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Handel Edition (vol.4) - Messiah. Samson. Arias - Raymond Leppard

Year:	2008
Genre:	Oratorios, Sacred music
Composer:	Georg Friedrich Handel
Conductor:	Raymond Leppard
Performers:	The English Chamber Orchestra, London Voices, Marilyn Horne, I Solisti Veneti, Jennifer Larmore, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

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1	1. MESSIAH Oratorio in three Parts HWV 56 - PART I. No. 1. Symphony Ouverture 3:10 7.25 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.15 $ Buy
2	2. No. 2. Accompagnato Tenor: ''Comfort ye comfort ye my people saith your God'' 3:35 8.21 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.16 $ Buy
3	3. No. 3. Aria Tenor: ''Every valley shall be exalted'' 3:36 8.25 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.16 $ Buy
4	4. No. 4. Chorus: ''And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed'' 2:38 6.03 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.12 $ Buy
5	5. No. 5. Accompagnato Bass: ''Thus saith the Lord the Lord of hosts'' 1:37 3.70 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.07 $ Buy
6	6. No. 6. Aria Alto: ''But who may abide the day of His coming'' 4:43 10.80 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.22 $ Buy
7	7. No. 7. Chorus: ''And He shall purify the sons of Levi'' 2:50 6.49 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.13 $ Buy
8	8. No. 8. Recitativo Alto: ''Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son'' 0:27 1.03 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.02 $ Buy
9	9. No. 9. Aria Alto: ''O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion'' 3:48 8.70 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.17 $ Buy
10	10. No. 9. Chorus: ''O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion'' 1:41 3.86 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.08 $ Buy
11	11. No. 10. Accompagnato Bass: ''For behold darkness shall cover the earth 2:53 6.60 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.13 $ Buy
12	12. No. 11. Aria Bass: ''The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light'' 4:10 9.54 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.19 $ Buy
13	13. No. 12. Chorus: ''For unto us a child is born unto us a son is given'' 4:16 9.77 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.20 $ Buy
14	14. No. 13. Pifa Pastoral Symphony 3:22 7.71 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.15 $ Buy
15	16. No. 17. Chorus: ''Glory to God in the highest'' 1:54 4.35 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.09 $ Buy
16	17. No. 18. Aria Soprano: ''Rejoice greatly o daughter of Zion'' 4:25 10.11 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.20 $ Buy
17	18. No. 19. Recitativo Alto: ''Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened'' 0:26 0.99 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.02 $ Buy
18	19. No. 20. Duetto Soprano Alto: ''He shall feed his flock like a shepherd'' 6:03 13.85 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.28 $ Buy
19	20. No. 21. Chorus: ''His yoke is easy and His burden is light'' 2:48 6.41 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.13 $ Buy
20	21. PART II. No. 22. Chorus: ''Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world'' 4:04 9.31 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.19 $ Buy
21	22. No. 23. Aria Alto: ''He was despised and rejected of men'' 11:44 26.86 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.54 $ Buy
22	23. No. 24. Chorus: ''Surely He hath borne our griefs'' 2:25 5.54 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.11 $ Buy

1	1. No. 25. Chorus: ''And with His stripes we are healed'' 2:09 4.92 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.10 $ Buy
2	2. No. 26. Chorus: ''All we like sheep have gone astray'' 4:25 10.11 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.20 $ Buy
3	3. No. 27. Accompagnato Tenor: ''All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn'' 0:55 2.10 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.04 $ Buy
4	4. No. 28. Chorus: ''He trusted in God that He would deliver Him'' 2:38 6.03 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.12 $ Buy
5	5. No. 29. Accompagnato Tenor: ''Thy rebuke hath broken His heart'' 1:54 4.35 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.09 $ Buy
6	6. No. 30. Arioso Tenor: ''Behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow'' 1:52 4.28 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.09 $ Buy
7	7. No. 31. Accompagnato Tenor: ''He was cut off out of the land of the living'' 0:19 0.73 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.01 $ Buy
8	8. No. 32. Aria Tenor: ''But thou didst not leave His soul in hell'' 2:31 5.76 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.12 $ Buy
9	9. No. 33. Chorus: ''Lift up your heads O ye gates'' 3:27 7.90 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.16 $ Buy
10	10. No. 34. Recitativo Tenor: ''Unto which of the angels said He at any time'' 0:18 0.69 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.01 $ Buy
11	11. No. 35. Chorus: ''Let all the angels of God worship Him'' 1:44 3.97 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.08 $ Buy
12	12. No. 36. Aria Bass: ''Thou art gone up on high'' 3:37 8.28 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.17 $ Buy
13	13. No. 37. Chorus: ''The Lord gave the word'' 1:19 3.02 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.06 $ Buy
14	14. No. 38. Aria Soprano: ''How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace'' 2:28 5.65 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.11 $ Buy
15	15. No. 39. Arioso Tenor: ''Their sound is gone out into all lands'' 1:09 2.64 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.05 $ Buy
16	16. No. 40. Aria Bass: ''Why do the nations so furiously rage together'' 2:40 6.11 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.12 $ Buy
17	17. No. 41. Chorus: ''Let us break their bonds asunder'' 2:11 5.00 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.10 $ Buy
18	18. No. 42. Recitativo Tenor: ''He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn'' 0:17 0.65 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.01 $ Buy
19	19. No. 43. Aria Tenor: ''Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron'' 2:16 5.19 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.10 $ Buy
20	20. No. 44. Chorus: ''Hallelujah: for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth'' 4:06 9.39 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.19 $ Buy
21	21. PART III. No. 45. Aria Soprano: ''I know that my Redeemer liveth'' 6:37 15.15 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.30 $ Buy
22	22. No. 46. Chorus: ''Since by man came death by man came also the resurrection of the dead'' 2:19 5.31 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.11 $ Buy
23	23. No. 47. Accompagnato Bass: ''Behold I tell you a mystery'' 0:43 1.64 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.03 $ Buy
24	24. No. 48. Aria Bass: ''The trumpet shall sound'' 8:11 18.73 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.37 $ Buy
25	25. No. 49. Recitativo Alto: ''Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written'' 0:20 0.77 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.02 $ Buy
26	26. No. 50. Duetto Alto Tenor: ''O death where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory?'' 1:41 3.86 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.08 $ Buy
27	27. No. 51. Chorus: ''But thanks be to God'' 3:30 8.02 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.16 $ Buy
28	28. No. 52. Aria Soprano: ''If God is for us who can be against us?'' 4:31 10.34 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.21 $ Buy
29	29. No. 53. Chorus: ''Worthy is the Lamb that was slain'' 3:50 8.78 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.18 $ Buy
30	30. [No. 53.] Chorus: ''Amen'' 4:25 10.10 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.20 $ Buy

