Handel: Messiah; Samson; Arias from Rinaldo

CD1

1. Messiah : Part 1 Symphony
2. Messiah : Part 1 "Comfort ye my people"
3. Messiah : Part 1 "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted"
4. Messiah : Part 1 "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed"
5. Messiah : Part 1 "Thus saith the Lord"
6. Messiah : Part 1 "But who may abide the day of his coming?"
7. Messiah : Part 1 "And he shall purify the sons of Levi"
8. Messiah : Part 1 "Behold, a virgin shall concieve, and bear a son"
9. Messiah : Part 1 "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"
10. Messiah : Part 1 "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"
11. Messiah : Part 1 "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth"
12. Messiah : Part 1 "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light"
13. Messiah : Part 1 "For unto us a child is born"
14. Messiah : Part 1 Pastoral Symphony
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
16. Messiah : Part 1 "Glory to God in the highest"
17. Messiah : Part 1 "Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion"
18. Messiah : Part 1 "Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened"
19. Messiah : Part 1 "He shall feed his flock like a shepherd"
20. Messiah : Part 1 "His yoke is easy"
21. Messiah : Part 2 "Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world"
22. Messiah : Part 2 "He was despised and rejected of men"
23. Messiah : Part 2 "Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows"

CD2

1. Messiah : Part 2 "And with his stripes we are healed"
2. Messiah : Part 2 "All we like sheep have gone astray"
3. Messiah : Part 2 "All they that see him laugh him to scorn"
4. Messiah : Part 2 "He trusted in God that he would deliver him"
5. Messiah : Part 2 "Thy rebuke hath broken his heart"
6. Messiah : Part 2 "Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto his sorrow"
7. Messiah : Part 2 "He was cut off out of the land of the living"
8. Messiah : Part 2 "But thou didst not leave his soul in hell"
9. Messiah : Part 2 "Unto which of the angels said he at any time"
10. Messiah : Part 2 "Let all the angels of God worship him"
11. Messiah : Part 2 "Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive"
12. Messiah : Part 2 "The Lord gave the word - great was the company of the preachers"
13. Messiah : Part 2 "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace"
14. Messiah : Part 2 "Their sound is gone out into all lands"
15. Messiah : Part 2 "Why do the nations so furiously rage together"
16. Messiah : Part 2 "Let us break their bonds asunder"
17. Messiah : Part 2 "He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn"
18. Messiah : Part 2 "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron"
19. Messiah, HWV. 56: Part 2 "Hallelujah" (Chorus)
20. Messiah HWV 56 : Part 3 "I know that my Redeemer liveth"
21. Messiah : Part 3 "Since by man came death"
22. Messiah : Part 3 "Behold, I tell you a mystery"
23. Messiah : Part 3 "The trumpet shall sound"
24. Messiah : Part 3 "Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written"
25. Messiah : Part 3 "O death, where is thy sting?"
26. Messiah : Part 3 "But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory"
27. Messiah : Part 3 "If God be for us, who can be against us?"
28. Messiah : Part 3 "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"
29. Messiah : Part 3 "Amen"

CD3

1. Samson : Act 1 Sinfonia
2. Samson : Act 1 "This day, a solemn feast to Dagon held" [Samson]
3. Samson : Act 1 "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!" [Chorus]
4. Samson : Act 1 "Ye men of Gaza, hither bring the merry pipe and pleasing string" [Dalila]
5. Samson : Act 1 "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound" [Chorus]
6. Samson : Act 1 "Loud as the thunder's awful voice" [Philistine]
7. Samson : Act 1 "Then free from sorrow, free from the thrall" [Philistine Woman]
8. Samson : Act 1 "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!" [Chorus]Samson : Act 1 "Why by an angel was my birth foretold" [Samson]
9. Samson : Act 1 "Torments, alas! are not confin'd to heart, or head, or breast!" [Samson]
10. Samson : Act 1 "Oh change beyond report, thought or belief!" [Micah]
11. Samson : Act 1 "Oh mirror of our fickle state!" [Micah]
12. Samson : Act 1 "Whom have I to compain of but myself" [Samson] ... "Oh loss of sight! of thee I most complain!" [Samson]
13. Samson : Act 1 "Total eclipse! no sun, no moon, all dark amidst the blaze of noon!" [Samson]
14. Samson : Act 1 "Since light so necessary is to life" [Micah]
15. Samson : Act 1 "Oh first created beam!" [Chorus]
16. Samson : Act 1 "Ye see, my friends, how woes enclose me round" [Samson], "Here comes thy rev'rend sire, old Manoah" [Micah, Samson]
17. 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]
18. Samson : Act 1 "God of our fathers, what is man?" [Israelitish Man]
19. Samson : Act 1 "The good we wish for, often proves our bane" [Manoah]
20. Samson : Act 1 "Thy glorious deeds inspir'd my tongue" [Manoah]
21. Samson : Act 1 "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son" [Samson] "Worse yet remains" [Manoah] "This have I done" [Samson]
22. Samson : Act 1 "My griefs for this forbid mine eyes to close" [Samson]
23. Samson : Act 1 "Why does the God of Israel sleep?" [Samson]
24. Samson : Act 1 "There lies our hope!" [Micah]
25. Samson : Act 1 "Then shall they know" [Chorus]
26. 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]

