Handel Edition Volume 4 - Samson, Messiah & Arias from Rinaldo, Serse etc

Various Artists

Release Date:

2009/12/08

Record Label:

Warner Classics International

  1. $32.99
Track NumberTrack TitleTrack LengthTrack Price/Buy Link
1

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Sinfonia

by Raymond Leppard

3:13
2

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "Comfort Ye My People"

by Raymond Leppard

3:36
3

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: Aria. "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted"

by Raymond Leppard

3:37
4

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: Chorus. "And the Glory, the Glory of the Lord"

by Raymond Leppard

2:39
5

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 2: Accompagnato. "Thus Saith the Lord"

by Raymond Leppard

1:37
6

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 2: Aria. "But Who May Abide"

by Raymond Leppard

4:44
7

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 2: Chorus. "And He Shall Purify"

by Raymond Leppard

2:51
8

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: Recitative. "Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive"

by Raymond Leppard

0:27
9

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: Aria. "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings"

by Raymond Leppard

3:49
10

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: Chorus. "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings"

by Raymond Leppard

1:41
11

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: Accompagnato. "For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth"

by Raymond Leppard

2:54
12

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: Aria. "The People That Walked in Darkness"

by Raymond Leppard

4:11
13

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: Chorus. "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"

by Raymond Leppard

4:17
14

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 4: Pastoral Symphony "Pifa"

by Raymond Leppard

3:22
15

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 4: Recitative. "There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field"

by Raymond Leppard

1:57
16

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 4: Chorus. "Glory to God"

by Raymond Leppard

1:54
17

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5: Aria. "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion"

by Raymond Leppard

4:26
18

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5: Recitative. "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened"

by Raymond Leppard

0:26
19

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5: Duet. "He Shall Feed His Flock"

by Raymond Leppard

6:03
20

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5: Chorus. "His Yoke Is Easy"

by Raymond Leppard

2:48
21

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Chorus. "Behold the Lamb of God"

by Raymond Leppard

4:04
22

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Aria. "He Was Despised and Rejected of Men"

by Raymond Leppard

11:44Not available separately
23

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Chorus. "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs"

by Raymond Leppard

2:25
24

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Chorus. "And with His Stripes We Are Healed"

by Raymond Leppard

2:11
25

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Chorus. "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray"

by Raymond Leppard

4:26
26

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "All They That See Him"

by Raymond Leppard

0:55
27

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: "He trusted in God"

by Raymond Leppard

2:38
28

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart"

by Raymond Leppard

1:54
29

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Arioso. "Behold, and See"

by Raymond Leppard

1:53
30

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 2: Accompagnato. "He Was Cut Off"

by Raymond Leppard

0:19
31

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 2: Aria. "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul"

by Raymond Leppard

2:31
32

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 3: Chorus. "Lift Up Your Heads"

by Raymond Leppard

3:28
33

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 4: Recitative. "Unto Which of the Angels"

by Raymond Leppard

0:19
34

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 4: Chorus. "Let All the Angels of God Worship Him"

by Raymond Leppard

1:45
35

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 5: Aria. "Thou Art Gone up on High"

by Raymond Leppard

3:37
36

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 5: Chorus. "The Lord Gave the Word"

by Raymond Leppard

1:20
37

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 5: Aria with Chorus. "How Beautiful Are the Feet"

by Raymond Leppard

2:28
38

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 5: Arioso. "Their Sound Is Gone Out"

by Raymond Leppard

1:10
39

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 6: Aria. "Why Do the Nations"

by Raymond Leppard

2:40
40

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 6: Chorus. "Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder"

by Raymond Leppard

2:11
41

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 6: Recitative. "He That Dwelleth in Heav'n"

by Raymond Leppard

0:18
42

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: Aria. "Thou Shalt Break Them"

by Raymond Leppard

2:17
43

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: Chorus. "Hallelujah"

by Raymond Leppard

4:04
44

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 1: Aria. "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"

by Raymond Leppard

6:37
45

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 1: Chorus. "Since by Man Came Death"

by Raymond Leppard

2:19
46

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 2: Accompagnato. "Behold, I Tell You a Mystery"

by Raymond Leppard

0:43
47

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 2: Aria. "The Trumpet Shall Sound"

by Raymond Leppard

8:11
48

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 3: Recitative. "Then Shall Be Brought"

by Raymond Leppard

0:21
49

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 3: Duet. "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?"