1	1. SAMSON Oratorio in three Acts HWV 57 - ACT ONE. Sinfonia 8:40 19.84 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.40 $ Buy
2	2. Scene 1. Recitative Samson: ''This day a solemn feast to Dagon held'' 0:37 1.42 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.03 $ Buy
3	3. Scene 1. Chorus of Philistines: ''Awake the trumpet's lofty sound'' 2:13 5.08 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.10 $ Buy
4	4. Scene 1. Air Dalila: ''Ye men of Gaza hither bring the merry pipe and pleasing string'' 3:43 8.51 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.17 $ Buy
5	5. Scene 1. Chorus of Philistines: ''Awake the trumpet's lofty sound'' 0:35 1.34 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.03 $ Buy
6	6. Scene 1. Air Philistine: ''Loud as the thunder's awful voice'' 3:05 7.06 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.14 $ Buy
7	10. Scene 1. Air Samson: ''Torments alas are not confin'd to heart or head or breast'' 3:35 8.21 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.16 $ Buy
8	7. Scene 1. Air Philistine Woman: ''Then free from sorrow free from thrall'' 2:49 6.45 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.13 $ Buy
9	8. Scene 1. Chorus of Philistines: ''Awake the trumpet's lofty sound'' 0:34 1.30 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.03 $ Buy
10	9. Scene 1. Recitative Samson: ''Why by an angel was my birth foretold'' 1:10 2.67 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.05 $ Buy
11	11. Scene 2. Recitative Micah: ''Oh change beyond report thought or belief'' 0:55 2.10 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.04 $ Buy
12	12. Scene 2. Air Micah: ''Oh mirror of our fickle state'' 3:47 8.66 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.17 $ Buy
13	14. Scene 2. Air Samson: ''Total eclipse no sun no moon all dark amidst the blaze of noon'' 3:57 9.04 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.18 $ Buy
14	15. Scene 2. Air Micah: ''Since light so necessary is to life'' 1:24 3.21 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.06 $ Buy
15	16. Scene 2. Chorus of Israelites: ''Oh first created beam And thou great word'' 4:10 9.54 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.19 $ Buy
16	18. Scene 3. Recitative Micah Manoah Israelitish Man: ''Brethren and men of Dan say where is my son'' ... ''Oh miserable change'' ... ''Oh ever failing trust in mortal strength'' 1:52 4.27 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.09 $ Buy
17	19. Scene 3. Air Israelitish Man: ''God of our fathers what is man?'' 2:31 5.77 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.12 $ Buy
18	20. Scene 3. Recitative Manoah: ''The good we wish for often proves our bane'' 1:14 2.83 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.06 $ Buy
19	21. Scene 3. Air Manoah: ''Thy glorious deeds inspir'd my tongue'' 4:49 11.03 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.22 $ Buy
20	22. Scene 3. Recitative Samson Manoah: ''Justly these evils have befall'n thy son'' ''¦ ''Worse yet remains'' ''¦ ''This have I done this pomp this honour brought'' 1:36 3.67 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.07 $ Buy
21	23. Scene 3. Air Samson: ''My griefs for this forbid mine eyes to close'' 1:11 2.71 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.05 $ Buy
22	24. Scene 3. Air Samson: ''Why does the God of Israel sleep?'' 5:16 12.06 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.24 $ Buy
23	25. Scene 3. Recitative Micah: ''There lies our hope True prophet may'st thou be'' 0:23 0.88 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.02 $ Buy
24	26. Scene 3. Chorus of Israelites: ''Then shall they know that He whose name'' 2:29 5.69 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.11 $ Buy

