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