by Raymond Leppard

1:42
50

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 3: Chorus. "But Thanks Be to God"

by Raymond Leppard

3:31
51

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 3: Aria. "If God Be for Us"

by Raymond Leppard

4:31
52

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 4: Chorus. "Worthy Is the Lamb"

by Raymond Leppard

3:51
53

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 4: Chorus. "Amen"

by Raymond Leppard

4:24
54

Samson, HWV 57: Overture

by Raymond Leppard

8:42
55

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 1: Menuet - Recitative. "This Day, a Solemn Feast to Dagon Held" (Samson)

by Raymond Leppard

0:38
56

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 1: Chorus. "Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound" (Philistines)

by Raymond Leppard

2:14
57

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 1: Aria. "Ye Men of Gaza" (Philistine Woman)

by Raymond Leppard

3:43
58

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 1: Chorus. "Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound" (Philistines)

by Raymond Leppard

0:35
59

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 1: Aria. "Loud as the Thunder's Awful Voice" (Philistin Man)

by Raymond Leppard

3:05
60

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 1: Aria. "Then Free from Orrow" (Philistine Woman)

by Raymond Leppard

2:49
61

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 1: Chorus. "Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound" (Philistines)

by Raymond Leppard

0:34
62

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 1: Recitative. "Why by an angel was my birth foretold" (Samson)

by Raymond Leppard

1:10
63

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 1: Aria. "Torments, Alas, Are Not Confined" (Samson)

by Raymond Leppard

3:36
64

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 1: Recitative. "Oh, Change Beyond Report" (Micah)

by Raymond Leppard

0:55
65

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 2: Aria. "O mirror of our fickle state" (Micah)

by Raymond Leppard

3:47
66

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 2: Recitative. "Whom have I to complain of" (Samson, Micah)

by Raymond Leppard

2:22
67

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 2: Aria. "Total eclipse!" (Samson)

by Raymond Leppard

3:57
68

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 2: Accompagnato. "Since light so necessary is to life" (Micah)

by Raymond Leppard

1:25
69

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 2: Chorus. "O first created beam!" (Israelites)

by Raymond Leppard

4:11
70

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 2: Recitative. "Ye see, my friends" (Samson, Micah)

by Raymond Leppard

1:39
71

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Recitative. "Brethren and men of Dan" - Accompagnato. "O miserable change" - Recitativo. "Oh ever failing trust in mortal strength!" (Manoah, Micah, Israelites)

by Raymond Leppard

1:52
72

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Aria. "God of our fathers" (Israelite Man)

by Raymond Leppard

2:32
73

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Accompagnato. "The good we wish for" (Manoah)

by Raymond Leppard

1:15
74

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Aria. "Thy glorious deeds inspir'd my tongue" (Manoah)

by Raymond Leppard

4:50
75

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Recitative. "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son" (Samson, Manoah)

by Raymond Leppard

1:37
76

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Accompagnato. "My griefs for this forbid mine eyes to close" (Samson)

by Raymond Leppard

1:11
77

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Aria. "Why does the God of Israel sleep?" (Samson)

by Raymond Leppard

5:16
78

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Recitative. "There lies our hope!" (Micah)

by Raymond Leppard

0:24
79

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Chorus. "Then shall they know" (Israelites)

by Raymond Leppard

2:29
80

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Recitative. "For thee, my dearest son" (Manoah, Samson)

by Raymond Leppard

3:00
81

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Recitative. "Then long eternity shall greet your bliss" (Micah)

by Raymond Leppard

2:06
82

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Aria. "Joys that are pure" (Micah)

by Raymond Leppard

3:10
83

Samson, HWV 57, Act 1, Scene 3: Chorus. "Then round about the starry throne" (Israelites)

by Raymond Leppard

2:18
84

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 1: Recitative. "Despair not thus" (Manoah, Samson)