1	1. Scene 3. Recitative Manoah Samson: ''For thee my dearest son must thou meanwhile'' ''¦ ''It should be so to expiate my crime'' ''¦ ''Be for thy fate contrite: but oh my son'' ''¦ ''Why should I live?'' 0.00 Mb 0 Kbp	close 0.00 $ Buy
2	2. Scene 3. Air Micah: ''Then long eternity shall greet your bliss'' 2:06 4.81 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.10 $ Buy
3	3. Scene 3. Air Micah: ''Joys that are pure sincerely good'' 3:09 7.21 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.14 $ Buy
4	4. Scene 3. Chorus of Israelites: ''Then round about the starry throne'' 2:18 5.27 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.11 $ Buy
5	5. ACT TWO. Scene 1. Recitative Manoah Samson: ''Despair not thus You once were God's delight'' ''¦ ''Where'er the liquid brook or fountain flow'd'' ''¦ ''Trust yet in God Thy father's timely care'' 0.00 Mb 0 Kbp	close 0.00 $ Buy
6	6. Scene 1. Air Manoah: ''Just are the way of God to man'' 3:53 8.89 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.18 $ Buy
7	7. Scene 1. Recitative Samson Micah: ''My evils hopeless are One pray'r remains'' 0:46 1.76 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.04 $ Buy
8	8. Scene 1. Air Micah: ''Return oh God of hosts'' 4:48 10.99 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.22 $ Buy
9	9. Scene 1. Chorus of Israelites: ''To dust his glory they would tread'' 3:33 8.13 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.16 $ Buy
10	11. Scene 2. Air Dalila Samson: ''With plantive notes and am'rous moan'' 7:38 17.48 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.35 $ Buy
11	12. Scene 2. Air Samson: ''Did love constrain thee? No 'twas raging lust'' 0:49 1.87 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.04 $ Buy
12	13. Scene 2. Air Samson: ''Your charms to ruin led the way'' 3:09 7.21 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.14 $ Buy
13	14. Scene 2. Recitative Dalila: ''Forgive what's done nor think of what's past cure'' 0:34 1.30 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.03 $ Buy
14	15. Scene 2. Duet Dalila Virgin: ''MyHer faith and truth O Samson prove'' 4:35 10.49 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.21 $ Buy
15	16. Scene 2. Chorus of Virgins: ''Her faith and truth oh Samson prove'' 1:13 2.79 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.06 $ Buy
16	17. Scene 2. Air Dalila: ''To fleeting pleasures make your court'' 1:50 4.20 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.08 $ Buy
17	18. Scene 2. Chorus of Virgins: ''Her faith and truth oh Samson prove'' 1:12 2.75 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.06 $ Buy
18	19. Scene 2. Air Dalila: ''How charming is domestic ease'' 1:47 4.09 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.08 $ Buy
19	20. Scene 2. Chorus of Virgins: ''Her faith and truth oh Samson prove'' 1:13 2.79 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.06 $ Buy
20	23. Scene 3. Air Israelitish Man: ''It is not virtue valour wit'' 5:10 11.83 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.24 $ Buy
21	24. Scene 3. Recitative Samson: ''Favour'd of heaven is he who finds one true'' 0:18 0.69 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.01 $ Buy
22	25. Scene 3. Chorus of Israelites: ''To man God's universal law'' 3:10 7.25 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.15 $ Buy
23	27. Scene 4. Air Harapha: ''Honour and arms scorn such a foe'' 6:11 14.16 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.28 $ Buy

