Friday 13 March 2020

Handel - Samson [sung in German] (Ferenc Fricsay) [rec.1955] [2CD]







G.F. Handel


SAMSON, Oratorio, HWV 57


(sung in German - radio version by Ferenc Fricsay)


performed by

Ernst Haefliger, tenor (Samson)

Maria Stader, soprano (Dalila)

Marga Hoffgen, alto (Micah)

Kim Borg, bass (Manoah)

Heinz Rehfuss, bass (Harapha)

Maria Reith, soprano (Philistine Woman)


RIAS-Kammerchor

Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale

RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester

(on modern instruments)

Ferenc Fricsay, dir.


Edition: Urania 2017
Recording: Hochschule fur Musik, Berlin, 18/9/1955
TT: 123'41''