CD4

1. Samson : Act 1 "Then long eternity shall greet your bliss" [Micah]
2. Samson : Act 1 "Joys that are pure" [Micah]
3. Samson : Act 1 "Then round about the starry throne" [Chorus]
4. Samson : Act 2 "Despair not thus" [Manoah] "Wher'er the liquid brook or fountain flow'd" [Samson] "Trust yet in God!" [Manoah]
5. Samson : Act 2 "Just are the way of God to man" [Manoah]
6. Samson : Act 2 "My evils hopeless are!" [Samson] "Relieve thy champion" [Micah]
7. Samson : Act 2 "Return, oh God of hosts!" [Micah]
8. Samson : Act 2 "To dust his glory they would tread" [Chorus]
9. Samson : Act 2 "But who is this?" [Micah] ... "How cunningly the sorceress displays her own transgressions" [Samson]
10. Samson : Act 2 "With plaintive notes and am'rous moan" [Dalila, Samson]
11. Samson : Act 2 "Did Love constrain thee?" [Samson]
12. Samson : Act 2 "Your charms to ruin led the way" [Samson]
13. Samson : Act 2 "Forgive what's done" [Dalila]
14. Samson : Act 2 "My - Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove Dalila" [Dalila, Virgin]
15. Samson : Act 2 "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" [Chorus]
16. Samson : Act 2 "To fleeting pleasures make your court" [Dalila]
17. Samson : Act 2 "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" [Chorus]
18. Samson : Act 2 "How charming is domestic ease!" [Dalila]
19. Samson : Act 2 "Her faith and truth, oh Samson, prove" [Chorus]
20. 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]
21. 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]
22. Samson : Act 2 "It is not virtue, valour, wit" [Israelitish Man]
23. Samson : Act 2 "Favour'd of heaven is he, who finds one true" [Samson]
24. Samson : Act 2 "To man God's universal law gave pow'r to keep the wife in awe" [Chorus]
25. Samson : Act 2 "No words of peace, no voice enchanting fear" [Micah] ... "The honour certain to have won from thee I lose" [Harapha]
26. Samson : Act 2 "Honour and arms scorn such a foe" [Harapha]
27. Samson : Act 2 "Put on your arms" "My strength is from the living God" [Samson]

CD5

1. Samson : Act 2 "With thee!" [Harapha] "Cam'st thou for this, vain boaster?" [Samson, Harapha]
2. Samson : Act 2 "Go, baffled coward, go" [Samson] "Presume not on thy God" [Harapha]
3. Samson : Act 2 "Here lies the proof" [Micah]
4. Samson : Act 2 "Hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah, hear!" [Chorus]
5. Samson : Act 2 "Dagon, arise! attend thy sacred feast!" [Harapha]
6. Samson : Act 2 "To song and dance we give the day" [Philistine]
7. Samson : Act 2 "To song and dance we give the day" [Chorus]
8. Samson : Act 2 "Fix'd in his everlasting seat" [Chorus]
9. Samson : Act 3 "More trouble is behind" [Micah] ... "My message, given with speed, brooks no delay" [Harapha]
10. Samson : Act 3 "Presuming slave, to move their wrath!" [Harapha]
11. Samson : Act 3 "Reflect then, Samson, matters now are strain'd" [Micah] "Shall I abuse this consecrated gift of strength" [Samson]
12. Samson : Act 3 "With thunder arm'd, great God, arise!" [Chorus]
13. Samson : Act 3 "Be of good courage" [Samson, Micah, Harapha]
14. Samson : Act 3 "Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed" [Samson]
15. Samson : Act 3 "With might endued, above the sons of men" [Micah]
16. Samson : Act 3 "The Holy One of Israel be thy guide" [Micah] "To fame immortal go" [Chorus]
17. 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]
18. Samson : Act 3 "Great Dagon has subdued our foe" [Philistine] "Great Dagon has subdued our foe" [Chorus]
19. Samson : Act 3 "What noise of joy was that?" [Manoah, Micah]
20. Samson : Act 3 "How willing my paternal love the weight to share of filial care" [Manoah]
21. 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]
22. Samson : Act 3 "Noise call you this? an universal groan" [Micah] ... "Unwounded of his enemies he fell" [Messenger, Manoah]
23. Samson : Act 3 "Ye sons of Israel, now lament" [Micah] "Weep, Israel, weep" [Chorus]
24. Samson : Act 3 "Proceed we hence to find his body" [Manoah]
25. Samson : Act 3 Dead March
26. Samson : Act 3 "The body comes" [Micah, Manoah]
27. Samson : Act 3 "Glorious hero, may thy grave peace and honour ever have" [Chorus]
28. Samson : Act 3 "Come, come! no time for lamentation" [Manoah]
29. Samson : Act 3 "Let the bright Seraphim" [Israelitish Woman]
30. Samson : Act 3 "Let their celestial concerts all unite" [Chorus]
31. Rinaldo : Act 3 "Or la tromba in suon festante" [Rinaldo]

CD6

1. Rinaldo : Act 1 "Cara sposa" [Rinaldo]
2. Rinaldo : Act 1 "Venti, turbini, prestate" [Rinaldo]
3. Rinaldo : Act 1 "Cor ingrato, ti rammembri" [Rinaldo]
4. Serse : Act 1 "Frondi tenere e belle... Ombra mai fù di vegetabile" [Serse]
5. Partenope : Act 2 "Furibondo spira il vento" [Arsace]
6. Agrippina : Act 3 "Bel piacere è godere fido amor!" [Poppea]
7. Rinaldo : Act 2 "Laschia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte" [Almirena]
8. Orlando : Act 1 "Fammi combattere mostri e tifei" [Orlando]
9. Serse, Act 1: "Ombra mai fu" (Serse)
10. Ariodante : Act 3 "Dopo notte" [Ariodante]
11. Rinaldo : Act 1 "Cara sposa" [Rinaldo]
12. Giulio Cesare : Act 3 "Caro... Bella" [Cleopatra, Cesare]
13. Hercules : Act 3 " Where shall I fly" [Dejanira]
14. Semele : Act 2 "Hence, Iris, hence away" [Juno]