1	1. Scene 4. Recitative Samson: ''Put on your arms then take for spear'' Air Samson: ''My strength is from the living God'' 3:07 7.14 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.14 $ Buy
2	2. Scene 4. Recitative Harapha Samson: ''With thee a man condemn'd a slave enroll'd'' ''¦ ''Cam'st thou for this vain boaster?'' ''¦ ''O Dagon Can I hear this insolence'' 0:47 1.80 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.04 $ Buy
3	3. Scene 4. Duet Samson Harapha: ''Go baffled coward go Presume not on thy God'' 2:36 5.96 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.12 $ Buy
4	4. Scene 4. Recitative Micah: ''Here lies the proof'' 0:51 1.95 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.04 $ Buy
5	5. Scene 4. Chorus of Israelites: ''Hear Jacob's God Jehovah hear'' 2:57 6.76 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.14 $ Buy
6	6. Scene 4. Recitative Harapha: ''Dagon arise attend thy sacred feast'' 0:18 0.69 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.01 $ Buy
7	7. Scene 4. Air Philistine: ''To song and dance we give the day'' 4:20 9.92 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.20 $ Buy
8	8. Scene 4. Chorus of Philistines: ''To song and dance we give the day'' 2:18 5.27 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.11 $ Buy
9	9. Scene 4. Double Chorus of Israelites and Philistines: ''Fix'd in his everlasting seat'' 3:02 6.95 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.14 $ Buy
10	11. Scene 1. Air Harapha: ''Presuming slave to move their wrath'' 2:42 6.18 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.12 $ Buy
11	12. Scene 1. Recitative Micah Samson: ''Reflect then Samson matters now are strain'd'' 0:46 1.76 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.04 $ Buy
12	13. Scene 1. Chorus of Israelites: ''With thunder arm'd great God arise'' 3:19 7.59 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.15 $ Buy
13	14. Scene 1. Recitative Samson Micah Harapha: ''Be of good courage I begin to feel'' 2:42 6.19 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.12 $ Buy
14	15. Scene 1. Air Samson: ''Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed'' 4:22 10.00 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.20 $ Buy
15	16. Scene 1. Recitative Micah: ''With might endued above the sons of men'' 0:41 1.57 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.03 $ Buy
16	17. Scene 1. Air Micah: ''The Holy One of Israel be thy guide'' Chorus of Israelites: ''To fame immortal go'' 2:43 6.22 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.12 $ Buy
17	18. Scene 2. Recitative Micah Manoa: ''Old Manoa with youthful steps'' ''¦ ''I come my brethren not to seek my son'' 0:27 1.04 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.02 $ Buy
18	19. Scene 2. Air A Philistine Chorus of Philistines: ''Great Dagon has subdued our foe'' 3:50 8.78 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.18 $ Buy
19	20. Scene 2. Recitative Manoah Micah: ''What noise of joy was that? it tore the sky'' 0:50 1.91 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.04 $ Buy
20	21. Scene 2. Air Manoah: ''How willing my paternal love'' 3:35 8.21 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.16 $ Buy
21	22. Scene 2. Recitative Micah Manoa: ''Your hopes of his deliv'ry seem not vain'' ''¦ ''I know your friendly minds'' Chorus of Philistines: ''Hear us our God oh hear our cry'' 1:48 4.12 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.08 $ Buy
22	24. Scene 3. Air Micah: ''Ye sons of Israel now lament'' Chorus of Israelites: ''Weep Israel weep a louder strain'' 3:47 8.66 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.17 $ Buy
23	25. Scene 3. Recitative Manoah: ''Proceed we hence to find his body'' 0:53 2.02 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.04 $ Buy
24	26. Scene 3. Dead March 2:48 6.41 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.13 $ Buy
25	27. Scene 3. Recitative Micah Manoah: ''The body comes we'll meet it on the way'' ''¦ ''There shall all IsraeI's valiant youth resort'' 0:59 2.26 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.05 $ Buy
26	29. Scene 3. Recitative Manoah Micah: ''Come come no time for lamentation'' ''¦ ''Why should we weep or wail dispraise or blame'' 1:04 2.45 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.05 $ Buy
27	30. Scene 3. Air Israelitish Woman: ''Let the bright Seraphim in burning row'' 3:31 8.05 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.16 $ Buy
28	31. Scene 3. Chorus of Israelites: ''Let their celestal concerts all unite'' 3:36 8.23 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.16 $ Buy

1	1. Rinaldo - Aria: ''Or la tromba in suon festante'' Rinaldo Atto III Scena 9 3:49 8.74 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.17 $ Buy
2	2. Rinaldo - Aria: ''Cara sposa'' Rinaldo Atto I Scena 7 9:48 22.43 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.45 $ Buy
3	3. Rinaldo - Aria: ''Venti turbini'' Rinaldo Atto I Scena 9 4:55 11.26 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.23 $ Buy
4	4. Rinaldo - Aria: ''Cor ingrato'' Rinaldo Atto I Scena 8 4:42 10.76 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.22 $ Buy
5	5. Serse - Recitativo accompagnato ed Arioso: ''Frondi tenere e belle'' ''¦ ''Ombra mai fu'' Serse Atto I Scena 1 4:17 9.81 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.20 $ Buy
6	6. Partenope - Aria: ''Furibondo spira il vento'' Arsace Atto II Scena 9 4:52 11.14 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.22 $ Buy
7	7. Agrippina - Aria: ''Bel piacere Ã¨ godere fido amor'' Poppea Atto III Scena 10 2:24 5.50 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.11 $ Buy
8	8. Rinaldo - Aria: ''Lascia chio pianga mia cruda sorte'' Almirena Atto II Scena 4 5:03 11.56 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.23 $ Buy
9	9. Orlando - Aria: ''Fammi combattere'' Orlando Atto I Scena 9 3:52 8.85 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.18 $ Buy
10	10. Serse - Arioso: ''Ombra mai fu'' Serse Atto I Scena 1 3:35 8.20 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.16 $ Buy
11	11. Ariodante - Aria: ''Dopo notte'' Ariodante Atto III Scena 9 7:18 16.71 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.33 $ Buy
12	12. Rinaldo - Aria: ''Cara sposa'' Rinaldo Atto I Scena 7 10:31 24.07 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.48 $ Buy
13	13. Giulio Cesare - Duet: ''Caro - Bella'' Cleopatra Cesare Atto III Scena 10 5:05 11.64 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.23 $ Buy
14	14. Hercules - Accompagnato: ''Where shall I fly'' Dejanira Part III 6:31 14.92 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.30 $ Buy
15	15. Semele - Air: ''Hence Iris hence away'' Juno Act 2 Scene 1 3:42 8.47 Mb 320 Kbp	close 0.17 $ Buy

