Handel: Samson, HWV 57 / Act 1
Handel: Samson, HWV 57
Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald, Sophie Daneman, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, 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!"
Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Whom have I to complain of but myself"
Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"
Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Brethren ond men of Dan"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Oh ever failing trust"
Recitative: "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son"
Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, North German Radio Chorus, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Michael Slattery, Sophie Daneman, 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, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thomas Cooley, North German Radio Chorus, William Berger, Michael Slattery, Sophie Daneman
Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"
Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
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, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald
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, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley
Duet: "Traitor to love!" - Recitative: "She's gone!"
Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley
Recitative: "Favour'd of heaven is he"
Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, North German Radio Chorus, Franziska Gottwald, William Berger, Michael Slattery, Sophie Daneman
Recitative: "No words of peace"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Franziska Gottwald
Air: "Honour arms scorn such a foe"
Recitative: "Cam'st thou for this"
Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, William Berger, North German Radio Chorus, Michael Slattery, Sophie Daneman, Franziska Gottwald
Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"
Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Here lies the proof"
Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, North German Radio Chorus, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald, Michael Slattery, Sophie Daneman, William Berger
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, Sophie Daneman, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thomas Cooley, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "More trouble is behind"
Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thomas Cooley
Air: "Presuming slave, to move their wrath!"
Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"
Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley
Chorus: "With thunder arm'd, great God, arise!"
Recitative: "Be of good courage"
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan
Air: "Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed"
Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Air: "With might endued above the sons of men"
Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, North German Radio Chorus, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Sophie Daneman, William Berger, Michael Slattery
Air: "The Holy One of Israel" - Chorus: "To fame im- mortal go"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan
Air and Chorus: "Great Dagon has subdued our foe"
Recitative: "What noise of joy was that?"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Your hopes of his deliv'ry"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, NDR Chor
Recitative: "Noise call you this?"
Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Where shall I run"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Michael Slattery
Air: "Ye sons of Irael, now lament" - Chorus: "Weep, Israel, weep"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, 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
- 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