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Choeur de Chambre de Namur|Handel: Samson

Handel: Samson

Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra and Leonardo García Alarcón

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„Samson“ von 1743 zählte zu Händels Lebzeiten zu seinen erfolgreichsten Oratorien. Kein Wunder. Das opulent besetzte Orchester umfasst Trompeten, Pauken, Hörner und mehr. Die Musik bietet eine unglaubliche Farbigkeit und eine große Palette an Emotionen. Die Geschichte birgt Sprengstoff. Der Titelheld Samson erliegt der Verführungskunst von Dalila. Ihr offenbart er sein Geheimnis, dass seine Kraft von seinen niemals geschorenen Haaren kommt. Dalila verrät Samson an die Philister, deren Gefangener er wird. Von Gott erbittet er ein letztes Mal übermenschliche Kräfte, doch nur um den Philister-Tempel niederzureißen, zwar selbst darin umzukommen, aber so die Freiheit für die Israeliten zu erreichen. Der feierliche Marsch zu seinem Tod im dritten Akt gehört zum Bewegendsten, was Händel geschrieben hat.
Heute wird „Samson“ vergleichsweise selten aufgeführt. Möglicherweise spielt das heikle Thema Selbstmordattentäter eine Rolle. An der herrlichen Musik kann es nicht liegen. Der Kammerchor Namur und das Millenium Orchestra unter Leonardo García Alarcón zeigen bei diesem Live-Mitschnitt mit ihrem ungeheuer lebendigen Zugriff die Qualität dieses auch sehr dramatisch ausgerichteten Oratoriums. Nur manchmal schießt Alarcón mit seiner überschäumenden Energie ein wenig übers Ziel hinaus. Leichte Ungenauigkeiten in Zusammenspiel und Artikulation sind die Folge. Matthew Newlin als Samson füllt die Titelpartie mit seinem geschmeidigen Tenor facettenreich aus, Luigi Di Donato schlüpft mit seinem warmen, fast schwarzen Bass überzeugend in zwei Rollen. Die beiden Sopranistinnen stehen ebenfalls für das exzellente Niveau dieser Einspielung.

© Richter, Elisabeth / www.fonoforum.de

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1
Samson HWV 57, Act I: Overture
Millenium Orchestra
00:04:56

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

Samson HWV 57, Act I, Scene 1 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

2
I. Recitative. "This Day, a Solemn Feast to Dagon Held"
Millenium Orchestra
00:00:39

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

3
II. Chorus. "Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound!"
Millenium Orchestra
00:01:42

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Chœur de Chambre de Namur, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

4
III. Air. "Ye Men of Gaza, Hither Bring"
Millenium Orchestra
00:03:49

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Julie Roset, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

5
IV. Chorus. "Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound!"
Millenium Orchestra
00:00:25

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Chœur de Chambre de Namur, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

6
V. Recitative. "Why by an Angel Was My Birth Foretold"
Millenium Orchestra
00:04:27

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

Samson HWV 57, Act I, Scene 2 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

7
I. Recitative. "Oh, Change Beyond Report"
Millenium Orchestra
00:03:45

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lawrence Zazzo, MainArtist - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

8
II. Recitative. "Whom Have I to Complain of but Myself"
Millenium Orchestra
00:01:32

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lawrence Zazzo, MainArtist - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

9
III. Air. "Total Eclipse!"
Millenium Orchestra
00:03:38

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

10
IV. Accompagnato. "Since Light So? Necessary Is to Life"
Millenium Orchestra
00:01:13

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lawrence Zazzo, MainArtist - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

11
V. Chorus. "O First Created Beam!"
Millenium Orchestra
00:03:42

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Chœur de Chambre de Namur, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

12
VI. Recitative. "Ye See, My Friends, How Woes Enclose Me Round"
Millenium Orchestra
00:03:06

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lawrence Zazzo, MainArtist - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

Samson HWV 57, Act I, Scene 3 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

13
I. Air. "Thy Glorious Deeds Inspir'd My Tongue"
Millenium Orchestra
00:01:45

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lawrence Zazzo, MainArtist - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Luigi Di Donato, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

