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VARIOUS ARTISTS

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

VARIOUS ARTISTS

152 SONGS • 7 HOURS AND 29 MINUTES • JUL 21 2009

1
Messiah : Part 1 Symphony
03:12
2
Messiah : Part 1 "Comfort ye my people"
03:35
3
Messiah : Part 1 "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted"
03:36
4
Messiah : Part 1 "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"
02:38
5
Messiah : Part 1 "Thus saith the Lord"
01:37
6
Messiah : Part 1 "But who may abide the day of his coming?"
04:43
7
Messiah : Part 1 "And he shall purify the sons of Levi"
02:50
8
Messiah : Part 1 "Behold, a virgin shall concieve, and bear a son"
00:27
9
The Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: "O thou that tellest good tiding to Zion"
03:48
10
Messiah : Part 1 "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"
01:41
11
Messiah : Part 1 "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"
02:53
12
Messiah : Part 1 "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light"
04:10
13
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: For Unto Us a Child Is Born
04:16
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Messiah : Part 1 Pastoral Symphony
03:22
15
Messiah : Part 1 "There were shepherds abiding in the field" "And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them" "And the angel said unto them - Fear not" "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heav'nly host"
01:57
16
Messiah : Part 1 "Glory to God in the highest"
01:54
17
Messiah : Part 1 "Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion"
04:25
18
Messiah : Part 1 "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened"
00:26
19
Messiah : Part 1 "He shall feed his flock like a shepherd"
06:03
20
Messiah : Part 1 "His yoke is easy"
02:48
21
Messiah : Part 2 "Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world"
04:04
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Messiah : Part 2 "He was despised and rejected of men"
11:44
23
Messiah : Part 2 "Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows"
02:25
24
Messiah : Part 2 "And with his stripes we are healed"
02:11
25
Messiah : Part 2 "All we like sheep have gone astray"
04:25
26
Messiah : Part 2 "All they that see him laugh him to scorn"
00:55
27
Messiah : Part 2 "He trusted in God that he would deliver him"
02:38
28
Messiah : Part 2 "Thy rebuke hath broken his heart"
01:54
29
Messiah : Part 2 "Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto his sorrow"
01:52
30
Messiah : Part 2 "He was cut off out of the land of the living"
00:19
31
Messiah : Part 2 "But thou didst not leave his soul in hell"
02:31
32
Messiah : Part 2 "Lift up your heads, o ye gates"
03:27
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Messiah : Part 2 "Unto which of the angels said he at any time"
00:19
34
Messiah : Part 2 "Let all the angels of God worship him"
01:44
35
Messiah : Part 2 "Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive"
03:37
36
Messiah : Part 2 "The Lord gave the word - great was the company of the preachers"
01:19
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Messiah : Part 2 "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace"
02:28
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Messiah : Part 2 "Their sound is gone out into all lands"
01:09
39
Messiah : Part 2 "Why do the nations so furiously rage together"
02:40
40
Messiah : Part 2 "Let us break their bonds asunder"
02:11
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Messiah : Part 2 "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn"
00:17
42
Messiah : Part 2 "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron"
02:16
43
Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "Hallelujah" (Chorus)
04:06
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Messiah HWV 56 : Part 3 "I know that my Redeemer liveth"
06:37
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Messiah : Part 3 "Since by man came death"
02:19
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Messiah : Part 3 "Behold, I tell you a mystery"
00:43
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Messiah : Part 3 "The trumpet shall sound"
08:11
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Messiah : Part 3 "Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written"
00:20
49
Messiah : Part 3 "O death, where is thy sting?"
01:42
50
Messiah : Part 3 "But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory"
03:30
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Messiah : Part 3 "If God be for us, who can be against us?"
