Handel: Samson, HWV 57
Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, William Berger, Franziska Gottwald, Michael Slattery, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman, NDR Chor
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, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan
Air: "Oh mirror of our fickle state!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Whom have I to complain of but myself"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"
Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Brethren ond men of Dan"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Oh ever failing trust"
Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Franziska Gottwald, North German Radio Chorus, Sophie Daneman, Thomas Cooley, William Berger
Recitative: "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son"
Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, William Berger, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Sophie Daneman, North German Radio Chorus, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald
Air: "Why does the God of Israel sleep?"
Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "There lies our hope!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, William Berger, Sophie Daneman, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, North German Radio Chorus, Thomas Cooley, Michael Slattery
Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald
Chorus: "Then round about the starry throne"
Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"
Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley
Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"
Franziska Gottwald, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "But who is this?"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley
Recitative: "Did Love constrain thee?"
Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
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!"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, Thomas Cooley
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, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, North German Radio Chorus, Sophie Daneman, William Berger, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "No words of peace"
Franziska Gottwald, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley
Air: "Honour arms scorn such a foe"
Recitative: "Cam'st thou for this"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, North German Radio Chorus, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald, William Berger, Sophie Daneman
Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley
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, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald, Sophie Daneman, William Berger, North German Radio Chorus
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, Sophie Daneman, NDR Chor, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley
Recitative: "More trouble is behind"
Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan
Air: "Presuming slave, to move their wrath!"
Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, 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"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan
Air: "With might endued above the sons of men"
Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery, Sophie Daneman, William Berger, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thomas Cooley, North German Radio Chorus
Air: "The Holy One of Israel" - Chorus: "To fame im- mortal go"
Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
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, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Noise call you this?"
Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Where shall I run"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan
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