The Sixteen, Harry Christophers - Handel: Samson (2002)

Tracklist:

CD 1
Samson, Oratorio, Hwv 57
Act One
Scene 1
1 Overture
2 This Day, A Solemn Feast To Dagon Held
3 Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound
4 Ye Men Of Gaza, Hither Bring
5 Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound
6 Loud As The Thunder's Awful Voice
7 Then Free From Sorrow
8 Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound
9 Why By An Angel Was My Birth Foretold
10 Torments Alas!
Scene 2
11 O Change Beyond Report
12 O Mirror Of Our Fickle State!
13 Whom Have I To Complain Of But Myself
14 Total Eclipse!
15 Since Light So Necessary Is To Life
16 Oh First Created Beam!
17 Ye See, My Friends, How Woes Enclose Me Round
Scene 3
18 Brethren And Men Of Dan
19 Oh Miserable Change!
20 Oh Ever Failing Trust In Mortal Strength!
21 God Of Our Fathers, What Is Man?
22 The Good We Wish For, Often Proves Our Bane
23 Thy Glorious Deeds Inspir'd My Tongue
24 Justly These Evils Have Befall'n Thy Son
25 My Griefs For This
26 Why Does The God Of Israel Sleep?
27 There Lies Our Hope!
28 Then Shall They Know
29 For Thee, My Dearest Son
30 Then Long Eternity Shall Greet Your Bliss
31 Then Round About The Starry Throne

CD 2
Act Two
Scene 1
1 Despair Not Thus!
2 Just Are The Ways Of God To Man
3 My Evils Hopeless Are!
4 Return, Oh God Of Hosts!
Scene 2
5 But Who Is This
6 With Plaintive Notes And Am'rous Moan
7 Alas! Th' Event Was Worse Than I Foresaw
8 Your Charms To Ruin Led The Way
9 Forgive What's Done
10 My Faith And Truth, Oh Samson, Prove
11 To Fleeting Pleasures Make Your Court
12 Ne'er Think Of That!
13 Traitor To Love!
Scene 3
14 It Is Not Virture
15 Favour'd Of Heaven Is He
16 To Man God's Universal Law
Scene 4
17 No Words Of Peace
18 Honour And Arms Scorn Such A Foe
19 Put On Your Arms
20 My Strength Is From The Living God
21 With Thee!
22 Go, Baffled Coward, Go
23 Here Lie The Proof
24 Hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah, Hear!
25 Dagon, Arise!
26 To Song And Dance We Give The Day
27 To Song And Dance We Give The Day
28 Fix'd In His Everlasting Seat

CD 3
Act Three
Scene 1
1 More Trouble Is Behind
2 Presuming Slave
3 Reflect Then, Samson
4 With Thunder Arm'd Great God, Arise!
5 Be Of Good Courage
6 Thus When The Sun From's Wat'ry Bed
7 With Might Endued Above The Sons Of Men
8 The Holy One Of Israel Be Thy Guide
Scene 2
9 Old Manoa, With Youthful Steps
10 Great Dago Has Subdued Our Foe
11 What Noise Of Joy Was That?
12 How Willing My Paternal Love
13 Your Hopes Of His Deliv'ry Seem Not Vain
14 Noise Call You This?
Scene 3
15 Where Shall I Run
16 In Life And Death
17 Proceed We Hence To Find His Body
18 Dead March
19 The Body Comes
20 Glorious Hero
21 Come, Come!
22 Let The Bright Seraphim

Performers:
Thomas Randle
Mark Padmore
Lynda Russell
Lynne Dawson
Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Michael George
Jonathan Best
The Sixteen
The Symphony of Harmony and Invention
Harry Christophers