‎Handel: Samson, HWV 57 by Thomas Cooley

Symphony

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:30

Menuet

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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)

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

1:56

Air: "Ye men of Gaza"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, 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"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery

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!"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

3:13

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

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

1:20

Air: "Total eclipse!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

3:58

Chorus: "Oh first created beam!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

3:24

Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"

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

0:55

Recitative: "Brethren ond men of Dan"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

0:34

Recitative: "Oh miserable change!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:49

Recitative: "Oh ever failing trust"

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

0:14

Air: "God of our fathers"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, 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, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Sophie Daneman, Franziska Gottwald, William Berger, Michael Slattery, 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?"

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:46

Recitative: "There lies our hope!"

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

0:21

Chorus: "Then shall they know"

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:49

Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"

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

1:58

Chorus: "Then round about the starry throne"

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:33

Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"

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

0:58

Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"

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

8:40

Recitative: "But who is this?"

Thomas Cooley, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, 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?"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley

0:29

Air: "Your charms to ruin led the way"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:35

Recitative: "Forgive what's done"

Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:38

Duet: "My faith and truth"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan

5:22

To fleeting pleasures make your court

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

4:56

Recitative: "Ne'er think of that!"

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

1:20

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

Thomas Cooley, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, 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"

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

0:23

Chorus: "To man God's universal law"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

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"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich

5:13

Recitative: "Cam'st thou for this"

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

0:29

Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"

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

2:17

Recitative: "Here lies the proof"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:49

Chorus: "Hear, Jacob's God"

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:18

Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"

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

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

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

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

1:22

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

Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

1:54

Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"

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

0:46

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

2:45

Recitative: "Be of good courage"

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

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"

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

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"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:34

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

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

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"

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

1:52

Recitative: "Noise call you this?"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

0:38

Recitative: "Where shall I run"

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

2:36

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

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

3:42

Dead March

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:42

Recitative: "The body comes"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

0:57

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

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

5:05

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

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:32

Air: "Let the bright Seraphim"

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

6:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Bass
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Orchestra, Ensemble
Michael Slattery

Tenor
William Berger

Bass

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

Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Michael Slattery

William Berger

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57

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