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