Handel: Samson, HWV 57 / Act 1
Handel: Samson, HWV 57
Sophie Daneman, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald, NDR Chor, William Berger
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, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald
Air: "Oh mirror of our fickle state!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Whom have I to complain of but myself"
Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley
Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"
Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Brethren ond men of Dan"
Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Oh ever failing trust"
Recitative: "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Sophie Daneman, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Michael Slattery, North German Radio Chorus, Franziska Gottwald, 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, Sophie Daneman, Michael Slattery, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thomas Cooley, North German Radio Chorus, William Berger
Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"
Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley
Chorus: "Then round about the starry throne"
Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"
Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald
Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"
NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "But who is this?"
Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley
Recitative: "Did Love constrain thee?"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan
Air: "Your charms to ruin led the way"
Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
Handel: Air (Dalila) and Chorus
To fleeting pleasures make your court
Recitative: "Ne'er think of that!"
Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Duet: "Traitor to love!" - Recitative: "She's gone!"
Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Favour'd of heaven is he"
Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, North German Radio Chorus, William Berger, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Sophie Daneman, Franziska Gottwald, Michael Slattery
Recitative: "No words of peace"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich
Air: "Honour arms scorn such a foe"
Recitative: "Cam'st thou for this"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald, North German Radio Chorus, William Berger, Sophie Daneman, Michael Slattery
Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley
Recitative: "Here lies the proof"
Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Sophie Daneman, North German Radio Chorus, William Berger, 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, NDR Chor, Sophie Daneman, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "More trouble is behind"
Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Wolf Matthias Friedrich
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, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, 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, Thomas Cooley, North German Radio Chorus, William Berger, Michael Slattery, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Sophie Daneman
Air: "The Holy One of Israel" - Chorus: "To fame im- mortal go"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, NDR Chor
Air and Chorus: "Great Dagon has subdued our foe"
Recitative: "What noise of joy was that?"
Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, 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, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Where shall I run"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Michael Slattery
Air: "Ye sons of Irael, now lament" - Chorus: "Weep, Israel, weep"
Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor
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