14
II. Accompagnato. "To Sorrow Now I Tune"
Millenium Orchestra
00:02:04

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Luigi Di Donato, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

15
III. Recitative. "Justly These Evils Have Befall'n Thy Son"
Millenium Orchestra
00:00:19

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Luigi Di Donato, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

16
IV. Accompagnato. "My Genial Spirits Droop, My Hopes Are Fled"
Millenium Orchestra
00:02:29

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lawrence Zazzo, MainArtist - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

17
V. Chorus. "Then Round About the Starry Throne"
Millenium Orchestra
00:02:08

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Chœur de Chambre de Namur, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

Samson HWV 57, Act II, Scene 1 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

18
I. Recitative and Air. "Trust yet in God! - Return, O God of Hosts! Behold"
Millenium Orchestra
00:07:46

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lawrence Zazzo, MainArtist - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Chœur de Chambre de Namur, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist - Luigi Di Donato, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

Samson HWV 57, Act II, Scene 2 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

19
I. Recitative. "But Who Is This, That so Bedeck'd and Gay"
Millenium Orchestra
00:00:49

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lawrence Zazzo, MainArtist - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

20
II. Recitative. "With Doubtful Feet"
Millenium Orchestra
00:01:39

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Klara Ek, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

21
III. Air. "With Plaintive Notes and Am'rous Moan"
Millenium Orchestra
00:07:26

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Klara Ek, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Julie Roset, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

22
IV. Recitative. "Did Love Constrain Thee?"
Millenium Orchestra
00:00:32

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

23
V. Air. "Your Charms to Ruin Led the Way"
Millenium Orchestra
00:02:47

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

24
VI. Recitative. "Forgive What's Done, nor Think of What's Past Cure"
Millenium Orchestra
00:00:38

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Klara Ek, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

25
VII. Air. "My Faith and Truth, O Samson"
Millenium Orchestra
00:06:41

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Klara Ek, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Chœur de Chambre de Namur, MainArtist - Julie Roset, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

26
VIII. Air. "To Fleeting Pleasures Make Your Court"
Millenium Orchestra
00:01:27

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Klara Ek, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

27
IX. Chorus of Virgins. "Her Faith and Truth, Oh Samson"
Millenium Orchestra
00:01:57

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Chœur de Chambre de Namur, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

DISC 2

1
X. Recitative. "Ne'er Think of That!"
Millenium Orchestra
00:01:24

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Klara Ek, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

2
XI. Duet. "Traitor to Love!" - "Traitress to Love!"
Millenium Orchestra
00:01:30

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Klara Ek, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

Samson HWV 57, Act II, Scene 3 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

3
I. Recitative. "She's Gone!"
Millenium Orchestra
00:00:38

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lawrence Zazzo, MainArtist - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

4
II. Chorus of Israelites. "To Man God's Universal Law"
Millenium Orchestra
00:02:35

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Chœur de Chambre de Namur, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

Samson HWV 57, Act II, Scene 4 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

5
I. Recitative. "No Words of Peace"
Millenium Orchestra
00:02:07

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lawrence Zazzo, MainArtist - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist - Luigi Di Donato, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

6
II. Air. "Honour and Arms Scorn Such a Foe"
Millenium Orchestra
00:04:16

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Luigi Di Donato, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

7
III. Recitative. "Cam'st Thou for This, Vain Boaster?"
Millenium Orchestra
00:00:37

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist - Luigi Di Donato, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

8
IV. Duet. "Go, Baffled Coward, Go" - "Presume No on Thy God"
Millenium Orchestra
00:02:02

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist - Luigi Di Donato, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

9
V. Recitative. "Here Lies the Proof"
Millenium Orchestra
00:00:47

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lawrence Zazzo, MainArtist - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Luigi Di Donato, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

10
VI. Chorus of Israelites. "Hear, Jacob's God, Jehovah, Hear!"
Millenium Orchestra
00:03:40

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Chœur de Chambre de Namur, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

11
VII. Recitative. "Dagon, Arise, Attend Thy Sacred Feast!"
Millenium Orchestra
00:00:18

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Luigi Di Donato, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

12
VIII. Air. "To Song and Dance We Give the Day"
Millenium Orchestra
00:01:18

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Julie Roset, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

