‎Handel: Samson, HWV 57 by Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Symphony

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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)

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:27

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

Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:27

Recitative: "Why by an angel"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

0:34

Air: "Torments, alas!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

4:42

Recitative: "Oh change beyond report"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

0:51

Air: "Oh mirror of our fickle state!"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

3:13

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

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

1:20

Air: "Total eclipse!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

3:58

Chorus: "Oh first created beam!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor

3:24

Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"

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

0:55

Recitative: "Brethren ond men of Dan"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:34

Recitative: "Oh miserable change!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:49

Recitative: "Oh ever failing trust"

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

0:14

Air: "God of our fathers"

Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:03

Recitative: "The good we wish for"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

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

0:13

Accomp: "My griefs for this"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

0:55

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley

4:46

Recitative: "There lies our hope!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

0:21

Chorus: "Then shall they know"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

2:49

Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"

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

1:58

Chorus: "Then round about the starry throne"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

2:33

Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"

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

0:58

Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"

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

8:40

Recitative: "But who is this?"

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

2:27

Air: "With plaintive notes"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman

3:51

Recitative: "Did Love constrain thee?"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:29

Air: "Your charms to ruin led the way"

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:35

Recitative: "Forgive what's done"

Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:38

Duet: "My faith and truth"

Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

5:22

To fleeting pleasures make your court

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

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!"

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

1:54

Air: "It is not virtue"

Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:43

Recitative: "Favour'd of heaven is he"

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

0:23

Chorus: "To man God's universal law"

Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:28

Recitative: "No words of peace"

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

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"

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

0:29

Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"

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

2:17

Recitative: "Here lies the proof"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

0:49

Chorus: "Hear, Jacob's God"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

3:18

Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"

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

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

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

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

1:22

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

Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

1:54

Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"

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

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

1:58

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

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:33

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

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

0:28

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

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, 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"

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

3:38

Recitative: "What noise of joy was that?"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:52

Air: "How willing my paternal love"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:46

Recitative: "Your hopes of his deliv'ry"

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

1:52

Recitative: "Noise call you this?"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

0:38

Recitative: "Where shall I run"

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

2:36

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

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

3:42

Dead March

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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"

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

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, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman

6:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Orchestra, Ensemble
Michael Slattery

Tenor
Sophie Daneman

Soprano
Nicholas McGegan

Conductor

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

Nicholas McGegan

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57

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