1	1. MESSIAH Oratorio in three Parts HWV 56 - PART I. No. 1. Symphony Ouverture 3:10 16.90 Mb 745 Kbp	close 0.25 $ Buy
2	2. No. 2. Accompagnato Tenor: ''Comfort ye comfort ye my people saith your God'' 3:35 15.86 Mb 618 Kbp	close 0.24 $ Buy
3	3. No. 3. Aria Tenor: ''Every valley shall be exalted'' 3:36 17.46 Mb 678 Kbp	close 0.26 $ Buy
4	4. No. 4. Chorus: ''And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed'' 2:38 13.78 Mb 731 Kbp	close 0.21 $ Buy
5	5. No. 5. Accompagnato Bass: ''Thus saith the Lord the Lord of hosts'' 1:37 7.71 Mb 667 Kbp	close 0.12 $ Buy
6	6. No. 6. Aria Alto: ''But who may abide the day of His coming'' 4:43 21.23 Mb 629 Kbp	close 0.32 $ Buy
7	7. No. 7. Chorus: ''And He shall purify the sons of Levi'' 2:50 14.17 Mb 698 Kbp	close 0.21 $ Buy
8	8. No. 8. Recitativo Alto: ''Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son'' 0:27 1.87 Mb 579 Kbp	close 0.03 $ Buy
9	9. No. 9. Aria Alto: ''O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion'' 3:48 18.21 Mb 669 Kbp	close 0.27 $ Buy
10	10. No. 9. Chorus: ''O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion'' 1:41 8.92 Mb 740 Kbp	close 0.13 $ Buy
11	11. No. 10. Accompagnato Bass: ''For behold darkness shall cover the earth 2:53 12.11 Mb 586 Kbp	close 0.18 $ Buy
12	12. No. 11. Aria Bass: ''The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light'' 4:10 18.33 Mb 615 Kbp	close 0.27 $ Buy
13	13. No. 12. Chorus: ''For unto us a child is born unto us a son is given'' 4:16 21.11 Mb 691 Kbp	close 0.32 $ Buy
14	14. No. 13. Pifa Pastoral Symphony 3:22 13.54 Mb 562 Kbp	close 0.20 $ Buy
15	16. No. 17. Chorus: ''Glory to God in the highest'' 1:54 9.22 Mb 678 Kbp	close 0.14 $ Buy
16	17. No. 18. Aria Soprano: ''Rejoice greatly o daughter of Zion'' 4:25 21.57 Mb 682 Kbp	close 0.32 $ Buy
17	18. No. 19. Recitativo Alto: ''Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened'' 0:26 1.88 Mb 607 Kbp	close 0.03 $ Buy
18	19. No. 20. Duetto Soprano Alto: ''He shall feed his flock like a shepherd'' 6:03 26.19 Mb 605 Kbp	close 0.39 $ Buy
19	20. No. 21. Chorus: ''His yoke is easy and His burden is light'' 2:48 12.92 Mb 645 Kbp	close 0.19 $ Buy
20	21. PART II. No. 22. Chorus: ''Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world'' 4:04 17.79 Mb 611 Kbp	close 0.27 $ Buy
21	22. No. 23. Aria Alto: ''He was despised and rejected of men'' 11:44 48.78 Mb 581 Kbp	close 0.73 $ Buy
22	23. No. 24. Chorus: ''Surely He hath borne our griefs'' 2:25 12.64 Mb 729 Kbp	close 0.19 $ Buy

