‎Handel: Samson, HWV 57 by Wolf Matthias Friedrich

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"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman

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"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery

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, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan

0:51

Air: "Oh mirror of our fickle state!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan

3:13

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

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

1:20

Air: "Total eclipse!"

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:58

Chorus: "Oh first created beam!"

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:24

Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"

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

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"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:34

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

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

0:13

Accomp: "My griefs for this"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley

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

0:21

Chorus: "Then shall they know"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor

2:49

Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, 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!"

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

0:58

Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"

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

8:40

Recitative: "But who is this?"

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

2:27

Air: "With plaintive notes"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman

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, 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"

Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

5:22

To fleeting pleasures make your court

Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman, NDR Chor, 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!"

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

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, William Berger, Michael Slattery, North German Radio Chorus, Franziska Gottwald, Sophie Daneman

0:23

Chorus: "To man God's universal law"

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:28

Recitative: "No words of peace"

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

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

0:29

Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"

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

2:17

Recitative: "Here lies the proof"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

0:49

Chorus: "Hear, Jacob's God"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

3:18

Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"

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

0:13

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

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

1:56

Fix’d in his everlasting seat

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

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

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

1:22

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan

1:54

Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"

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

0:46

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

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:45

Recitative: "Be of good courage"

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

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"

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

0:28

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

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

2:16

Recitative: "Old Manoa"

Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:34

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

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

3:38

Recitative: "What noise of joy was that?"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan

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?"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:38

Recitative: "Where shall I run"

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

2:36

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

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

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, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

6:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Bass
Sophie Daneman

Soprano
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

Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Sophie Daneman

NDR Chor

Nicholas McGegan

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57

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