by Raymond Leppard

1:21
85

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 1: Aria. "Just are the way of God to man" (Manoah)

by Raymond Leppard

3:54
86

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 1: Recitative. "My evils hopeless are!" (Samson, Micah)

by Raymond Leppard

0:46
87

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 1: Aria. "Return, oh God of hosts!" (Micah)

by Raymond Leppard

4:48
88

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 1: Chorus. "To dust his glory they would tread" (Israelites)

by Raymond Leppard

3:33
89

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Recitative. "But who is this?" (Micah, Samson, Dalila)

by Raymond Leppard

3:02
90

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Aria. "With plaintive notes and am'rous moan" (Dalila)

by Raymond Leppard

7:39
91

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Recitative. "Did Love constrain thee?" (Samson)

by Raymond Leppard

0:50
92

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Aria. "Your charms to ruin led the way" (Samson)

by Raymond Leppard

3:09
93

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Recitative. "Forgive what's done" (Dalila)

by Raymond Leppard

0:34
94

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Aria and Duet. "My faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Dalila, Virgins)

by Raymond Leppard

4:36
95

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Chorus. "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Virgins)

by Raymond Leppard

1:14
96

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Aria. "To fleeting pleasures make your court" (Dalila)

by Raymond Leppard

1:50
97

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Chorus. "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Virgins) [Reprise]

by Raymond Leppard

1:13
98

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Aria. "How charming is domestic ease!" (Dalila)

by Raymond Leppard

1:48
99

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Chorus. "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Virgins) [Reprise]

by Raymond Leppard

1:14
100

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 2: Recitative. "Ne'er think of that! I know thy warbling charms" (Samson, Dalila)

by Raymond Leppard

1:33
101

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 3: Duet. "Traitor to love! I'll sue no more" - Recitative. "She's gone! a serpent manifest" (Dalila, Micah, Samson)

by Raymond Leppard

2:06
102

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 3: Aria. "It is not virtue, valour, wit" (Micah)

by Raymond Leppard

5:10
103

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 3: Recitative. "Favour'd of heaven is he" (Samson)

by Raymond Leppard

0:19
104

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 3: Chorus. "To man God's universal law" (Israelites)

by Raymond Leppard

3:10
105

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Recitative. "No words of peace" (Micah, Harapha, Samson)

by Raymond Leppard

1:56
106

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Aria. "Honour and arms scorn such a foe" (Harapha)

by Raymond Leppard

6:11
107

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Recitative. "Put on your arms" - Aria. "My strength is from the living God" (Samson)

by Raymond Leppard

3:10
108

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Recitative. "With thee, a man condemn'd" (Samson, Harapha)

by Raymond Leppard

0:47
109

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Duet. "Go, baffled coward, go" (Samson, Harapha)

by Raymond Leppard

2:37
110

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Recitative. "Here lies the proof" (Micah)

by Raymond Leppard

0:52
111

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Chorus. "Hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah, hear!" (Israelites)

by Raymond Leppard

2:58
112

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Recitative. "Dagon, arise, attend thy sacred feast!" (Harapha)

by Raymond Leppard

0:18
113

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Aria. "To song and dance we give the day" (A Philistine)

by Raymond Leppard

4:21
114

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Chorus. "To song and dance we give the day" (Philistines)

by Raymond Leppard

2:18
115

Samson, HWV 57, Act 2, Scene 4: Chorus. "Fix'd in his everlasting seat" (Israelites and Philistines)

by Raymond Leppard

3:02
116

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Recitative. "More trouble is behind" (Micah, Samson, Harapha)

by Raymond Leppard

1:16
117

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Aria. "Presuming slave, to move their wrath!" (Harapha)

by Raymond Leppard

2:43
118

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Recitative. "Reflect then, Samson, matters now are strain'd" (Micah, Samson)

by Raymond Leppard

0:46
119

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Chorus. "With thunder arm'd, great God, arise!" (Israelites)

by Raymond Leppard

3:19
120

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Recitative. "Be of good courage" - Accompagnato. "Then shall I make" (Micha, Harapha, Samson)

by Raymond Leppard

2:43
121

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Aria. "Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed" (Samson)

