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