Label Vanguard Release date Format 2×CD

Tracklist 153:47

CD 1

1 Samson, HWV 57: 1. Act 1 Sinfonia George Frideric Handel 7:25
2 Samson, HWV 57: 2. Act 1 "This day, a solemn feast to Dagon held" [Samson] George Frideric Handel 2:22
3 Samson, HWV 57: 3. Act 1 "Ye men of Gaza, hither bring the merry pipe and pleasing string" [Dalila] George Frideric Handel 3:39
4 Samson, HWV 57: 4. Act 1 "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound" [Chorus] George Frideric Handel 0:29
5 Samson, HWV 57: 5. Act 1 "Loud as the thunder's awful voice" [Philistine] George Frideric Handel 3:30
6 Samson, HWV 57: 6. Act 1 "Why by an angel was my birth foretold" [Samson] George Frideric Handel 5:54
7 Samson, HWV 57: 7. Act 1 "Oh change beyond report, thought or belief!" [Micah] George Frideric Handel 2:09
8 Samson, HWV 57: 8. Act 1 "Total eclipse! no sun, no moon, all dark amidst the blaze of noon!" [Samson] George Frideric Handel 3:42
9 Samson, HWV 57: 9. Act 1 "Oh first created beam!" [Chorus] George Frideric Handel 3:24
10 Samson, HWV 57: 10. Act 1 "Brethren and men of Dan, say, where is my son" [Manoah, Micah] George Frideric Handel 1:19
11 Samson, HWV 57: 11. Act 1 "Thy glorious deeds inspir'd my tongue" [Manoah] George Frideric Handel 4:25
12 Samson, HWV 57: 12. Act 1 "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son" [Samson] George Frideric Handel 6:14
13 Samson, HWV 57: 13. Act 1 "There lies our hope!" [Micah] George Frideric Handel 2:38
14 Samson, HWV 57: 14. Act 1 "For thee, my dearest son" [Manoah] George Frideric Handel 1:39
15 Samson, HWV 57: 15. Act 1 "Then round about the starry throne" [Chorus] George Frideric Handel 2:40
16 Samson, HWV 57: 16. Act 2 "My evils hopeless are!" [Samson] George Frideric Handel 4:56
17 Samson, HWV 57: 17. Act 2 "To dust his glory they would tread" [Chorus] George Frideric Handel 3:37
18 Samson, HWV 57: 18. Act 2 "But who is this?" [Micah] George Frideric Handel 2:13
19 Samson, HWV 57: 19. Act 2 "With plaintive notes and am'rous moan" [Dalila, Samson] George Frideric Handel 6:50
20 Samson, HWV 57: 20. Act 2 "Did Love constrain thee?" [Samson] George Frideric Handel 1:11
21 Samson, HWV 57: 21. Act 2 "My - Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove Dalila" [Dalila, Virgin] George Frideric Handel 6:35

CD 2

1 Samson, HWV 57: 22. Act 2 "To fleeting pleasures make your court" [Dalila] George Frideric Handel 2:32
2 Samson, HWV 57: 23. Act 2 "Ne'er think of that! I know thy warbling charms" [Samson] George Frideric Handel 3:16
3 Samson, HWV 57: 24. Act 2 "Favour'd of heaven is he, who finds one true" [Samson] George Frideric Handel 3:06
4 Samson, HWV 57: 25. Act 2 "No words of peace, no voice enchanting fear" [Micah] George Frideric Handel 1:47
5 Samson, HWV 57: 26. Act 2 "Honour and arms scorn such a foe" [Harapha] George Frideric Handel 4:33
6 Samson, HWV 57: 27. Act 2 "Cam'st thou for this, vain boaster?" [Samson, Harapha] George Frideric Handel 3:05
7 Samson, HWV 57: 28. Act 2 "Here lies the proof" [Micah] George Frideric Handel 3:43
8 Samson, HWV 57: 29. Act 2 "Dagon, arise! attend thy sacred feast!" [Harapha] George Frideric Handel 2:19
9 Samson, HWV 57: 30. Act 2 "Fix'd in his everlasting seat" [Chorus] George Frideric Handel 3:48
10 Samson, HWV 57: 31. Act 3 "More trouble is behind" [Micah] George Frideric Handel 4:13
11 Samson, HWV 57: 32. Act 3 "Reflect then, Samson, matters now are strain'd" [Micah] George Frideric Handel 2:56
12 Samson, HWV 57: 33. Act 3 "Be of good courage" [Samson, Micah, Harapha] George Frideric Handel 6:15
13 Samson, HWV 57: 34. Act 3 "With might endued, above the sons of men" [Micah] George Frideric Handel 3:04
14 Samson, HWV 57: 35. Act 3 "Old Manoah, with youthful steps, makes haste to find his son" [Micah] George Frideric Handel 5:17
15 Samson, HWV 57: 36. Act 3 "What noise of joy was that?" [Manoah, Micah] George Frideric Handel 3:51
16 Samson, HWV 57: 37. Act 3 "Your hopes of his deliv'ry seem not vain" [Micah] George Frideric Handel 1:59
17 Samson, HWV 57: 38. Act 3 "Noise call you this? an universal groan" [Micah] George Frideric Handel 2:06
18 Samson, HWV 57: 39. Act 3 "Ye sons of Israel, now lament" [Micah] George Frideric Handel 3:52
19 Samson, HWV 57: 40. Act 3 Dead March George Frideric Handel 2:15
20 Samson, HWV 57: 41. Act 3 "The body comes" [Micah, Manoah] George Frideric Handel 6:39
21 Samson, HWV 57: 42. Act 3 "Come, come! no time for lamentation" [Manoah] George Frideric Handel 3:36
22 Samson, HWV 57: 43. Act 3 "Let their celestial concerts all unite" [Chorus] George Frideric Handel 2:44