‎Handel: Samson, HWV 57 by Sophie Daneman

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)

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

1:56

Air: "Ye men of Gaza"

Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:06

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

0:27

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery, Nicholas McGegan

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"

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

1:20

Air: "Total eclipse!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley

3:58

Chorus: "Oh first created beam!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

3:24

Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"

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

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"

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

0:14

Air: "God of our fathers"

Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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"

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

0:13

Accomp: "My griefs for this"

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:55

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

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:46

Recitative: "There lies our hope!"

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

0:21

Chorus: "Then shall they know"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor

2:49

Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"

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

1:58

Chorus: "Then round about the starry throne"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor

2:33

Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"

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

0:58

Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"

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

8:40

Recitative: "But who is this?"

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

2:27

Air: "With plaintive notes"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan

3:51

Recitative: "Did Love constrain thee?"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

0:29

Air: "Your charms to ruin led the way"

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:35

Recitative: "Forgive what's done"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan

0:38

Duet: "My faith and truth"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman

5:22

To fleeting pleasures make your court

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

4:56

Recitative: "Ne'er think of that!"

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

1:20

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

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

1:54

Air: "It is not virtue"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

2:43

Recitative: "Favour'd of heaven is he"

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

0:23

Chorus: "To man God's universal law"

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:28

Recitative: "No words of peace"

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

1:43

Air: "Honour arms scorn such a foe"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan

5:13

Recitative: "Cam'st thou for this"

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

0:29

Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"

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

2:17

Recitative: "Here lies the proof"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:49

Chorus: "Hear, Jacob's God"

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

3:18

Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"

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

0:13

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

1:56

Fix’d in his everlasting seat

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

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

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

1:22

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan

1:54

Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"

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

0:46

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

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:45

Recitative: "Be of good courage"

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

1:58

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

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

4:33

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

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

0:28

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

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

2:16

Recitative: "Old Manoa"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:34

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

Michael Slattery, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, 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"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

3:46

Recitative: "Your hopes of his deliv'ry"

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

1:52

Recitative: "Noise call you this?"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan

0:38

Recitative: "Where shall I run"

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

2:36

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

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

3:42

Dead March

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:42

Recitative: "The body comes"

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

5:05

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

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:32

Air: "Let the bright Seraphim"

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

6:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sophie Daneman

Soprano
William Berger

Bass
NDR Chor

Bass, Choir
Nicholas McGegan

Conductor

Bernhard Güttler

Producer
Christian Feldgen

Engineer
Bernhard Güttler

Mixing Engineer, Editing Engineer
Sarah Hölscher

Assistant 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

William Berger

NDR Chor

Nicholas McGegan

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