer (soprano), Helen Watts (alto), Ryland Davies (tenor) & John Shirley-Quirk (bass), Janet Baker (Delilah), Helen Watts (Micah), Robert Tear (Samson), John Shirley-Quirk (Manoah) & Benjamin Luxon (Harapha), Marilyn Horne (mezzo), Jennifer Larmore (mezzo)

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Handel Edition Volume 4 - Messiah and Samson

[on The Messiah] Tempos are lively, though never breathless, and always well judged, and ornamentation is judicious. Choruses are resilient and have an agreeable sense of joy, especially ''For...

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[on The Messiah] Tempos are lively, though never breathless, and always well judged, and ornamentation is judicious. Choruses are resilient and have an agreeable sense of joy, especially ''For...

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Release date: 28th Jul 2008
Label: Warner Classics
Series: Handel Edition
Catalogue number: 2564695686
Length: 7 hours 29 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Handel: Messiah

Work length2:36:53

This work is only available as an album download.

Part 1 Symphony

Track length3:12

Part 1 "Comfort ye my people"

Track length3:35

Part 1 "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted"

Track length3:36

Part 1 "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"

Track length2:38

Part 1 "Thus saith the Lord"

Track length1:37

Part 1 "But who may abide the day of his coming?"

Track length4:43

Part 1 "And he shall purify the sons of Levi"

Track length2:50

Part 1 "Behold, a virgin shall concieve, and bear a son"

Track length0:27

Part 1 "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"

Track length3:48

Part 1 "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"

Track length1:41

Part 1 "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"

Track length2:53

Part 1 "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light"

Track length4:10

Part 1 "For unto us a child is born"

Track length4:16

Part 1 Pastoral Symphony

Track length3:22

Part 1 "There were shepherds abiding in the field" "And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them" "And the angel said unto them - Fear not" "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heav'nly host"

Track length1:56

Part 1 "Glory to God in the highest"

Track length1:54

Part 1 "Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion"

Track length4:25

Part 1 "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened"

Track length0:26

Part 1 "He shall feed his flock like a shepherd"

Track length6:03

Part 1 "His yoke is easy"

Track length2:48

Part 2 "Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world"

Track length4:04

Part 2 "He was despised and rejected of men"

Track length11:44

This track is only available as an album download.

Part 2 "Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows"

Track length2:25

Part 2 "And with his stripes we are healed"

Track length2:11

Part 2 "All we like sheep have gone astray"

Track length4:25

Part 2 "All they that see him laugh him to scorn"

Track length0:55

Part 2 "He trusted in God that he would deliver him"

Track length2:38

Part 2 "Thy rebuke hath broken his heart"

Track length1:54

Part 2 "Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto his sorrow"

Track length1:52

Part 2 "He was cut off out of the land of the living"

Track length0:19

Part 2 "But thou didst not leave his soul in hell"

Track length2:31

Part 2 "Lift up your heads, o ye gates"

Track length3:27

Part 2 "Unto which of the angels said he at any time"

Track length0:18

Part 2 "Let all the angels of God worship him"

Track length1:44

Part 2 "Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive"

Track length3:37

Part 2 "The Lord gave the word - great was the company of the preachers"

Track length1:19

Part 2 "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace"

Track length2:28

Part 2 "Their sound is gone out into all lands"

Track length1:09

Part 2 "Why do the nations so furiously rage together"

Track length2:40

Part 2 "Let us break their bonds asunder"

Track length2:11

Part 2 "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn"

Track length0:17

Part 2 "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron"

Track length2:16

Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "Hallelujah" (Chorus)

Track length4:03

Messiah HWV 56 : Part 3 "I know that my Redeemer liveth"

Track length6:37

Part 3 "Since by man came death"

Track length2:19

Part 3 "Behold, I tell you a mystery"

Track length0:43

Part 3 "The trumpet shall sound"

Track length8:11

Part 3 "Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written"

Track length0:20

Part 3 "O death, where is thy sting?"

Track length1:41

Part 3 "But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory"

Track length3:30

Part 3 "If God be for us, who can be against us?"

Track length4:31

Part 3 "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"

Track length3:50

Part 3 "Amen"

Track length4:24

Handel: Samson

Work length3:32:00

Robert Tear (tenor), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), Norma Burrowes (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Alexander Oliver (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass), Benjamin Luxon (bass), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano)
English Chamber Orchestra, London Voices
Raymond Leppard

Samson : Act 1 Sinfonia

Track length8:42

Samson

Track length0:37

Act 1 "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!" [Chorus]

Track length2:13

Act 1 "Ye men of Gaza, hither bring the merry pipe and pleasing string" [Dalila]

Track length3:43

Act 1 "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound" [Chorus]

Track length0:35

Act 1 "Loud as the thunder's awful voice" [Philistine]

Track length3:05

Act 1 "Then free from sorrow, free from the thrall" [Philistine Woman]

Track length2:49

Act 1 "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!" [Chorus]