1	1. SAMSON Oratorio in three Acts HWV 57 - ACT ONE. Sinfonia 8:40 39.93 Mb 644 Kbp	close 0.60 $ Buy
2	2. Scene 1. Recitative Samson: ''This day a solemn feast to Dagon held'' 0:37 2.44 Mb 552 Kbp	close 0.04 $ Buy
3	3. Scene 1. Chorus of Philistines: ''Awake the trumpet's lofty sound'' 2:13 11.48 Mb 723 Kbp	close 0.17 $ Buy
4	4. Scene 1. Air Dalila: ''Ye men of Gaza hither bring the merry pipe and pleasing string'' 3:43 16.37 Mb 615 Kbp	close 0.25 $ Buy
5	5. Scene 1. Chorus of Philistines: ''Awake the trumpet's lofty sound'' 0:35 2.96 Mb 708 Kbp	close 0.04 $ Buy
6	6. Scene 1. Air Philistine: ''Loud as the thunder's awful voice'' 3:05 14.58 Mb 661 Kbp	close 0.22 $ Buy
7	10. Scene 1. Air Samson: ''Torments alas are not confin'd to heart or head or breast'' 3:35 15.26 Mb 595 Kbp	close 0.23 $ Buy
8	7. Scene 1. Air Philistine Woman: ''Then free from sorrow free from thrall'' 2:49 12.60 Mb 625 Kbp	close 0.19 $ Buy
9	8. Scene 1. Chorus of Philistines: ''Awake the trumpet's lofty sound'' 0:34 2.89 Mb 712 Kbp	close 0.04 $ Buy
10	9. Scene 1. Recitative Samson: ''Why by an angel was my birth foretold'' 1:10 5.00 Mb 599 Kbp	close 0.08 $ Buy
11	11. Scene 2. Recitative Micah: ''Oh change beyond report thought or belief'' 0:55 3.57 Mb 543 Kbp	close 0.05 $ Buy
12	12. Scene 2. Air Micah: ''Oh mirror of our fickle state'' 3:47 15.85 Mb 585 Kbp	close 0.24 $ Buy
13	14. Scene 2. Air Samson: ''Total eclipse no sun no moon all dark amidst the blaze of noon'' 3:57 16.81 Mb 594 Kbp	close 0.25 $ Buy
14	15. Scene 2. Air Micah: ''Since light so necessary is to life'' 1:24 5.33 Mb 532 Kbp	close 0.08 $ Buy
15	16. Scene 2. Chorus of Israelites: ''Oh first created beam And thou great word'' 4:10 18.69 Mb 626 Kbp	close 0.28 $ Buy
16	18. Scene 3. Recitative Micah Manoah Israelitish Man: ''Brethren and men of Dan say where is my son'' ... ''Oh miserable change'' ... ''Oh ever failing trust in mortal strength'' 1:52 8.06 Mb 603 Kbp	close 0.12 $ Buy
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Compositions

Handel Edition (vol.4) - Messiah. Samson. Arias - Raymond Leppard

CD1 - Messiah (1)

1. MESSIAH Oratorio in three Parts HWV 56 - PART I. No. 1. Symphony Ouverture

2. No. 2. Accompagnato Tenor: ''Comfort ye comfort ye my people saith your God''

3. No. 3. Aria Tenor: ''Every valley shall be exalted''

4. No. 4. Chorus: ''And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed''

5. No. 5. Accompagnato Bass: ''Thus saith the Lord the Lord of hosts''

6. No. 6. Aria Alto: ''But who may abide the day of His coming''

7. No. 7. Chorus: ''And He shall purify the sons of Levi''

8. No. 8. Recitativo Alto: ''Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son''

9. No. 9. Aria Alto: ''O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion''

10. No. 9. Chorus: ''O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion''

11. No. 10. Accompagnato Bass: ''For behold darkness shall cover the earth

12. No. 11. Aria Bass: ''The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light''

13. No. 12. Chorus: ''For unto us a child is born unto us a son is given''

14. No. 13. Pifa Pastoral Symphony

16. No. 17. Chorus: ''Glory to God in the highest''

17. No. 18. Aria Soprano: ''Rejoice greatly o daughter of Zion''

18. No. 19. Recitativo Alto: ''Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened''

19. No. 20. Duetto Soprano Alto: ''He shall feed his flock like a shepherd''

20. No. 21. Chorus: ''His yoke is easy and His burden is light''

21. PART II. No. 22. Chorus: ''Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world''

22. No. 23. Aria Alto: ''He was despised and rejected of men''

23. No. 24. Chorus: ''Surely He hath borne our griefs''

CD2 - Messiah (2)