04:31
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Messiah : Part 3 "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"
03:51
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Messiah : Part 3 "Amen"
04:24
54
Samson : Act 1 Sinfonia
08:42
55
Samson, HWV 57, Act 1: "This day, a solemn feast to Dagon held" (Samson)
00:38
56
Samson : Act 1 "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!" [Chorus]
02:13
57
Samson, HWV 57, Act 1: "Ye men of Gaza, hither bring" (Dalila)
03:43
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Samson : Act 1 "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound" [Chorus]
00:35
59
Samson, HWV 57, Act 1: "Loud as the thunder's awful voice" (Philistine)
03:05
60
Samson, HWV 57, Act 1: "Then free from sorrow" (Philistine Woman)
02:49
61
Samson : Act 1 "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!" [Chorus]
00:34
62
Samson, HWV 57, Act 1: "Why by an angel was my birth foretold" (Samson)
01:10
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Samson, HWV 57, Act 1: "Torments, alas! are not confin'd" (Samson)
03:36
64
Samson, HWV 57, Act 1: "Oh change beyond report" (Micah)
00:55
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Samson, HWV 57, Act 1: "Oh mirror of our fickle state!" (Micah)
03:47
66
Samson : Act 1 "Whom have I to compain of but myself" [Samson] ... "Oh loss of sight! of thee I most complain!" [Samson]
02:22
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Samson, HWV 57, Act 1: "Total eclipse!" (Samson)
03:57
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Samson, HWV 57, Act 1: "Since light so necessary is to life" (Micah)
01:24
69
Samson : Act 1 "Oh first created beam!" [Chorus]
04:10
70
Samson : Act 1 "Ye see, my friends, how woes enclose me round" [Samson], "Here comes thy rev'rend sire, old Manoah" [Micah, Samson]
01:39
71
Samson : Act 1 "Brethren and men of Dan, say, where is my son" [Manoah, Micah] "O miserable change!" [Manoah] "Oh ever failing trust in mortal strength!" [Israelitish Man]
01:52
72
Samson, HWV 57, Act 1: "God of our fathers, what is man?" (Israelite Man)
02:31
73
Samson, HWV 57, Act 1: "The good we wish for, often proves our bane" (Manoah)
01:14
74
Samson, HWV 57, Act 1: "Thy glorious deeds inspir'd my tongue" (Manoah)
04:49
75
Samson : Act 1 "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son" [Samson] "Worse yet remains" [Manoah] "This have I done" [Samson]
01:36
76
Samson, HWV 57, Act 1: "My griefs for this forbid mine eyes to close" (Samson)
01:11
77
Samson, HWV 57, Act 1: "Why does the God of Israel sleep?" (Samson)
05:16
78
Samson, HWV 57, Act 1: "There lies our hope!" (Micah)
00:23
79
Samson : Act 1 "Then shall they know" [Chorus]
02:28
80
Samson : Act 1 "For thee, my dearest son" [Manoah] "It should be so - to expiate my crime" [Samson] "Be for thy fate contrite" [Manoah] "Why should I live?" [Samson]
02:59
81
Samson, HWV 57, Act 1: "Then long eternity shall greet your bliss" (Micah)
02:06
82
Samson : Act 1 "Joys that are pure" [Micah]
03:09
83
Samson : Act 1 "Then round about the starry throne" [Chorus]
02:18
84
Samson : Act 2 "Despair not thus" [Manoah] "Wher'er the liquid brook or fountain flow'd" [Samson] "Trust yet in God!" [Manoah]
01:20
85
Samson, HWV 57, Act 2: "Just are the way of God to man" (Manoah)
03:53
86
Samson : Act 2 "My evils hopeless are!" [Samson] "Relieve thy champion" [Micah]
00:46
87
Samson, HWV 57, Act 2: "Return, oh God of hosts!" (Micah)
04:48
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Samson : Act 2 "To dust his glory they would tread" [Chorus]
03:33
89
Samson : Act 2 "But who is this?" [Micah] ... "How cunningly the sorceress displays her own transgressions" [Samson]
03:01
90
Samson, HWV 57, Act 2: "With plaintive notes and am'rous moan" (Dalila, Samson)
07:38
91
Samson, HWV 57, Act 2: "Did Love constrain thee?" (Samson)
00:49
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Samson, HWV 57, Act 2: "Your charms to ruin led the way" (Samson)
03:09
93
Samson, HWV 57, Act 2: "Forgive what's done" (Dalila)
00:34
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Samson, HWV 57, Act 2: "My faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" (Dalila, Virgin)
04:35
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Samson : Act 2 "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" [Chorus]
