‎Handel: Samson, HWV 57 by Thomas Cooley

Symphony

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

4:30

Menuet

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:02

Recitative: "This day, a solemn feast"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

0:34

Chorus: "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!" (I)

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

1:56

Air: "Ye men of Gaza"

Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

4:06

Chorus: "Awake the trumpet's lofty sound!" (II)

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

0:27

Air: "Loud as the thunder's awful voice"

Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:27

Recitative: "Why by an angel"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

0:34

Air: "Torments, alas!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

4:42

Recitative: "Oh change beyond report"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

0:51

Air: "Oh mirror of our fickle state!"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:13

Recitative: "Whom have I to complain of but myself"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

1:20

Air: "Total eclipse!"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:58

Chorus: "Oh first created beam!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

3:24

Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"

Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

0:55

Recitative: "Brethren ond men of Dan"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

0:34

Recitative: "Oh miserable change!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:49

Recitative: "Oh ever failing trust"

Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, William Berger, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, North German Radio Chorus

0:14

Air: "God of our fathers"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery, Nicholas McGegan

3:03

Recitative: "The good we wish for"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

1:07

Air: "Thy glorious deeds inspir'd my tongue"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:34

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, Michael Slattery, Sophie Daneman, Franziska Gottwald

0:13

Accomp: "My griefs for this"

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:55

Air: "Why does the God of Israel sleep?"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

4:46

Recitative: "There lies our hope!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Sophie Daneman, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Michael Slattery, North German Radio Chorus, William Berger

0:21

Chorus: "Then shall they know"

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:49

Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

1:58

Chorus: "Then round about the starry throne"

Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:33

Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

0:58

Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Franziska Gottwald

8:40

Recitative: "But who is this?"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman

2:27

Air: "With plaintive notes"

Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:51

Recitative: "Did Love constrain thee?"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:29

Air: "Your charms to ruin led the way"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:35

Recitative: "Forgive what's done"

Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:38

Duet: "My faith and truth"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan

5:22

To fleeting pleasures make your court

NDR Chor, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:56

Recitative: "Ne'er think of that!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley

1:20

Duet: "Traitor to love!" - Recitative: "She's gone!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Sophie Daneman

1:54

Air: "It is not virtue"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

2:43

Recitative: "Favour'd of heaven is he"

Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, William Berger, Sophie Daneman, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Michael Slattery, North German Radio Chorus, Franziska Gottwald

0:23

Chorus: "To man God's universal law"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor

2:28

Recitative: "No words of peace"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Wolf Matthias Friedrich

1:43

Air: "Honour arms scorn such a foe"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich

5:13

Recitative: "Cam'st thou for this"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Sophie Daneman, North German Radio Chorus, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald, William Berger

0:29

Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich

2:17

Recitative: "Here lies the proof"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:49

Chorus: "Hear, Jacob's God"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

3:18

Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"

Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, North German Radio Chorus, Thomas Cooley, William Berger, Michael Slattery, Sophie Daneman, Franziska Gottwald

0:13

Chorus: "To song and dance we give the day"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor

1:56

Fix’d in his everlasting seat

Sophie Daneman, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

1:22

Air: "Presuming slave, to move their wrath!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich

1:54

Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

0:46

Chorus: "With thunder arm'd, great God, arise!"

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:45

Recitative: "Be of good courage"

Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Franziska Gottwald

1:58

Air: "Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:33

Air: "With might endued above the sons of men"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, William Berger, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Sophie Daneman, Michael Slattery, North German Radio Chorus

0:28

Air: "The Holy One of Israel" - Chorus: "To fame im- mortal go"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

2:16

Recitative: "Old Manoa"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan

0:34

Air and Chorus: "Great Dagon has subdued our foe"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

3:38

Recitative: "What noise of joy was that?"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

0:52

Air: "How willing my paternal love"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:46

Recitative: "Your hopes of his deliv'ry"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor

1:52

Recitative: "Noise call you this?"

Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:38

Recitative: "Where shall I run"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

2:36

Air: "Ye sons of Irael, now lament" - Chorus: "Weep, Israel, weep"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, NDR Chor

3:42

Dead March

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:42

Recitative: "The body comes"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

0:57

Solo and Chorus: "Glorious hero" - Accompagnato: "The virgins too shall" - Chorus: "Bring the laurels" - Solo: "May ev'ry hero"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman

5:05

Recitative: "Come, come! No time for lamentation now"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:32

Air: "Let the bright Seraphim"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

6:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Orchestra, Ensemble
Michael Slattery

Tenor
Sophie Daneman

Soprano
William Berger

Bass

Bernhard Güttler

Producer
Bernhard Güttler

Mixing Engineer, Editing Engineer
Sarah Hölscher

Assistant Engineer
Christian Feldgen

Engineer
Ryan Bates

Photography
Marcus Krüger

Photography
Michael Schilhansl

Photography
Christoph Wetzel

Cover Art
Sandra Lousada

Photography
Jan Gutzeit

Photography
Randi Beach

Photography
Stefan Schweiger

Photography
Dorothea Schroeder

Liner Notes
Ed. W. Hansen

Booklet Editor
Peter Hurley

Photography
Dorothea Heise

Photography

Handel: Samson, HWV 57

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George Frideric Handel

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Michael Slattery

Sophie Daneman

William Berger

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