Handel: Samson, HWV 57 / Act 1
Handel: Samson, HWV 57
Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, NDR Chor, William Berger, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery
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"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley
Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Brethren ond men of Dan"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Oh ever failing trust"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, North German Radio Chorus, William Berger, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son"
Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Sophie Daneman, Michael Slattery, William Berger, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, North German Radio Chorus
Air: "Why does the God of Israel sleep?"
Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "There lies our hope!"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, William Berger, Sophie Daneman, Michael Slattery, North German Radio Chorus
Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald
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!"
Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "But who is this?"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley
Recitative: "Did Love constrain thee?"
Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
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!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman
Duet: "Traitor to love!" - Recitative: "She's gone!"
Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Favour'd of heaven is he"
Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, William Berger, Franziska Gottwald, North German Radio Chorus, Sophie Daneman, Michael Slattery
Recitative: "No words of peace"
Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Wolf Matthias Friedrich
Air: "Honour arms scorn such a foe"
Recitative: "Cam'st thou for this"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Michael Slattery, William Berger, Franziska Gottwald, North German Radio Chorus, Sophie Daneman
Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Here lies the proof"
Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald
Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thomas Cooley, William Berger, Michael Slattery, Sophie Daneman, North German Radio Chorus, 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, NDR Chor, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman
Recitative: "More trouble is behind"
Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Air: "Presuming slave, to move their wrath!"
Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"
Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Chorus: "With thunder arm'd, great God, arise!"
Recitative: "Be of good courage"
Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan
Air: "Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed"
Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Air: "With might endued above the sons of men"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thomas Cooley, Michael Slattery, North German Radio Chorus, Sophie Daneman, William Berger
Air: "The Holy One of Israel" - Chorus: "To fame im- mortal go"
Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Air and Chorus: "Great Dagon has subdued our foe"
Recitative: "What noise of joy was that?"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Your hopes of his deliv'ry"
Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Recitative: "Noise call you this?"
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan
Recitative: "Where shall I run"
Franziska Gottwald, Michael Slattery, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
Air: "Ye sons of Irael, now lament" - Chorus: "Weep, Israel, weep"
Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Franziska Gottwald, 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"
Production
- Bernhard GüttlerProducer
- Christian FeldgenEngineer
- Bernhard GüttlerMixing Engineer, Editing Engineer
- Sarah HölscherAssistant Engineer
- 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