‎Handel: Samson, HWV 57 by Sophie Daneman

Symphony

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:30

Menuet

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:02

Recitative: "This day, a solemn feast"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley

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, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:06

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

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:27

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

Michael Slattery, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

3:27

Recitative: "Why by an angel"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

0:34

Air: "Torments, alas!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley

4:42

Recitative: "Oh change beyond report"

Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:51

Air: "Oh mirror of our fickle state!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

3:13

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

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

1:20

Air: "Total eclipse!"

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:58

Chorus: "Oh first created beam!"

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

3:24

Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"

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

0:55

Recitative: "Brethren ond men of Dan"

Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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

0:14

Air: "God of our fathers"

Michael Slattery, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, 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"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

4:34

Recitative: "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son"

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley

4:46

Recitative: "There lies our hope!"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:21

Chorus: "Then shall they know"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

2:49

Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"

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

1:58

Chorus: "Then round about the starry throne"

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:33

Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"

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

0:58

Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"

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

8:40

Recitative: "But who is this?"

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

2:27

Air: "With plaintive notes"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan

3:51

Recitative: "Did Love constrain thee?"

Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:29

Air: "Your charms to ruin led the way"

Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:35

Recitative: "Forgive what's done"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman

0:38

Duet: "My faith and truth"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan

5:22

To fleeting pleasures make your court

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

4:56

Recitative: "Ne'er think of that!"

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

1:20

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

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

1:54

Air: "It is not virtue"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan

2:43

Recitative: "Favour'd of heaven is he"

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

0:23

Chorus: "To man God's universal law"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

2:28

Recitative: "No words of peace"

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

1:43

Air: "Honour arms scorn such a foe"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich

5:13

Recitative: "Cam'st thou for this"

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

0:29

Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"

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

2:17

Recitative: "Here lies the proof"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

0:49

Chorus: "Hear, Jacob's God"

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:18

Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"

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

0:13

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

1:56

Fix’d in his everlasting seat

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

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

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

1:22

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

Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

1:54

Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"

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

0:46

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

2:45

Recitative: "Be of good courage"

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

1:58

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

4:33

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

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

0:28

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

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

2:16

Recitative: "Old Manoa"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

0:34

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

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

3:38

Recitative: "What noise of joy was that?"

Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:52

Air: "How willing my paternal love"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

3:46

Recitative: "Your hopes of his deliv'ry"

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

1:52

Recitative: "Noise call you this?"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

0:38

Recitative: "Where shall I run"

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

2:36

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

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

3:42

Dead March

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

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"

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

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
Sophie Daneman

Soprano
Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Bass
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Orchestra, Ensemble
Michael Slattery

Tenor

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

Sophie Daneman

Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Michael Slattery

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57

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