Handel: Samson – Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57: No. 1, Symphony. Andante – Adagio – Allegro – Menuetto

Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

9:28

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 2, Recit. This Day, a Solemn Feast

Alexander Young, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 3, Chorus. Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound!

Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 4, Air. Ye Men of Gaza

Sheila Armstrong, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 3a, Chorus. Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound!

Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 5, Air. Loud as the Thunder's Awful Voice

Helen Donath, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 6, Air. Then Free From Sorrow

Helen Donath, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 3b, Chorus. Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound! (Reprise)

Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 7, Recit. Why by an Angel

Alexander Young, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 8, Air. Torments, Alas!

Alexander Young, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 9, Recit. Oh Change Beyond Report

Norma Procter, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 10, Air. Oh Mirror of Our Fickle State!

Norma Procter, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

3:56

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 11, Recit. Whom Have I to Complain of but Myself

Norma Procter, Alexander Young, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 12, Air. Total Eclipse!

Alexander Young, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 14, Chorus. Oh First Created Beam!

Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 15, Recit. Ye See, My Friends

Norma Procter, Alexander Young, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 15b, Recit. Brethren and Men of Dan

Norma Procter, Thomas Stewart, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 16, Accompagnato. Oh Miserable Change!

Thomas Stewart, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 17, Recit. Oh Ever Failing Trust

Jerry Jennings, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 18, Air. God of Our Fathers

Jerry Jennings, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 19, Accompagnato. The Good We Wish For

Thomas Stewart, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 20, Air. Thy Glorious Deeds Inspir'd My Tongue

Thomas Stewart, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 21, Recit. Justly These Evils – No. 22, Accompagnato. My Griefs for This

Alexander Young, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 23, Air. Why Does the God of Israel Sleep?

Alexander Young, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 24, Recit. There Lies Our Hope!

Norma Procter, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 25, Chorus. Then Shall They Know

Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 26, Recit. For Thee, My Dearest Son – No. 27, Accompagnato. My Genial Spirits Droop

Thomas Stewart, Alexander Young, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 28, Air. Then Long Eternity Shall Greet Your Bliss

Norma Procter, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 29, Air. Joys That Are Pure

Norma Procter, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

5:07

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act I: No. 30, Chorus. Then Round About the Starry Throne

Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 31, Recit. Trust Yet in God!

Thomas Stewart, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 32, Recit. My Evils Hopeless Are!

Alexander Young, Norma Procter, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 34, Air & Chorus. Return, Oh God of Hosts!

Norma Procter, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 33, Air & Chorus. To Dust His Glory They Would Tread

Norma Procter, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 35a, Recit. But Who Is This?

Alexander Young, Norma Procter, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 35b, Recit. With Doubtful Feet

Alexander Young, Martina Arroyo, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 36, Air. With Plaintive Notes

Sheila Armstrong, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 37, Recit. Did Love Constrain Thee?

Alexander Young, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 38, Air. Your Charms to Ruin Led the Way

Alexander Young, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 39, Recit. Forgive What's Done

Martina Arroyo, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 40, Duet. My Faith and Truth

Martina Arroyo, Helen Donath, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 41a, Chorus. Her Faith and Truth

Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 42, Air. To Fleeting Pleasures Make Your Court

Martina Arroyo, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 41b, How Charming Is Domestic Ease!

Martina Arroyo, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 43, Recit. Ne'er Think of That!

Martina Arroyo, Alexander Young, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 44, Duet. Traitor To Love!

Alexander Young, Martina Arroyo, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 45, Recit. She's Gone!

Norma Procter, Alexander Young, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 46, Air. It Is Not Virtue

Helen Donath, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 47, Recit. Favour'd of Heaven Is He

Alexander Young, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 48, Chorus. To Man God's Universal Law

Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 49, Recit. No Words of Peace

Norma Procter, Alexander Young, Ezio Flagello & Münchener Bach-Orchester

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 50, Air. Honour Arms Scorn Such a Foe

Ezio Flagello, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

5:27

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 53, Recit. Cam'st Thou for This

Ezio Flagello, Alexander Young, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 54, Duet. Go, Baffled Coward, Go

Ezio Flagello, Alexander Young, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

2:32

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 55, Recit. Here Lies the Proof

Norma Procter, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 56, Chorus. Hear, Jacob's God

Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

3:38

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 57, Recit. Dagon, Arise!

Ezio Flagello, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 58, Air. To Song and Dance We Give the Day

Jerry Jennings, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 59, Chorus. To Song and Dance We Give the Day

Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II: No. 60, Double Chorus. Fix'd in This Everlasting Seat

Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 61, Recit. More Trouble Is Behind

Norma Procter, Alexander Young, Ezio Flagello & Münchener Bach-Orchester

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 62, Air. Presuming Slave, to Move Their Wrath!

Ezio Flagello, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 63, Recit. Reflect Then, Samson

Norma Procter, Alexander Young, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 64, Chorus. With Thunder Arm'd, Great God, Arise!

Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

3:07

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 65, Recit. Be of Good Courage – No. 66, Accompagnato. Then Shall I Make

Norma Procter, Alexander Young, Ezio Flagello & Münchener Bach-Orchester

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 67, Air. Thus When the Sun From's Wat'ry Bed

Alexander Young, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 68, Air. With Might Endued Above the Sons of Men

Norma Procter, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 69, Air. The Holy One of Israel – Chorus. To Fame Immortal Go

Norma Procter, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 70, Recit. Old Manoa

Norma Procter, Thomas Stewart, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 71, Air & No. 72, Chorus. Great Dagon Has Subdued Our Foe

Jerry Jennings, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 73, Recit. What Noise of Joy Was That?

Norma Procter, Thomas Stewart, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

1:00

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 74, Air. How Willing My Paternal Love

Thomas Stewart, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 75, Recit. Your Hopes of His Deliv'ry

Norma Procter, Thomas Stewart, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 76, Chorus. Hear Us, Our God!

Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 77, Recit. Noise Call You This?

Norma Procter, Thomas Stewart, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 78, Recit. Where Shall I Run

Norma Procter, Thomas Stewart, Jerry Jennings & Münchener Bach-Orchester

2:55

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 79, Air. Ye Sons of Irael, Now Lament – Chorus. Weep, Israel, Weep

Norma Procter, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 80, Recit. Proceed We Hence

Thomas Stewart, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 81, Dead March

Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

2:54

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 82, Recit. The Body Comes

Norma Procter, Thomas Stewart, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter

1:07

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 83, Solo & Chorus. Glorious Hero – No. 84, Accompagnato. The Virgins Too Shall – Chorus. Bring the Laurels – Solo. May Ev'ry Hero

Thomas Stewart, Münchener Bach-Chor, Helen Donath & Münchener Bach-Orchester

6:20

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 85, Recit. Come, Come! No Time for Lamentation Now

Thomas Stewart, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 86, Air. Let the Bright Seraphim

Sheila Armstrong, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & George Frideric Handel

3:15

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act III: No. 87, Chorus. Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite

Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter, Münchener Bach-Chor & George Frideric Handel

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