1. No. 25. Chorus: ''And with His stripes we are healed''

2. No. 26. Chorus: ''All we like sheep have gone astray''

3. No. 27. Accompagnato Tenor: ''All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn''

4. No. 28. Chorus: ''He trusted in God that He would deliver Him''

5. No. 29. Accompagnato Tenor: ''Thy rebuke hath broken His heart''

6. No. 30. Arioso Tenor: ''Behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow''

7. No. 31. Accompagnato Tenor: ''He was cut off out of the land of the living''

8. No. 32. Aria Tenor: ''But thou didst not leave His soul in hell''

9. No. 33. Chorus: ''Lift up your heads O ye gates''

10. No. 34. Recitativo Tenor: ''Unto which of the angels said He at any time''

11. No. 35. Chorus: ''Let all the angels of God worship Him''

12. No. 36. Aria Bass: ''Thou art gone up on high''

13. No. 37. Chorus: ''The Lord gave the word''

14. No. 38. Aria Soprano: ''How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace''

15. No. 39. Arioso Tenor: ''Their sound is gone out into all lands''

16. No. 40. Aria Bass: ''Why do the nations so furiously rage together''

17. No. 41. Chorus: ''Let us break their bonds asunder''

18. No. 42. Recitativo Tenor: ''He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn''

19. No. 43. Aria Tenor: ''Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron''

20. No. 44. Chorus: ''Hallelujah: for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth''

21. PART III. No. 45. Aria Soprano: ''I know that my Redeemer liveth''

22. No. 46. Chorus: ''Since by man came death by man came also the resurrection of the dead''

23. No. 47. Accompagnato Bass: ''Behold I tell you a mystery''

24. No. 48. Aria Bass: ''The trumpet shall sound''

25. No. 49. Recitativo Alto: ''Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written''

26. No. 50. Duetto Alto Tenor: ''O death where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory?''

27. No. 51. Chorus: ''But thanks be to God''

28. No. 52. Aria Soprano: ''If God is for us who can be against us?''

29. No. 53. Chorus: ''Worthy is the Lamb that was slain''

30. [No. 53.] Chorus: ''Amen''

CD3 - Samson (1)

1. SAMSON Oratorio in three Acts HWV 57 - ACT ONE. Sinfonia

2. Scene 1. Recitative Samson: ''This day a solemn feast to Dagon held''

3. Scene 1. Chorus of Philistines: ''Awake the trumpet's lofty sound''

4. Scene 1. Air Dalila: ''Ye men of Gaza hither bring the merry pipe and pleasing string''

5. Scene 1. Chorus of Philistines: ''Awake the trumpet's lofty sound''

6. Scene 1. Air Philistine: ''Loud as the thunder's awful voice''

10. Scene 1. Air Samson: ''Torments alas are not confin'd to heart or head or breast''

7. Scene 1. Air Philistine Woman: ''Then free from sorrow free from thrall''

8. Scene 1. Chorus of Philistines: ''Awake the trumpet's lofty sound''

9. Scene 1. Recitative Samson: ''Why by an angel was my birth foretold''

11. Scene 2. Recitative Micah: ''Oh change beyond report thought or belief''

12. Scene 2. Air Micah: ''Oh mirror of our fickle state''

14. Scene 2. Air Samson: ''Total eclipse no sun no moon all dark amidst the blaze of noon''

15. Scene 2. Air Micah: ''Since light so necessary is to life''

16. Scene 2. Chorus of Israelites: ''Oh first created beam And thou great word''

18. Scene 3. Recitative Micah Manoah Israelitish Man: ''Brethren and men of Dan say where is my son'' ... ''Oh miserable change'' ... ''Oh ever failing trust in mortal strength''

19. Scene 3. Air Israelitish Man: ''God of our fathers what is man?''

20. Scene 3. Recitative Manoah: ''The good we wish for often proves our bane''

21. Scene 3. Air Manoah: ''Thy glorious deeds inspir'd my tongue''

22. Scene 3. Recitative Samson Manoah: ''Justly these evils have befall'n thy son'' ''¦ ''Worse yet remains'' ''¦ ''This have I done this pomp this honour brought''

