Handel: Samson, HWV 57 / Act 1
Handel: Samson, HWV 57
Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery, Sophie Daneman, Thomas Cooley, William Berger, NDR Chor
Recitative: "This day, a solemn feast"
Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, 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"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald
Air: "Oh mirror of our fickle state!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Whom have I to complain of but myself"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Brethren ond men of Dan"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Oh ever failing trust"
Michael Slattery, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Sophie Daneman, Franziska Gottwald, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, North German Radio Chorus, William Berger
Recitative: "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, North German Radio Chorus, Sophie Daneman, Franziska Gottwald, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Michael Slattery, William Berger
Air: "Why does the God of Israel sleep?"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "There lies our hope!"
Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, William Berger, Sophie Daneman, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Michael Slattery, North German Radio Chorus
Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"
Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Chorus: "Then round about the starry throne"
Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley
Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"
Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor
Recitative: "But who is this?"
Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley
Recitative: "Did Love constrain thee?"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley
Air: "Your charms to ruin led the way"
Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Handel: Air (Dalila) and Chorus
To fleeting pleasures make your court
Recitative: "Ne'er think of that!"
Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley
Duet: "Traitor to love!" - Recitative: "She's gone!"
Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Favour'd of heaven is he"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, William Berger, North German Radio Chorus, Franziska Gottwald, Michael Slattery, Sophie Daneman
Recitative: "No words of peace"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Wolf Matthias Friedrich
Air: "Honour arms scorn such a foe"
Recitative: "Cam'st thou for this"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, William Berger, Michael Slattery, Sophie Daneman, North German Radio Chorus, Franziska Gottwald
Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich
Recitative: "Here lies the proof"
Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"
Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, William Berger, Sophie Daneman, North German Radio Chorus, Thomas Cooley, Michael Slattery
Chorus: "To song and dance we give the day"
Handel: Soli (Dalila, Samson, Harapha and Manoa), Chorus
Fix’d in his everlasting seat
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, NDR Chor, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich
Recitative: "More trouble is behind"
Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald
Air: "Presuming slave, to move their wrath!"
Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"
Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley
Chorus: "With thunder arm'd, great God, arise!"
Recitative: "Be of good courage"
Franziska Gottwald, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan
Air: "Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley
Air: "With might endued above the sons of men"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Michael Slattery, William Berger, Sophie Daneman, North German Radio Chorus, Thomas Cooley
Air: "The Holy One of Israel" - Chorus: "To fame im- mortal go"
NDR Chor, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Air and Chorus: "Great Dagon has subdued our foe"
Recitative: "What noise of joy was that?"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Your hopes of his deliv'ry"
Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor
Recitative: "Noise call you this?"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Where shall I run"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald
Air: "Ye sons of Irael, now lament" - Chorus: "Weep, Israel, weep"
Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, 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
- Christian FeldgenEngineer
- Bernhard GüttlerMixing Engineer, Editing Engineer
- Sarah HölscherAssistant Engineer
- 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