Handel: Samson, HWV 57 / Act 1
Handel: Samson, HWV 57
NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, 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"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald
Air: "Oh mirror of our fickle state!"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Whom have I to complain of but myself"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Brethren ond men of Dan"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Oh ever failing trust"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery, North German Radio Chorus, William Berger, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Sophie Daneman
Recitative: "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, North German Radio Chorus, Michael Slattery, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Franziska Gottwald, William Berger, Sophie Daneman
Air: "Why does the God of Israel sleep?"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "There lies our hope!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, North German Radio Chorus, Thomas Cooley, Michael Slattery, William Berger, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Sophie Daneman
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, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley
Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "But who is this?"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, 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!"
Sophie Daneman, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Duet: "Traitor to love!" - Recitative: "She's gone!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman, Thomas Cooley
Recitative: "Favour'd of heaven is he"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Sophie Daneman, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, North German Radio Chorus, William Berger, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "No words of peace"
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley
Air: "Honour arms scorn such a foe"
Recitative: "Cam'st thou for this"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Franziska Gottwald, William Berger, Sophie Daneman, Michael Slattery, North German Radio Chorus
Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley
Recitative: "Here lies the proof"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, William Berger, Thomas Cooley, Michael Slattery, North German Radio Chorus, Sophie Daneman, 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
Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor
Recitative: "More trouble is behind"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald
Air: "Presuming slave, to move their wrath!"
Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"
Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
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"
Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
Air: "With might endued above the sons of men"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Sophie Daneman, North German Radio Chorus, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, William Berger, Michael Slattery
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"
Franziska Gottwald, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Noise call you this?"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Where shall I run"
Michael Slattery, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan
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