Track length0:34

Act 1 "Why by an angel was my birth foretold" [Samson]

Track length1:10

Act 1 "Torments, alas! are not confin'd to heart, or head, or breast!" [Samson]

Track length3:35

Act 1 "Oh change beyond report, thought or belief!" [Micah]

Track length0:55

Act 1 "Oh mirror of our fickle state!" [Micah]

Track length3:47

Act 1 "Whom have I to compain of but myself" [Samson] ... "Oh loss of sight! of thee I most complain!" [Samson]

Track length2:22

Act 1 "Total eclipse! no sun, no moon, all dark amidst the blaze of noon!" [Samson]

Track length3:57

Act 1 "Since light so necessary is to life" [Micah]

Track length1:24

Act 1 "Oh first created beam!" [Chorus]

Track length4:10

Act 1 "Ye see, my friends, how woes enclose me round" [Samson], "Here comes thy rev'rend sire, old Manoah" [Micah, Samson]

Track length1:39

Act 1 "Brethren and men of Dan, say, where is my son" [Manoah, Micah] "O miserable change!" [Manoah] "Oh ever failing trust in mortal strength!" [Israelitish Man]

Track length1:52

Act 1 "God of our fathers, what is man?" [Israelitish Man]

Track length2:31

Act 1 "The good we wish for, often proves our bane" [Manoah]

Track length1:14

Act 1 "Thy glorious deeds inspir'd my tongue" [Manoah]

Track length4:49

Act 1 "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son" [Samson] "Worse yet remains" [Manoah] "This have I done" [Samson]

Track length1:36

Act 1 "My griefs for this forbid mine eyes to close" [Samson]

Track length1:11

Act 1 "Why does the God of Israel sleep?" [Samson]

Track length5:16

Act 1 "There lies our hope!" [Micah]

Track length0:23

Act 1 "Then shall they know" [Chorus]

Track length2:28

Act 1 "For thee, my dearest son" [Manoah] "It should be so - to expiate my crime" [Samson] "Be for thy fate contrite" [Manoah] "Why should I live?" [Samson]

Track length2:59

Act 1 "Then long eternity shall greet your bliss" [Micah]

Track length2:06

Act 1 "Joys that are pure" [Micah]

Track length3:09

Act 1 "Then round about the starry throne" [Chorus]

Track length2:18

Act 2 "Despair not thus" [Manoah] "Wher'er the liquid brook or fountain flow'd" [Samson] "Trust yet in God!" [Manoah]

Track length1:20

Act 2 "Just are the way of God to man" [Manoah]

Track length3:53

Act 2 "My evils hopeless are!" [Samson] "Relieve thy champion" [Micah]

Track length0:46

Act 2 "Return, oh God of hosts!" [Micah]

Track length4:48

Act 2 "To dust his glory they would tread" [Chorus]

Track length3:33

Act 2 "But who is this?" [Micah] ... "How cunningly the sorceress displays her own transgressions" [Samson]

Track length3:01

Act 2 "With plaintive notes and am'rous moan" [Dalila, Samson]

Track length7:38

Act 2 "Did Love constrain thee?" [Samson]

Track length0:49

Act 2 "Your charms to ruin led the way" [Samson]

Track length3:09

Act 2 "Forgive what's done" [Dalila]

Track length0:34

Act 2 "My - Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove Dalila" [Dalila, Virgin]

Track length4:35

Act 2 "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" [Chorus]

Track length1:13

Act 2 "To fleeting pleasures make your court" [Dalila]

Track length1:50

Act 2 "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" [Chorus]

Track length1:12

Act 2 "How charming is domestic ease!" [Dalila]

Track length1:47

Act 2 "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" [Chorus]

Track length1:13

Act 2 "Ne'er think of that! I know thy warbling charms" [Samson] "Let me approach, at least" [Dalila] "Not for thy life" [Samson] "Thou art more deaf to pray'rs than winds or seas" [Dalila]

Track length1:33

Act 2 "Traitor to love! I'll sue no more" [Dalila] "Traitress to love! I'll hear no more" [Samson] "She's gone! a serpent manifest" [Micah, Samson]

Track length2:05

Act 2 "It is not virtue, valour, wit" [Israelitish Man]

Track length5:10

Act 2 "Favour'd of heaven is he, who finds one true" [Samson]

Track length0:18

Act 2 "To man God's universal law gave pow'r to keep the wife in awe" [Chorus]

Track length3:10

Act 2 "No words of peace, no voice enchanting fear" [Micah] ... "The honour certain to have won from thee I lose" [Harapha]

Track length1:56

Act 2 "Honour and arms scorn such a foe" [Harapha]

Track length6:11

Act 2 "Put on your arms" "My strength is from the living God" [Samson]

Track length3:09

Act 2 "With thee!" [Harapha] "Cam'st thou for this, vain boaster?" [Samson, Harapha]

Track length0:47

Act 2 "Go, baffled coward, go" [Samson] "Presume not on thy God" [Harapha]

