‎Handel: Samson, HWV 57 by Thomas Cooley

Symphony

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

4:30

Menuet

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:02

Recitative: "This day, a solemn feast"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:34

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

Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

1:56

Air: "Ye men of Gaza"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman

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"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery

3:27

Recitative: "Why by an angel"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

0:34

Air: "Torments, alas!"

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:42

Recitative: "Oh change beyond report"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan

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, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

1:20

Air: "Total eclipse!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

3:58

Chorus: "Oh first created beam!"

Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:24

Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"

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

0:55

Recitative: "Brethren ond men of Dan"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:34

Recitative: "Oh miserable change!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:49

Recitative: "Oh ever failing trust"

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

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"

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

0:13

Accomp: "My griefs for this"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

0:55

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

4:46

Recitative: "There lies our hope!"

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

0:21

Chorus: "Then shall they know"

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:49

Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"

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

1:58

Chorus: "Then round about the starry throne"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

2:33

Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"

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

0:58

Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"

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

8:40

Recitative: "But who is this?"

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

2:27

Air: "With plaintive notes"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman

3:51

Recitative: "Did Love constrain thee?"

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:29

Air: "Your charms to ruin led the way"

Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:35

Recitative: "Forgive what's done"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman

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, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

4:56

Recitative: "Ne'er think of that!"

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

1:20

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

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

1:54

Air: "It is not virtue"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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, William Berger, Michael Slattery, Sophie Daneman

0:23

Chorus: "To man God's universal law"

Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:28

Recitative: "No words of peace"

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

1:43

Air: "Honour arms scorn such a foe"

Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

5:13

Recitative: "Cam'st thou for this"

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

0:29

Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"

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

2:17

Recitative: "Here lies the proof"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

0:49

Chorus: "Hear, Jacob's God"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor

3:18

Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"

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

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

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

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

1:22

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich

1:54

Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"

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

0:46

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

2:45

Recitative: "Be of good courage"

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

1:58

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley

4:33

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

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

0:28

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

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

2:16

Recitative: "Old Manoa"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, 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?"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

0:38

Recitative: "Where shall I run"

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

2:36

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

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

3:42

Dead March

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:42

Recitative: "The body comes"

Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:32

Air: "Let the bright Seraphim"

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

6:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sophie Daneman

Soprano
Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Bass
NDR Chor

Bass, Choir
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

Sophie Daneman

Wolf Matthias Friedrich

NDR Chor

William Berger

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