13
IX. Chorus of Philistines. "To Song and Dance We Give the Day"
Millenium Orchestra
00:01:47

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Chœur de Chambre de Namur, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

14
X. Chorus of Israelites and Philistines. "Fix'd in His Everlasting Seat"
Millenium Orchestra
00:03:22

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Chœur de Chambre de Namur, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

Samson HWV 57, Act III, Scene 1 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

15
I. Recitative. "More Trouble Is Behind"
Millenium Orchestra
00:01:35

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lawrence Zazzo, MainArtist - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist - Luigi Di Donato, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

16
II. Air. "Presuming Slave, to Move Their Wrath!"
Millenium Orchestra
00:02:28

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Luigi Di Donato, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

17
III. Recitative. "Reflect Then Samson, Matters Now Are"
Millenium Orchestra
00:00:52

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lawrence Zazzo, MainArtist - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

18
IV. Chorus of Israelites. "With Thunder Arm'd, Great God, Arise!"
Millenium Orchestra
00:03:11

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Chœur de Chambre de Namur, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

19
V. Recitative. "Be of Good Courage, I Begin to Feel"
Millenium Orchestra
00:02:21

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lawrence Zazzo, MainArtist - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist - Luigi Di Donato, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

20
VI. Air. "Thus When the Sun from's Wat'ry Bed"
Millenium Orchestra
00:03:42

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthew Newlin, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

21
VII. Accompagnato. "With Might Endu'd Above the Sons of Men"
Millenium Orchestra
00:00:26

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lawrence Zazzo, MainArtist - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

22
VIII. Air and Chorus. "The Holy One of Israel Be Thy Guide"
Millenium Orchestra
00:02:12

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lawrence Zazzo, MainArtist - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

Samson HWV 57, Act III, Scene 2 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

23
I. Recitative. "Old Manoah, with Youthful Steps"
Millenium Orchestra
00:00:31

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lawrence Zazzo, MainArtist - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, MainArtist - Millenium Orchestra, MainArtist - Luigi Di Donato, MainArtist

2019 Outhere 2019 Cavema

Albumbeschreibung

„Samson“ von 1743 zählte zu Händels Lebzeiten zu seinen erfolgreichsten Oratorien. Kein Wunder. Das opulent besetzte Orchester umfasst Trompeten, Pauken, Hörner und mehr. Die Musik bietet eine unglaubliche Farbigkeit und eine große Palette an Emotionen. Die Geschichte birgt Sprengstoff. Der Titelheld Samson erliegt der Verführungskunst von Dalila. Ihr offenbart er sein Geheimnis, dass seine Kraft von seinen niemals geschorenen Haaren kommt. Dalila verrät Samson an die Philister, deren Gefangener er wird. Von Gott erbittet er ein letztes Mal übermenschliche Kräfte, doch nur um den Philister-Tempel niederzureißen, zwar selbst darin umzukommen, aber so die Freiheit für die Israeliten zu erreichen. Der feierliche Marsch zu seinem Tod im dritten Akt gehört zum Bewegendsten, was Händel geschrieben hat.
Heute wird „Samson“ vergleichsweise selten aufgeführt. Möglicherweise spielt das heikle Thema Selbstmordattentäter eine Rolle. An der herrlichen Musik kann es nicht liegen. Der Kammerchor Namur und das Millenium Orchestra unter Leonardo García Alarcón zeigen bei diesem Live-Mitschnitt mit ihrem ungeheuer lebendigen Zugriff die Qualität dieses auch sehr dramatisch ausgerichteten Oratoriums. Nur manchmal schießt Alarcón mit seiner überschäumenden Energie ein wenig übers Ziel hinaus. Leichte Ungenauigkeiten in Zusammenspiel und Artikulation sind die Folge. Matthew Newlin als Samson füllt die Titelpartie mit seinem geschmeidigen Tenor facettenreich aus, Luigi Di Donato schlüpft mit seinem warmen, fast schwarzen Bass überzeugend in zwei Rollen. Die beiden Sopranistinnen stehen ebenfalls für das exzellente Niveau dieser Einspielung.

© Richter, Elisabeth / www.fonoforum.de

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