01:13
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Samson : Act 2 "To fleeting pleasures make your court" [Dalila]
01:50
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Samson : Act 2 "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" [Chorus]
01:12
98
Samson : Act 2 "How charming is domestic ease!" [Dalila]
01:48
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Samson : Act 2 "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" [Chorus]
01:13
100
Samson : Act 2 "Ne'er think of that! I know thy warbling charms" [Samson] "Let me approach, at least" [Dalila] "Not for thy life" [Samson] "Thou art more deaf to pray'rs than winds or seas" [Dalila]
01:33
101
Samson : Act 2 "Traitor to love! I'll sue no more" [Dalila] "Traitress to love! I'll hear no more" [Samson] "She's gone! a serpent manifest" [Micah, Samson]
02:05
102
Samson, HWV 57, Act 2: "It is not virtue, valour, wit" (Israelite Man)
05:10
103
Samson, HWV 57, Act 2: "Favour'd of heaven is he" (Samson)
00:18
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Samson : Act 2 "To man God's universal law gave pow'r to keep the wife in awe" [Chorus]
03:10
105
Samson : Act 2 "No words of peace, no voice enchanting fear" [Micah] ... "The honour certain to have won from thee I lose" [Harapha]
01:56
106
Samson, HWV 57, Act 2: "Honour and arms scorn such a foe" (Harapha)
06:11
107
Samson, HWV 57, Act 2: "Put on your arms" (Samson)
03:09
108
Samson : Act 2 "With thee!" [Harapha] "Cam'st thou for this, vain boaster?" [Samson, Harapha]
00:47
109
Samson : Act 2 "Go, baffled coward, go" [Samson] "Presume not on thy God" [Harapha]
02:36
110
Samson, HWV 57, Act 2: "Here lies the proof" (Micah)
00:51
111
Samson : Act 2 "Hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah, hear!" [Chorus]
02:57
112
Samson, HWV 57, Act 2: "Dagon, arise! attend thy sacred feast!" (Harapha)
00:18
113
Samson, HWV 57, Act 2: "To song and dance we give the day" (Philistine)
04:20
114
Samson : Act 2 "To song and dance we give the day" [Chorus]
02:18
115
Samson : Act 2 "Fix'd in his everlasting seat" [Chorus]
03:02
116
Samson : Act 3 "More trouble is behind" [Micah] ... "My message, given with speed, brooks no delay" [Harapha]
01:16
117
Samson, HWV 57, Act 3: "Presuming slave, to move their wrath!" (Harapha)
02:42
118
Samson : Act 3 "Reflect then, Samson, matters now are strain'd" [Micah] "Shall I abuse this consecrated gift of strength" [Samson]
00:46
119
Samson : Act 3 "With thunder arm'd, great God, arise!" [Chorus]
03:19
120
Samson, HWV 57, Act 3: "Be of good courage" (Samson, Micah, Harapha)
02:42
121
Samson, HWV 57, Act 3: "Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed" (Samson)
04:22
122
Samson, HWV 57, Act 3: "With might endued, above the sons of men" (Micah)
00:41
123
Samson : Act 3 "The Holy One of Israel be thy guide" [Micah] "To fame immortal go" [Chorus]
02:43
124
Samson : Act 3 "Old Manoah, with youthful steps, makes haste to find his son" [Micah] "I come, my brethren, not to seek my son" [Manoah]
00:27
125
Samson : Act 3 "Great Dagon has subdued our foe" [Philistine] "Great Dagon has subdued our foe" [Chorus]
03:50
126
Samson, HWV 57, Act 3: "What noise of joy was that?" (Manoah, Micah)
00:50
127
Samson, HWV 57, Act 3: "How willing my paternal love" (Manoah)
03:35
128
Samson : Act 3 "Your hopes of his deliv'ry seem not vain" [Micah] "I know your friendly minds, and - Heav'n! what noise!" [Manoah] "Hear us, our God!" [Chorus]
01:48
129
Samson : Act 3 "Noise call you this? an universal groan" [Micah] ... "Unwounded of his enemies he fell" [Messenger, Manoah]
01:59
130
Samson : Act 3 "Ye sons of Israel, now lament" [Micah] "Weep, Israel, weep" [Chorus]
03:47
131
Samson, HWV 57, Act 3: "Proceed we hence to find his body" (Manoah)
00:53
132
Samson : Act 3 Dead March
02:48
133
Samson, HWV 57, Act 3: "The body comes" (Micah, Manoah)
00:59
134
Samson : Act 3 "Glorious hero, may thy grave peace and honour ever have" [Chorus]
05:12
135
Samson, HWV 57, Act 3: "Come, come! no time for lamentation" (Manoah)
01:05
136
Samson, HWV 57, Act 3: "Let the bright Seraphim" (Israelite Woman)
03:31
137
Samson : Act 3 "Let their celestial concerts all unite" [Chorus]
03:35
138
Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 3: "Or la tromba in suon festante" (Rinaldo)
03:51