Handel: Samson, HWV 57
William Berger, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, NDR Chor, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery
Recitative: "This day, a solemn feast"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan
Chorus: "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!" (I)
Chorus: "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!" (II)
Air: "Loud as the thunder's awful voice"
Recitative: "Oh change beyond report"
Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Air: "Oh mirror of our fickle state!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Whom have I to complain of but myself"
Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley
Recitative: "Brethren ond men of Dan"
Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Oh ever failing trust"
Michael Slattery, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Franziska Gottwald, North German Radio Chorus, William Berger, Sophie Daneman
Recitative: "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, William Berger, Sophie Daneman, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald, North German Radio Chorus
Air: "Why does the God of Israel sleep?"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley
Recitative: "There lies our hope!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Sophie Daneman, William Berger, North German Radio Chorus, Michael Slattery
Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald
Chorus: "Then round about the starry throne"
Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan
Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"
Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "But who is this?"
Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman
Recitative: "Did Love constrain thee?"
Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Air: "Your charms to ruin led the way"
Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Handel: Air (Dalila) and Chorus
To fleeting pleasures make your court
Recitative: "Ne'er think of that!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman
Duet: "Traitor to love!" - Recitative: "She's gone!"
Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Favour'd of heaven is he"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, North German Radio Chorus, Sophie Daneman, William Berger, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "No words of peace"
Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan
Air: "Honour arms scorn such a foe"
Recitative: "Cam'st thou for this"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman, North German Radio Chorus, Michael Slattery, William Berger, Franziska Gottwald
Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Here lies the proof"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, North German Radio Chorus, Sophie Daneman, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald, William Berger
Chorus: "To song and dance we give the day"
Handel: Soli (Dalila, Samson, Harapha and Manoa), Chorus
Fix’d in his everlasting seat
Thomas Cooley, NDR Chor, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "More trouble is behind"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan
Air: "Presuming slave, to move their wrath!"
Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley
Chorus: "With thunder arm'd, great God, arise!"
Recitative: "Be of good courage"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley
Air: "Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed"
Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Air: "With might endued above the sons of men"
Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, William Berger, North German Radio Chorus, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thomas Cooley, Sophie Daneman, Michael Slattery
Air: "The Holy One of Israel" - Chorus: "To fame im- mortal go"
Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald
Air and Chorus: "Great Dagon has subdued our foe"
Recitative: "What noise of joy was that?"
Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Your hopes of his deliv'ry"
NDR Chor, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Noise call you this?"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Where shall I run"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald
Air: "Ye sons of Irael, now lament" - Chorus: "Weep, Israel, weep"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Franziska Gottwald
Solo and Chorus: "Glorious hero" - Accompagnato: "The virgins too shall" - Chorus: "Bring the laurels" - Solo: "May ev'ry hero"
Recitative: "Come, come! No time for lamentation now"
Air: "Let the bright Seraphim"
Production
- Bernhard GüttlerProducer
- Bernhard GüttlerMixing Engineer, Editing Engineer
- Sarah HölscherAssistant Engineer
- Christian FeldgenEngineer
- Ryan BatesPhotography
- Marcus KrügerPhotography
- Michael SchilhanslPhotography
- Christoph WetzelCover Art
- Sandra LousadaPhotography
- Jan GutzeitPhotography
- Randi BeachPhotography
- Stefan SchweigerPhotography
- Dorothea SchroederLiner Notes
- Ed. W. HansenBooklet Editor
- Peter HurleyPhotography
- Dorothea HeisePhotography