23. Scene 3. Air Samson: ''My griefs for this forbid mine eyes to close''

24. Scene 3. Air Samson: ''Why does the God of Israel sleep?''

25. Scene 3. Recitative Micah: ''There lies our hope True prophet may'st thou be''

2. No. 2. Accompagnato Tenor: ''Comfort ye comfort ye my people saith your God''

3. No. 3. Aria Tenor: ''Every valley shall be exalted''

4. No. 4. Chorus: ''And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed''

5. No. 5. Accompagnato Bass: ''Thus saith the Lord the Lord of hosts''

6. No. 6. Aria Alto: ''But who may abide the day of His coming''

7. No. 7. Chorus: ''And He shall purify the sons of Levi''

8. No. 8. Recitativo Alto: ''Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son''

9. No. 9. Aria Alto: ''O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion''

10. No. 9. Chorus: ''O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion''

12. No. 11. Aria Bass: ''The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light''

13. No. 12. Chorus: ''For unto us a child is born unto us a son is given''

16. No. 17. Chorus: ''Glory to God in the highest''

17. No. 18. Aria Soprano: ''Rejoice greatly o daughter of Zion''

18. No. 19. Recitativo Alto: ''Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened''

19. No. 20. Duetto Soprano Alto: ''He shall feed his flock like a shepherd''

20. No. 21. Chorus: ''His yoke is easy and His burden is light''

21. PART II. No. 22. Chorus: ''Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world''

22. No. 23. Aria Alto: ''He was despised and rejected of men''

23. No. 24. Chorus: ''Surely He hath borne our griefs''

1. No. 25. Chorus: ''And with His stripes we are healed''

2. No. 26. Chorus: ''All we like sheep have gone astray''

3. No. 27. Accompagnato Tenor: ''All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn''

4. No. 28. Chorus: ''He trusted in God that He would deliver Him''

5. No. 29. Accompagnato Tenor: ''Thy rebuke hath broken His heart''

6. No. 30. Arioso Tenor: ''Behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow''

7. No. 31. Accompagnato Tenor: ''He was cut off out of the land of the living''

8. No. 32. Aria Tenor: ''But thou didst not leave His soul in hell''

9. No. 33. Chorus: ''Lift up your heads O ye gates''

10. No. 34. Recitativo Tenor: ''Unto which of the angels said He at any time''

11. No. 35. Chorus: ''Let all the angels of God worship Him''

12. No. 36. Aria Bass: ''Thou art gone up on high''

13. No. 37. Chorus: ''The Lord gave the word''

14. No. 38. Aria Soprano: ''How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace''

15. No. 39. Arioso Tenor: ''Their sound is gone out into all lands''

16. No. 40. Aria Bass: ''Why do the nations so furiously rage together''

17. No. 41. Chorus: ''Let us break their bonds asunder''

18. No. 42. Recitativo Tenor: ''He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn''

19. No. 43. Aria Tenor: ''Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron''

20. No. 44. Chorus: ''Hallelujah: for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth''

21. PART III. No. 45. Aria Soprano: ''I know that my Redeemer liveth''

22. No. 46. Chorus: ''Since by man came death by man came also the resurrection of the dead''

23. No. 47. Accompagnato Bass: ''Behold I tell you a mystery''

24. No. 48. Aria Bass: ''The trumpet shall sound''

25. No. 49. Recitativo Alto: ''Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written''

26. No. 50. Duetto Alto Tenor: ''O death where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory?''

27. No. 51. Chorus: ''But thanks be to God''

28. No. 52. Aria Soprano: ''If God is for us who can be against us?''

29. No. 53. Chorus: ''Worthy is the Lamb that was slain''

30. [No. 53.] Chorus: ''Amen''

2. Scene 1. Recitative Samson: ''This day a solemn feast to Dagon held''

3. Scene 1. Chorus of Philistines: ''Awake the trumpet's lofty sound''

4. Scene 1. Air Dalila: ''Ye men of Gaza hither bring the merry pipe and pleasing string''

5. Scene 1. Chorus of Philistines: ''Awake the trumpet's lofty sound''

6. Scene 1. Air Philistine: ''Loud as the thunder's awful voice''

10. Scene 1. Air Samson: ''Torments alas are not confin'd to heart or head or breast''

7. Scene 1. Air Philistine Woman: ''Then free from sorrow free from thrall''

8. Scene 1. Chorus of Philistines: ''Awake the trumpet's lofty sound''

9. Scene 1. Recitative Samson: ''Why by an angel was my birth foretold''

11. Scene 2. Recitative Micah: ''Oh change beyond report thought or belief''

12. Scene 2. Air Micah: ''Oh mirror of our fickle state''

14. Scene 2. Air Samson: ''Total eclipse no sun no moon all dark amidst the blaze of noon''

15. Scene 2. Air Micah: ''Since light so necessary is to life''

16. Scene 2. Chorus of Israelites: ''Oh first created beam And thou great word''

18. Scene 3. Recitative Micah Manoah Israelitish Man: ''Brethren and men of Dan say where is my son'' ... ''Oh miserable change'' ... ''Oh ever failing trust in mortal strength''

19. Scene 3. Air Israelitish Man: ''God of our fathers what is man?''

20. Scene 3. Recitative Manoah: ''The good we wish for often proves our bane''

21. Scene 3. Air Manoah: ''Thy glorious deeds inspir'd my tongue''

22. Scene 3. Recitative Samson Manoah: ''Justly these evils have befall'n thy son'' ''¦ ''Worse yet remains'' ''¦ ''This have I done this pomp this honour brought''

23. Scene 3. Air Samson: ''My griefs for this forbid mine eyes to close''

24. Scene 3. Air Samson: ''Why does the God of Israel sleep?''

25. Scene 3. Recitative Micah: ''There lies our hope True prophet may'st thou be''

26. Scene 3. Chorus of Israelites: ''Then shall they know that He whose name''

1. Scene 3. Recitative Manoah Samson: ''For thee my dearest son must thou meanwhile'' ''¦ ''It should be so to expiate my crime'' ''¦ ''Be for thy fate contrite: but oh my son'' ''¦ ''Why should I live?''

2. Scene 3. Air Micah: ''Then long eternity shall greet your bliss''

3. Scene 3. Air Micah: ''Joys that are pure sincerely good''

4. Scene 3. Chorus of Israelites: ''Then round about the starry throne''

5. ACT TWO. Scene 1. Recitative Manoah Samson: ''Despair not thus You once were God's delight'' ''¦ ''Where'er the liquid brook or fountain flow'd'' ''¦ ''Trust yet in God Thy father's timely care''

6. Scene 1. Air Manoah: ''Just are the way of God to man''

7. Scene 1. Recitative Samson Micah: ''My evils hopeless are One pray'r remains''

8. Scene 1. Air Micah: ''Return oh God of hosts''