Friday, 6 September 2019

Handel - Samson (Raymond Leppard) [rec.1959] [2CD]


Andromeda 2010 [rec. 1959] | EAC LOG FLAC+CUE | 2CD + booklet | 284MB



G.F. Handel


SAMSON, Oratorio in three Acts, HWV 57

[abridged]

performed by

Jon Vickers, tenor (Samson)

Joan Carlyle, soprano (Dalila)

Lauris Elms, mezzo-soprano (Micah)

Joseph Rouleau, bass (Manoah)

James Pease, baritone (Harapha)

Joan Sutherland, soprano (Israelite Woman)


The Covent Garden Orchestra and Opera Chorus

(on modern instruments)

Raymond Leppard, dir.


Recording: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 3/1/1959
TT: 128'27''