Èñïîëíèòåëè:
Felicity Palmer, soprano
Helen Watts, alto
Ryland Davies, tenor
John Shirley-Quirk, bass
English Chamber Orchestra & Choir Raymond Leppard Recording: St Giles Cripplegate, London, 12/1974 (remastered 4/2008)
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CD1 MESSIAH, Oratorio in three Parts, HWV 56 01.PART I. No. 1. Symphony (Ouverture)(3:11) 02.No. 2. Accompagnato (Tenor): “Comfort ye, me people”(3:36) 03.No. 3. Aria (Tenor): “Every valley shall be exalted”(3:37) 04.No. 4. Chorus: “And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed”(2:39) 05.No. 5. Accompagnato (Bass): “Thus saith the Lord”(1:37) 06.No. 6. Aria (Alto): “But who may abide the day of His coming”(4:44) 07.No. 7. Chorus: “And He shall purify the sons of Levi”(2:51) 08.No. 8. Recitativo (Alto): “Behold a virgin shall conceive”(0:27) 09.No. 9. Aria (Alto): “O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion”(3:49) 10.No. 9. Chorus: “O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion”(1:41) 11.No. 10. Accompagnato (Bass): “For behold, darkness shall cover the earth(2:54) 12.No. 11. Aria (Bass): “The people that walked in darkness”(4:11) 13.No. 12. Chorus: “For unto us a child is born”(4:17) 14.No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)(3:22) 15.Nos. 14a, 14b, 15, 16. Recitativi (Soprano): “There were shepherds”(1:57) 16.No. 17. Chorus: “Glory to God in the highest”(1:54) 17.No. 18. Aria (Soprano): “Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion”(4:26) 18.No. 19. Recitativo (Alto): “Then shall the eyes of the blind”(0:26) 19.No. 20. Duetto (Soprano, Alto): “He shall feed his flock like a shepherd”(6:03) 20.No. 21. Chorus: “His yoke is easy”(2:48) 21.PART II. No. 22. Chorus: “Behold the Lamb of God”(4:04) 22.No. 23. Aria (Alto): “He was despised and rejected of men”(11:44) 23.No. 24. Chorus: “Surely, He hath borne our griefs”(2:25) CD2 01.No. 25. Chorus: “And with His stripes we are healed”(2:09) 02.No. 26. Chorus: “All we like sheep have gone astray”(4:26) 03.No. 27. Accompagnato (Tenor): “All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn”(0:55) 04.No. 28. Chorus: “He trusted in God that He would deliver Him”(2:38) 05.No. 29. Accompagnato (Tenor): “Thy rebuke hath broken His heart”(1:54) 06.No. 30. Arioso (Tenor): “Behold, and see if there be any sorrow”(1:53) 07.No. 31. Accompagnato (Tenor): “He was cut off out of the land”(0:19) 08.No. 32. Aria (Tenor): “But thou didst not leave His soul”(2:31) 09.No. 33. Chorus: “Lift up your heads, o ye gates”(3:28) 10.No. 34. Recitativo (Tenor): “Unto which of the angels said He at any time”(0:19) 11.No. 35. Chorus: “Let all the angels of God worship Him”(1:45) 12.No. 36. Aria (Bass): “Thou art gone up on high”(3:37) 13.No. 37. Chorus: “The Lord gave the word”(1:20) 14.No. 38. Aria (Soprano): “How beautiful are the feet”(2:28) 15.No. 39. Arioso (Tenor): “Their sound is gone out into all lands”(1:10) 16.No. 40. Aria (Bass): “Why do the nations so furiously rage together”(2:40) 17.No. 41. Chorus: “Let us break their bonds asunder”(2:11) 18.No. 42. Recitativo (Tenor): “He that dwelleth in heaven”(0:18) 19.No. 43. Aria (Tenor): “Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron”(2:17) 20.No. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”(4:06) 21.PART III. No. 45. Aria (Soprano): “I know that my Redeemer liveth”(6:37) 22.No. 46. Chorus: “Since by man came death”(2:19) 23.No. 47. Accompagnato (Bass): “Behold, I tell you a mystery”(0:43) 24.No. 48. Aria (Bass): “The trumpet shall sound”(8:11) 25.No. 49. Recitativo (Alto): “Then shall be brought to pass”(0:21) 26.No. 50. Duetto (Alto, Tenor): “O death, where is thy sting”(1:42) 27.No. 51. Chorus: “But thanks be to God”(3:31) 28.No. 52. Aria (Soprano): “If God is for us, who can be against us?”(4:31) 29.No. 53. Chorus: “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain”(3:51) 30.[No. 53.] Chorus: “Amen”(4:24)
CD03-5: Samson, HWV 57 - 03:32:41
Èñïîëíèòåëè:
Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano (Dalila)
Helen Watts, alto (Micah)
Robert Tear, tenor (Samson)
John Shirley-Quirk, baritone (Manoah)
Benjamin Luxon, baritone (Harapha)
Norma Burrowes, soprano (Philistine Woman)
Felicity Lott, soprano (Israelitish Woman, Messenger)
Philip Langridge, tenor (Philistine)
Alexander Oliver, tenor (Israelitish Man)
London Voices
English Chamber Orchestra Raymond Leppard Recording: Henry Wood Hall, London, 10/1978
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CD1 SAMSON, Oratorio in three Acts, HWV 57 01.ACT ONE. Sinfonia(8:40) 02.Scene 1. Recitative (Samson): “This day, a solemn feast to Dagon held”(0:38) 03.Scene 1. Chorus of Philistines: “Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!”(2:14) 04.Scene 1. Air (Dalila): “Ye men of Gaza, hither bring the merry pipe and pleasing string”(3:43) 05.Scene 1. Chorus of Philistines: “Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!”(0:35) 06.Scene 1. Air (Philistine): “Loud as the thunder's awful voice”(3:05) 07.Scene 1. Air (Philistine Woman): “Then free from sorrow, free from thrall”(2:49) 08.Scene 1. Chorus of Philistines: “Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!”(0:34) 09.Scene 1. Recitative (Samson): “Why by an angel was my birth foretold”(1:10) 10.Scene 1. Air (Samson): “Torments, alas! are not confin'd to heart, or head, or breast!”(3:36) 11.Scene 2. Recitative (Micah): “Oh change beyond report, thought or belief!”(0:55) 12.Scene 2. Air (Micah): “Oh mirror of our fickle state!”(3:47) 13.Scene 2. Recitative (Samson, Micah): “Whom have I to complain of but myself”(2:22) 14.Scene 2. Air (Samson): “Total eclipse! no sun, no moon, all dark amidst the blaze of noon!”(3:57) 15.Scene 2. Air (Micah): “Since light so necessary is to life”(1:25) 16.Scene 2. Chorus of Israelites: “Oh first created beam!”(4:11) 17.Scene 2. Recitative (Samson, Micah): “Ye see, my friends”(1:39) 18.Scene 3. Recitative (Micah, Manoah, Israelitish Man): “Brethren and men of Dan”(1:52) 19.Scene 3. Air (Israelitish Man): “God of our fathers, what is man?”(2:32) 20.Scene 3. Recitative (Manoah): “The good we wish for, often proves our bane”(1:15) 21.Scene 3. Air (Manoah): “Thy glorious deeds inspir'd my tongue”(4:50) 22.Scene 3. Recitative (Samson, Manoah): “Justly these evils have befall'n thy son”(1:37) 23.Scene 3. Air (Samson): “My griefs for this forbid mine eyes to close”(1:11) 24.Scene 3. Air (Samson): “Why does the God of Israel sleep?”(5:16) 25.Scene 3. Recitative (Micah): “There lies our hope!”(0:24) 26.Scene 3. Chorus of Israelites: “Then shall they know”(2:29) CD2 01.Scene 3. Recitative (Manoah, Samson): “For thee my dearest son”(2:58) 02.Scene 3. Air (Micah): “Then long eternity shall greet your bliss”(2:06) 03.Scene 3. Air (Micah): “Joys that are pure”(3:10) 04.Scene 3. Chorus of Israelites: “Then round about the starry throne”(2:18) 05.ACT TWO. Scene 1. Recitative (Manoah, Samson): “Despair not thus!”