Handel: Samson, HWV 57 / Act 1
Handel: Samson, HWV 57
Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, William Berger, NDR Chor, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery
Recitative: "This day, a solemn feast"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, 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"
Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
Air: "Oh mirror of our fickle state!"
Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Whom have I to complain of but myself"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"
Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
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, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Air: "Why does the God of Israel sleep?"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley
Recitative: "There lies our hope!"
Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"
Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
Chorus: "Then round about the starry throne"
Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald
Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"
Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "But who is this?"
Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, 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!"
Thomas Cooley, Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
Duet: "Traitor to love!" - Recitative: "She's gone!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman
Recitative: "Favour'd of heaven is he"
Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, Michael Slattery, North German Radio Chorus, William Berger, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "No words of peace"
Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan
Air: "Honour arms scorn such a foe"
Recitative: "Cam'st thou for this"
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Sophie Daneman, Franziska Gottwald, William Berger, North German Radio Chorus, Michael Slattery
Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Here lies the proof"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery, North German Radio Chorus, Thomas Cooley, Sophie Daneman, 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
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Sophie Daneman, NDR Chor
Recitative: "More trouble is behind"
Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald
Air: "Presuming slave, to move their wrath!"
Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"
Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan
Chorus: "With thunder arm'd, great God, arise!"
Recitative: "Be of good courage"
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
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"
Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thomas Cooley, North German Radio Chorus, William Berger, Michael Slattery
Air: "The Holy One of Israel" - Chorus: "To fame im- mortal go"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Franziska Gottwald
Air and Chorus: "Great Dagon has subdued our foe"
Recitative: "What noise of joy was that?"
Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Your hopes of his deliv'ry"
NDR Chor, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Noise call you this?"
Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Where shall I run"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald
Air: "Ye sons of Irael, now lament" - Chorus: "Weep, Israel, weep"
Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, 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