Review by Priya Raman★★★★Sample
Took me three listens. By the third, “Samson, HWV 57: Overture” had moved in and started paying rent.
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Samson, HWV 57: Overture
by Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard · from Samson, HWV 57
2015Classical4:10Track 1
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Review by Oskar Lind★★★½Sample
Not every song lands, but when it does it LANDS. “Samson, HWV 57: Overture” is the keeper.
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Disc 1
- 2Samson, HWV 57, Act I: Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound!
sample avg 3.1 · Covent Garden Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
1:58 - 3Samson, HWV 57, Act I: Ye Men of Gaza
sample avg 3.6 · Covent Garden Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
4:21 - 4Samson, HWV 57, Act I: Why By an Angel Was My Birth Foretold
sample avg 3.4 · Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
1:18 - 5Samson, HWV 57, Act I: Total Eclipse! No. Sun, No. Moon
sample avg 3.2 · Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
5:09 - 6Samson, HWV 57, Act I: O First Created Beam!
sample avg 3.1 · Covent Garden Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
4:13 - 7Samson, HWV 57, Act I: Brethren and Men of Dan
sample avg 3.4 · Joseph Rouleau, Lauris Elms, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
1:08 - 8Samson, HWV 57, Act I: To Sorrows Now I Tune My Song
sample avg 3.7 · Joseph Rouleau, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
2:18 - 9Samson, HWV 57, Act I: Justly These Evils Have BefalI'n Thy Son
sample avg 3.8 · Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
1:37 - 11Samson, HWV 57, Act I: For Thee, My Dearest Son
sample avg 3.6 · Joseph Rouleau, Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
2:15 - 12Samson, HWV 57, Act I: Then Long Eternity Shall Greet
sample avg 4.0 · Lauris Elms, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
1:02 - 13Samson, HWV 57, Act I: Joys That Are Pure, Sincerely Good
sample avg 3.5 · Lauris Elms, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
3:50 - 14Samson, HWV 57, Act I: Then Round About the Starry Throne
sample avg 3.8 · Covent Garden Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
3:24 - 15Samson, HWV 57, Act II: Did Love Constrain. Return, O God of Hosts
sample avg 3.3 · Lauris Elms, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
4:12 - 16Samson, HWV 57, Act II: But Who is This, That So Bedeck'd and Gay
sample avg 3.4 · Lauris Elms, Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
1:48 - 17Samson, HWV 57, Act II: With Plaintive Notes and Am'rous Moan
sample avg 3.6 · Covent Garden Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
4:27 - 18Samson, HWV 57, Act II: Did Love Constrain Thee?
sample avg 4.1 · Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
0:55 - 19Samson, HWV 57, Act II: Your Charms to Ruin Led the Way
sample avg 3.8 · Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
3:49 - 20Samson, HWV 57, Act II: Forgive What's Done
sample avg 3.8 · Joan Carlyle, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
0:33 - 21Samson, HWV 57, Act II: My Faith and Truth
sample avg 3.6 · Joan Carlyle, Covent Garden Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
4:00 - 22Samson, HWV 57, Act II: Let Me Approach, At Least, and Touch Thy Hand
sample avg 3.8 · Joan Carlyle, Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
0:31 - 23Samson, HWV 57, Act II: Traitor to Love! I’ll Sue No. More
sample avg 3.0 · Joan Carlyle, Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
1:40 - 24Samson, HWV 57, Act II: She's gone! A Serpent Manifest
sample avg 4.0 · Lauris Elms, Jon Vickers, James Pease, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
2:25 - 25Samson, HWV 57, Act II: Honour and Arms Scorn Such a Foe
sample avg 3.5 · James Pease, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
5:48 Disc 2
1Samson, HWV 57, Act II: Cam'st Thou for This, Vain Boaster?sample avg 3.8 · Jon Vickers, James Pease, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
0:53- 2Samson, HWV 57, Act II: Go, Baffled Coward, Go
sample avg 4.0 · Jon Vickers, James Pease, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
2:27 - 3Samson, HWV 57, Act II: Here Lies the Proof
sample avg 3.5 · Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
1:02 - 4Samson, HWV 57, Act II: Hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah, Hear!
sample avg 4.0 · Covent Garden Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
3:49 - 5Samson, HWV 57, Act II: Dagon, Arise, Attend Thy Sacred Feast!
sample avg 3.5 · James Pease, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
0:20 - 6Samson, HWV 57, Act II: Fix'd in His Everlasting Seat
sample avg 3.1 · Covent Garden Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
3:03 - 7Samson, HWV 57, Act III: More Trouble is Behind
sample avg 4.0 · Lauris Elms, Jon Vickers, James Pease, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
1:51 - 8Samson, HWV 57, Act III: Presuming Slave, to Move Their Wrath!
sample avg 3.9 · James Pease, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
2:34 - 9Samson, HWV 57, Act III: Consider, Samson, Matters Now Are Strain'd
sample avg 3.8 · Lauris Elms, Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
1:06 - 10Samson, HWV 57, Act III: With Thunder Arm'd, Great God, Arise!
sample avg 3.8 · Covent Garden Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
3:06 - 11Samson, HWV 57, Act III: Be of Good Courage
sample avg 3.0 · Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
1:15 - 12Samson, HWV 57, Act III: Thus When the Sun From's Wat'ry Bed
sample avg 3.9 · Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
4:34 - 13Samson, HWV 57, Act III: Great Dagon Has Subdu'd Our Foe
sample avg 3.5 · Covent Garden Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
2:05 - 14Samson, HWV 57, Act III: What Noise of Joy Was That?
sample avg 3.8 · Joseph Rouleau, Lauris Elms, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
0:58 - 15Samson, HWV 57, Act III: How Willing My Paternal Love
sample avg 3.1 · Joseph Rouleau, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
4:05 - 16Samson, HWV 57, Act III: Your Hopes of His Deliv'ry
sample avg 4.0 · Lauris Elms, Joseph Rouleau, Covent Garden Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
2:10 - 17Samson, HWV 57, Act III: Ye Sons of lsrael
sample avg 4.0 · Lauris Elms, Covent Garden Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
4:34 - 19Samson, HWV 57, Act III: Glorious Hero, May Thy Grave
sample avg 3.3 · Joseph Rouleau, Covent Garden Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
4:14 - 20Samson, HWV 57, Act III: Come, come! No. Time for Lamentation Now
sample avg 3.0 · Joseph Rouleau, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
0:43 - 21Samson, HWV 57, Act III: Let the Bright Seraphim in Burning Row
sample avg 3.0 · Covent Garden Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
6:28 - 22Samson HWV 57, Act III: Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite
sample avg 3.0 · Covent Garden Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Raymond Leppard
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