(1:21) 06.Scene 1. Air (Manoah): “Just are the way of God to man”(3:54) 07.Scene 1. Recitative (Samson, Micah): “My evils hopeless are!”(0:46) 08.Scene 1. Air (Mcah): “Return, oh God of hosts!”(4:48) 09.Scene 1. Chorus of Israelites: “To dust his glory they would tread”(3:33) 10.Scene 2. Recitative (Micah): “But who is this?” - Air (Samson) - Air (Micah) - Air (Dalila) - Air (Samson) - Air (Dalila) - Recitative (Samson)(3:02) 11.Scene 2. Air (Dalila, Samson): “With plantive notes and am'rous moan”(7:39) 12.Scene 2. Air (Samson): “Did love constrain thee?”(0:50) 13.Scene 2. Air (Samson): “Your charms to ruin led the way”(3:09) 14.Scene 2. Recitative (Dalila): “Forgive what's done”(0:34) 15.Scene 2. Duet (Dalila, Virgin): “My faith and truth” / “Her faith and truth”(4:36) 16.Scene 2. Chorus of Virgins: “Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove”(1:14) 17.Scene 2. Air (Dalila): “To fleeting pleasures make your court”(1:50) 18.Scene 2. Chorus of Virgins: “Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove”(1:13) 19.Scene 2. Air (Dalila): “How charming is domestic ease!”(1:48) 20.Scene 2. Chorus of Virgins: “Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove”(1:14) 21.Scene 2. Recitative (Samson, Dalila): “Ne'er think of that! I know thy warbling charms”(1:33) 22.Scene 2. Duet (Dalila, Samson): “Traitor to love! I'll sue no more” / “Traitress to love! I'll hear no more” - Scene 3. Recitative (Micah, Samson): “She's gone!”(2:06) 23.Scene 3. Air (Israelitish Man): “It is not virtue, valour, wit”(5:10) 24.Scene 3. Recitative (Samson): “Favour'd of heaven is he, who finds one true”(0:19) 25.Scene 3. Chorus of Israelites: “To man God's universal law”(3:10) 26.Scene 4. Recitative (Micah, Harapha, Samson): “No words of peace, no voice enchanting fear”(1:56) 27.Scene 4. Air (Harapha): “Honour and arms scorn such a foe”(6:11) CD3 01.Scene 4. Air (Samson): “Put on your arms” - Air (Samson): “My strength is from the living God”(3:08) 02.Scene 4. Recitative (Harapha, Samson): “With thee!” - “Cam'st thou for this”(0:47) 03.Scene 4. Duet (Samson, Harapha): “Go, baffled coward, go” - “Presume not on thy God”(2:37) 04.Scene 4. Recitative (Micah): “Here lies the proof”(0:52) 05.Scene 4. Chorus of Israelites: “Hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah, hear!”(2:58) 06.Scene 4. Recitative (Harapha): “Dagon, arise! attend thy sacred feast!”(0:18) 07.Scene 4. Air (Philistine): “To song and dance we give the day”(4:21) 08.Scene 4. Chorus of Philistines: “To song and dance we give the day”(2:18) 09.Scene 4. Double Chorus of Israelites and Philistines: “Fix'd in his everlasting seat”(3:02) 10.ACT THREE. Scene 1. Recitative (Micah, Samson, Harapha): “More trouble is behind”(1:16) 11.Scene 1. Air (Harapha): “Presuming slave, to move their wrath!”(2:43) 12.Scene 1. Recitative (Micah, Samson): “Reflect then, Samson, matters now are strain'd”(0:46) 13.Scene 1. Chorus of Israelites: “With thunder arm'd, great God. arise!”(3:19) 14.Scene 1. Recitative (Samson, Micah, Harapha): “Be of good courage”(2:43) 15.Scene 1. Air (Samson): “Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed”(4:22) 16.Scene 1. Recitative (Micah): “With might endued, above the sons of men”(0:41) 17.Scene 1. Air (Micah): “The Holy One of Israel be thy guide” - Chorus of Israelites: “To fame immortal go”(2:44) 18.Scene 2. Recitative (Micah, Manoah): “Old Manoah, with youthful steps”(0:28) 19.Scene 2. Air (A Philistine) & Chorus of Philistines: “Great Dagon has subdued our foe”(3:51) 20.Scene 2. Recitative (Manoah, Micah): “What noise of joy was that?”