by Raymond Leppard

4:22
122

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "With might endued, above the sons of men" (Micah)

by Raymond Leppard

0:41
123

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 1: Aria. "The Holy One of Israel be thy guide" - Chorus. "To fame immortal go" (Micah, Israelites)

by Raymond Leppard

2:44
124

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 2: Recitative. "Old Manoah, with youthful steps, makes haste to find his son" (Micah, Manoah)

by Raymond Leppard

0:28
125

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 2: Aria and Chorus. "Great Dagon has subdued our foe" (A Philistine, Philistines)

by Raymond Leppard

3:51
126

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 2: Recitative. "What noise of joy was that?" (Manoah, Micah)

by Raymond Leppard

0:50
127

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 2: Aria. "How willing my paternal love" (Manoah)

by Raymond Leppard

3:35
128

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 2: Recitative. "Your hopes of his deliv'ry seem not vain" (Micha, Manoah, Chorus)

by Raymond Leppard

1:48
129

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 2: Recitative. "Noise call you this? an universal groan" (Micah, Messenger, Manoah)

by Raymond Leppard

1:59
130

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 3: Aria and Chorus. "Ye sons of Israel, now lament" (Micah, Israelites)

by Raymond Leppard

3:48
131

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 3: Recitative. "Proceed we hence to find his body" (Manoah)

by Raymond Leppard

0:53
132

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 3: Dead March

by Raymond Leppard

2:48
133

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 3: Recitative. "The body comes" (Micah, Manoah)

by Raymond Leppard

1:00
134

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 3: Aria and Chorus. "Glorious hero, may thy grave" (Manoah, Israelites)

by Raymond Leppard

5:13
135

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 3: Recitative. "Come, come! no time for lamentation" (Manoah, Micah)

by Raymond Leppard

1:05
136

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 3: Aria. "Let the bright Seraphim" (Israelite Woman)

by Raymond Leppard

3:31
137

Samson, HWV 57, Act 3, Scene 3: Chorus. "Let their celestial concerts all unite" (Israelites)

by Raymond Leppard

3:35
138

Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 3: Aria. "Or la tromba in suon festante" (Rinaldo)

by Marilyn Horne

3:52
139

Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 1: Aria. "Cara sposa" (Rinaldo)

by Marilyn Horne

9:48
140

Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 1: Aria. "Venti, turbini, prestate" (Rinaldo)

by Marilyn Horne

4:55
141

Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 1: Aria. "Cor ingrato, ti rimembri" (Rinaldo)

by Marilyn Horne

4:42
142

Serse, HWV 40, Act 1, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "Frondi tenere" - Arioso. "Ombra mai fù" (Serse)

by Marilyn Horne

4:17
143

Partenope, HWV 27, Act 2: Aria. "Furibondo spira il vento" (Arsace)

by Marilyn Horne

4:53
144

Agrippina, HWV 6, Act 3: Aria. "Bel piacere è godere fido amor" (Poppea)

by Marilyn Horne

2:24
145

Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 2: Aria. "Lascia ch'io pianga" (Almirena)

by Marilyn Horne

5:04
146

Orlando, HWV 31, Act 1: Aria. "Fammi combattere mosti e tifei" (Orlando)

by Marilyn Horne

3:52
147

Serse, HWV 40, Act 1, Scene 1: Arioso. "Ombra mai fù" (Serse)

by Jennifer Larmore

3:35
148

Ariodante, HWV 33, Act 3: Aria. "Dopo notte, atra e funesta" (Ariodante)

by Jennifer Larmore

7:19
149

Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 1: Aria. "Cara sposa" (Rinaldo)

by Jennifer Larmore

10:31Not available separately
150

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 3: Duetto. "Caro! Bella!" (Cleopatra, Cesare)

by Jennifer Larmore

5:05
151

Hercules, HWV 60, Act 3: Accompagnato. "Where shall I fly!" (Dejanira)

by Jennifer Larmore

6:31
152

Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Air. "Hence, Iris hence away" (Juno)

by Jennifer Larmore

3:42
Duration:
7:30:28
Genres:
Classical, Compilation
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© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd