Handel: Samson, HWV 57 / Act 1
Handel: Samson, HWV 57
Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery, William Berger, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Sophie Daneman
Recitative: "This day, a solemn feast"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley
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, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Whom have I to complain of but myself"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley
Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"
Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Brethren ond men of Dan"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Oh ever failing trust"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Sophie Daneman, North German Radio Chorus, William Berger
Recitative: "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, North German Radio Chorus, Michael Slattery, Sophie Daneman, William Berger, Franziska Gottwald
Air: "Why does the God of Israel sleep?"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "There lies our hope!"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, North German Radio Chorus, William Berger, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thomas Cooley, Sophie Daneman, 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!"
Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"
NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "But who is this?"
Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Did Love constrain thee?"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley
Air: "Your charms to ruin led the way"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan
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!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Favour'd of heaven is he"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, North German Radio Chorus, Michael Slattery, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, William Berger, Sophie Daneman
Recitative: "No words of peace"
Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich
Air: "Honour arms scorn such a foe"
Recitative: "Cam'st thou for this"
Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, North German Radio Chorus, William Berger, Sophie Daneman, Franziska Gottwald, Michael Slattery
Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley
Recitative: "Here lies the proof"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Sophie Daneman, North German Radio Chorus, Thomas Cooley, William Berger, Michael Slattery, 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
Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Sophie Daneman, Wolf Matthias Friedrich
Recitative: "More trouble is behind"
Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Air: "Presuming slave, to move their wrath!"
Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan
Chorus: "With thunder arm'd, great God, arise!"
Recitative: "Be of good courage"
Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich
Air: "Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan
Air: "With might endued above the sons of men"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, North German Radio Chorus, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Sophie Daneman, Michael Slattery, William Berger
Air: "The Holy One of Israel" - Chorus: "To fame im- mortal go"
NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, 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"
NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Noise call you this?"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Where shall I run"
Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald
Air: "Ye sons of Irael, now lament" - Chorus: "Weep, Israel, weep"
NDR Chor, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, 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