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