(0:50) 21.Scene 2. Air (Manoah): “How willing my paternal love”(3:35) 22.Scene 2. Recitative (Micah, Manoah): “Your hopes of his deliv'ry seem not vain” - Chorus of Philistines: “Hear us, our God!”(1:48) 23.Scene 2. Recitative (Micah, Manoah): “Noise call you this?” - Scene 3. Recitative (Messenger, Micah, Manoah): “Where shall I run”(1:59) 24.Scene 3. Air (Micah): “Ye sons of Israel, now lament' - Chorus of Israelites: “Weep, Israel, weep”(3:48) 25.Scene 3. Recitative (Manoah): “Proceed we hence to find his body”(0:53) 26.Scene 3. Dead March(2:48) 27.Scene 3. Recitative (Micah, Manoah): “The body comes”(1:00) 28.Scene 3. Chorus of Israelites: “Glorious hero, may thy grave peace and honour ever have”(5:13) 29.Scene 3. Recitative (Manoah): “Come, come! no time for lamentation”(1:05) 30.Scene 3. Air (Israelitish Woman): “Let the bright Seraphim”(3:31) 31.Scene 3. Chorus of Israelites: “Let their celestal concerts all unite”(3:35)
CD06: Arias from Rinaldo and other operas - 01:20:28
Èñïîëíèòåëè:
Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
I Solisti Veneti Claudio Scimone Recording: Villa Simes, Piazzolla, Italy, 4/1982 Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Münchner Rundfunkorchester Jesús López-Cobos Recording: Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, 10/1994
Òðåêëèñò:
Rinaldo 01.Aria: “Or la tromba in suon festante” (Rinaldo, Atto III, Scena 9)(3:50) 02.Aria: “Cara sposa” (Rinaldo, Atto I, Scena 7)(9:48) 03.Aria: “Venti, turbini” (Rinaldo, Atto I, Scena 9)(4:55) 04.Aria: “Cor ingrato” (Rinaldo, Atto I, Scena 8)(4:42) 05.Serse - Recitativo accompagnato ed Arioso: “Frondi tenere e belle” ... “Ombra mai fu” (Serse, Atto I, Scena 1)(4:17) 06.Partenope - Aria: “Furibondo spira il vento” (Arsace, Atto II, Scena 9)(4:53) 07.Agrippina - Aria: “Bel piacere è godere fido amor!” (Poppea, Atto III, Scena 10)(2:24) 08.Rinaldo - Aria: “Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte” (Almirena, Atto II, Scena 4)(5:04) 09.Orlando - Aria: “Fammi combattere” (Orlando, Atto I, Scena 9)(3:52) 10.Serse - Arioso: “Ombra mai fu” (Serse, Atto I, Scena 1)(3:35) 11.Ariodante - Aria: “Dopo notte” (Ariodante, Atto III, Scena 9)(7:19) 12.Rinaldo - Aria: “Cara sposa” (Rinaldo, Atto I, Scena 7)(10:31) 13.Giulio Cesare - Duet: “Caro! - Bella!” (Cleopatra & Cesare, Atto III, Scena 10)(5:05) 14.Hercules - Accompagnato: “Where shall I fly” (Dejanira, Part III)(6:31) 15.Semele - Air: “Hence, Iris, hence away” (Juno, Act 2, Scene 1)(3:42)
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The performance here of Samson is definitive. It is lively, colourful and highly dramatic. There is no comparison with the tedious performance by the Sixteen on Coro. The performance of the Messiah with limited modern instrumental forces of the English Chamber Orchestra and Chorus with very good soloists doesn't sacrifice grandeur nor does it go to the other extreme of over-blown pomp. It is a very good performamce on modern instruments under the direction of the Baroque music specialist conductor Raymond Leppard.. For a modern instrument performance of The Messiah this version is highly recommended along with the Colin Davis recording on Philips with the same Alto (Helen Watts) and Bass (John Shirley-Quirk) solists, but with the London Symphony Orchestra.
