‎Handel: Samson, HWV 57 by Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Symphony

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

4:30

Menuet

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:02

Recitative: "This day, a solemn feast"

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, 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"

Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

4:06

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

Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:27

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

Michael Slattery, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:27

Recitative: "Why by an angel"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

0:34

Air: "Torments, alas!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

4:42

Recitative: "Oh change beyond report"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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"

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

1:20

Air: "Total eclipse!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley

3:58

Chorus: "Oh first created beam!"

Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:24

Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"

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

0:55

Recitative: "Brethren ond men of Dan"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan

0:34

Recitative: "Oh miserable change!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:49

Recitative: "Oh ever failing trust"

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

0:14

Air: "God of our fathers"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery

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"

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

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

0:21

Chorus: "Then shall they know"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

2:49

Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"

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

1:58

Chorus: "Then round about the starry throne"

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:33

Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"

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

0:58

Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"

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

8:40

Recitative: "But who is this?"

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

2:27

Air: "With plaintive notes"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan

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, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:35

Recitative: "Forgive what's done"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman

0:38

Duet: "My faith and truth"

Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

5:22

To fleeting pleasures make your court

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

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!"

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

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

0:23

Chorus: "To man God's universal law"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

2:28

Recitative: "No words of peace"

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

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"

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

0:29

Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, 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!"

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

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

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

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

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

1:22

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

Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:45

Recitative: "Be of good courage"

Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, 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"

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

0:28

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

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

2:16

Recitative: "Old Manoa"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

0:34

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

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

3:38

Recitative: "What noise of joy was that?"

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

1:52

Recitative: "Noise call you this?"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

0:38

Recitative: "Where shall I run"

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

2:36

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

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

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"

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman, 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"

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

6:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Orchestra, Ensemble
Michael Slattery

Tenor
NDR Chor

Bass, Choir
Sophie Daneman

Soprano

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Michael Slattery

NDR Chor

Sophie Daneman

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57

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