Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) - Samson et Dalila (1998)
Cover Front Album
Composer Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Conductor Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra / Ensemble I London Symphony Orchestra
Length 123:35
Format CD
Genre Vocal; Opera
Chorus I London Symphony Chorus
Chorus Master Stephen Westrop
Index 453
Out of Print No
Musicians
Soloist Cura; Borodina; Lafont; Silins; Lloyd; Garin; Ragan; Lalouette
Credits
Producer Wolfram Graul
Label Erato
Track List
Samson et Dalila 44:40
01 Act I: Scene 1: "Dieu! Dieu d'Israel! Ecoute la priere" 05:21
02 Act I: Scene 1: "Un jour, de nous tu detournas la face" 03:53
03 Act I: Scene 1: "Arretez, o mes freres!" 02:41
04 Act I: Scene 1: "L'as-tu donc oublie, celui dont la puissance" 03:19
05 Act I: Scene 2: "Qui donc eleve ici la voix?" 02:33
06 Act I: Scene 2: "C'est toi que sa bouche invective" 03:01
07 Act I: Scene 3: "Que vois-je? Abimelech!" 01:10
08 Act I: Scene 4: "Seigneur! La troupe furieuse" 02:49
09 Act I: Scene 5: "Hymne de joie, Hymne de delivrance" 05:23
10 Act I: Scene 6: "Voici le printemps nous portant des fleurs" 02:28
11 Act I: Scene 6: "Je viens celebrer la victoire" 03:16
12 Act I: Scene 6: "Danse des pretresses de Dagon" 02:27
13 Act I: Scene 6: "Printemps qui commence" 06:19
Samson et Dalila 78:55
01 Act II: Prelude 02:17
02 Act II: Scene 1: "Samson, recherchant ma presence" 04:53
03 Act II: Scene 2: "J'ai gravi la montagne" 04:51
04 Act II: Scene 2: "Qu'importe a Dalila ton or?" 03:51
05 Act II: Scene 2: "Il faut, pour assouvir ma haine" 01:59
06 Act II: Scene 2: "Samson, me disais-tu, dans ces lieux" 03:06
07 Act II: Scene 3: "En ces lieux, malgre moi" 04:44
08 Act II: Scene 3: "Qu'importe a mon coeur desole" 04:56
09 Act II: Scene 3: "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix" 06:01
10 Act II: Scene 3: "Mais!... Non! que dis-je?" 06:12
11 Act III: Scene 1: "Vois ma misere, helas! vois ma detresse!" 11:00
12 Act III: Scene 2: "L'aube qui blanchit deja les coteaux" 03:36
13 Act III: Scene 2: Bacchanale 06:31
14 Act III: Scene 3: "Salut! Salut au juge d'Israel" 02:13
15 Act III: Scene 3: "Laisse-moi prendre ta main" 02:51
16 Act III: Scene 3: "Allons, Samson, divertis-nous" 01:56
17 Act III: Scene 3: "Viens, Dalila, rendre grace a nos dieux" 04:00
18 Act III: Scene 3: "Guidez ses pas vers le milieu du temple" 03:58
Personal
Purchase Date 2/13/2000
Value $35.50
Store BMG
Condition 100%
Librettist Ferdinand Lemaire
Nationality French
"Form" Opera in Three Acts
Language French
Period Romantic
Details
Studio Walthamstow Town Hall, London
Catalog Number 3984-24756-2
Live No
Recording Date 7/21/1998
Spars DDD
Reissue No
Sound Stereo
Notes
Samson: Jose Cura
Dalila: Olga Borodina
Le Grand-Pretre de Dagon: Jean-Philippe Lafont
Abimelech: Egils Silins
Un vieillard hebreu: Robert Lloyd
Un messager philistin: Remi Garin
Premier philistin: Gilles Ragon
Deuxieme philistin: Olivier Lallouette

Notes, illustrations, text and translations

Essay: "Religion and Seduction" by James Harding
Essay: "Saint-Saens, the Precursor" by Benoit Duteurte