Handel: Samson, HWV 57
Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery, Sophie Daneman, NDR Chor, William Berger, Nicholas McGegan
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"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald
Air: "Oh mirror of our fickle state!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Whom have I to complain of but myself"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley
Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley
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, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thomas Cooley, Sophie Daneman, William Berger, North German Radio Chorus, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, William Berger, Sophie Daneman, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald, North German Radio Chorus
Air: "Why does the God of Israel sleep?"
Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "There lies our hope!"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Sophie Daneman, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, North German Radio Chorus, Michael Slattery, William Berger
Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"
Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
Chorus: "Then round about the starry throne"
Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald
Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "But who is this?"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Did Love constrain thee?"
Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
Air: "Your charms to ruin led the way"
Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
Handel: Air (Dalila) and Chorus
To fleeting pleasures make your court
Recitative: "Ne'er think of that!"
Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley
Duet: "Traitor to love!" - Recitative: "She's gone!"
Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Favour'd of heaven is he"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Sophie Daneman, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald, North German Radio Chorus, William Berger
Recitative: "No words of peace"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan
Air: "Honour arms scorn such a foe"
Recitative: "Cam'st thou for this"
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, North German Radio Chorus, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald, William Berger
Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Here lies the proof"
Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, William Berger, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, North German Radio Chorus, Sophie Daneman
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, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor
Recitative: "More trouble is behind"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley
Air: "Presuming slave, to move their wrath!"
Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"
Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald
Chorus: "With thunder arm'd, great God, arise!"
Recitative: "Be of good courage"
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, 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, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, William Berger, Michael Slattery, North German Radio Chorus, Sophie Daneman
Air: "The Holy One of Israel" - Chorus: "To fame im- mortal go"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Franziska Gottwald
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"
NDR Chor, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Noise call you this?"
Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Where shall I run"
Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Air: "Ye sons of Irael, now lament" - Chorus: "Weep, Israel, weep"
Franziska Gottwald, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
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"
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