Track length2:36

Act 2 "Here lies the proof" [Micah]

Track length0:51

Act 2 "Hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah, hear!" [Chorus]

Track length2:57

Act 2 "Dagon, arise! attend thy sacred feast!" [Harapha]

Track length0:18

Act 2 "To song and dance we give the day" [Philistine]

Track length4:20

Act 2 "To song and dance we give the day" [Chorus]

Track length2:18

Act 2 "Fix'd in his everlasting seat" [Chorus]

Track length3:02

Act 3 "More trouble is behind" [Micah] ... "My message, given with speed, brooks no delay" [Harapha]

Track length1:16

Act 3 "Presuming slave, to move their wrath!" [Harapha]

Track length2:42

Act 3 "Reflect then, Samson, matters now are strain'd" [Micah] "Shall I abuse this consecrated gift of strength" [Samson]

Track length0:46

Act 3 "With thunder arm'd, great God, arise!" [Chorus]

Track length3:19

Act 3 "Be of good courage" [Samson, Micah, Harapha]

Track length2:42

Act 3 "Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed" [Samson]

Track length4:22

Act 3 "With might endued, above the sons of men" [Micah]

Track length0:41

Act 3 "The Holy One of Israel be thy guide" [Micah] "To fame immortal go" [Chorus]

Track length2:43

Act 3 "Old Manoah, with youthful steps, makes haste to find his son" [Micah] "I come, my brethren, not to seek my son" [Manoah]

Track length0:27

Act 3 "Great Dagon has subdued our foe" [Philistine] "Great Dagon has subdued our foe" [Chorus]

Track length3:50

Act 3 "What noise of joy was that?" [Manoah, Micah]

Track length0:50

Act 3 "How willing my paternal love the weight to share of filial care" [Manoah]

Track length3:35

Act 3 "Your hopes of his deliv'ry seem not vain" [Micah] "I know your friendly minds, and - Heav'n! what noise!" [Manoah] "Hear us, our God!" [Chorus]

Track length1:48

Act 3 "Noise call you this? an universal groan" [Micah] ... "Unwounded of his enemies he fell" [Messenger, Manoah]

Track length1:59

Act 3 "Ye sons of Israel, now lament" [Micah] "Weep, Israel, weep" [Chorus]

Track length3:47

Act 3 "Proceed we hence to find his body" [Manoah]

Track length0:53

Act 3 Dead March

Track length2:48

Act 3 "The body comes" [Micah, Manoah]

Track length0:59

Act 3 "Glorious hero, may thy grave peace and honour ever have" [Chorus]

Track length5:12

Act 3 "Come, come! no time for lamentation" [Manoah]

Track length1:04

Act 3 "Let the bright Seraphim" [Israelitish Woman]

Track length3:31

Act 3 "Let their celestial concerts all unite" [Chorus]

Track length3:35

ExcerptHandel: Rinaldo

Work length23:16

Act 3 "Or la tromba in suon festante" [Rinaldo]

Track length3:51

Act 1 "Cara sposa" [Rinaldo]

Track length9:48

Act 1 "Venti, turbini, prestate" [Rinaldo]

Track length4:55

Act 1 "Cor ingrato, ti rammembri" [Rinaldo]

Track length4:42

Handel: Serse : Act 1 "Frondi tenere e belle... Ombra mai fù di vegetabile" [Serse]

Work length4:17

Handel: Partenope : Act 2 "Furibondo spira il vento" [Arsace]

Work length4:52

Handel: Agrippina : Act 3 "Bel piacere è godere fido amor!" [Poppea]

Work length2:24

Handel: Lascia ch'io pianga (from Rinaldo)

Work length5:03

Handel: Orlando : Act 1 "Fammi combattere mostri e tifei" [Orlando]

Work length3:52

Handel: Ombra mai fu (from Serse)

Work length3:35

Handel: Ariodante : Act 3 "Dopo notte" [Ariodante]

Work length7:18

Handel: Rinaldo : Act 1 "Cara sposa" [Rinaldo]

Work length10:31

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Handel: Giulio Cesare : Act 3 "Caro... Bella" [Cleopatra, Cesare]

Work length5:05

Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano), Christian Brembeck (harpsichord), Gottfried Greiner (cello), Hei-Kyung Hong (soprano), Ingo Nawra (double bass), Michael Weigelt (bassoon)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Jesús López Cobos

Handel: Hercules : Act 3 " Where shall I fly" [Dejanira]

Work length6:31

Handel: Semele : Act 2 "Hence, Iris, hence away" [Juno]

Work length3:41

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[on The Messiah] Tempos are lively, though never breathless, and always well judged, and ornamentation is judicious. Choruses are resilient and have an agreeable sense of joy, especially ''For unto us'', and ''All we like sheep'' which has a delectable added organ flourish and is full of rhythmic character… The soloists are all excellent, with Felicity Palmer and Helen Watts outstanding… The sound is consistently beautiful

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