‎Handel: Samson, HWV 57 by Sophie Daneman

Symphony

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

4:30

Menuet

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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)

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

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"

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!"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:42

Recitative: "Oh change beyond report"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

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, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald

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"

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

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"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:34

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

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

0:13

Accomp: "My griefs for this"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

0:55

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

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

4:46

Recitative: "There lies our hope!"

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

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, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, 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!"

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

0:58

Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"

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

8:40

Recitative: "But who is this?"

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

2:27

Air: "With plaintive notes"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman

3:51

Recitative: "Did Love constrain thee?"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley

0:29

Air: "Your charms to ruin led the way"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley

2:35

Recitative: "Forgive what's done"

Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:38

Duet: "My faith and truth"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman

5:22

To fleeting pleasures make your court

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

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!"

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

1:54

Air: "It is not virtue"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

2:43

Recitative: "Favour'd of heaven is he"

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

0:23

Chorus: "To man God's universal law"

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:28

Recitative: "No words of peace"

Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald, 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"

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

0:29

Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"

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

2:17

Recitative: "Here lies the proof"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:49

Chorus: "Hear, Jacob's God"

Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:18

Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"

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

0:13

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

Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

1:56

Fix’d in his everlasting seat

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

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, 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"

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

0:46

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

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor

2:45

Recitative: "Be of good courage"

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

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"

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

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

3:38

Recitative: "What noise of joy was that?"

Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:52

Air: "How willing my paternal love"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:46

Recitative: "Your hopes of his deliv'ry"

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

1:52

Recitative: "Noise call you this?"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:38

Recitative: "Where shall I run"

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

2:36

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

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

3:42

Dead March

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:42

Recitative: "The body comes"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:57

Solo and Chorus: "Glorious hero" - Accompagnato: "The virgins too shall" - Chorus: "Bring the laurels" - Solo: "May ev'ry hero"

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

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, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Sophie Daneman

6:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sophie Daneman

Soprano
Nicholas McGegan

Conductor
NDR Chor

Bass, Choir
Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Bass

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

Nicholas McGegan

NDR Chor

Wolf Matthias Friedrich

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57

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