‎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"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

0:34

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

Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

1:56

Air: "Ye men of Gaza"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan

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!"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:42

Recitative: "Oh change beyond report"

Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley

1:20

Air: "Total eclipse!"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:58

Chorus: "Oh first created beam!"

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

3:24

Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"

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

0:55

Recitative: "Brethren ond men of Dan"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan

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

0:14

Air: "God of our fathers"

Michael Slattery, Nicholas McGegan, 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, Sophie Daneman, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald, William Berger, 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, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:46

Recitative: "There lies our hope!"

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

0:21

Chorus: "Then shall they know"

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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"

Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:33

Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"

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

0:58

Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"

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

8:40

Recitative: "But who is this?"

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

2:27

Air: "With plaintive notes"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman

3:51

Recitative: "Did Love constrain thee?"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:29

Air: "Your charms to ruin led the way"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

2:35

Recitative: "Forgive what's done"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman

0:38

Duet: "My faith and truth"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman

5:22

To fleeting pleasures make your court

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

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!"

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

1:54

Air: "It is not virtue"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan

2:43

Recitative: "Favour'd of heaven is he"

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

0:23

Chorus: "To man God's universal law"

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:28

Recitative: "No words of peace"

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

1:43

Air: "Honour arms scorn such a foe"

Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

5:13

Recitative: "Cam'st thou for this"

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

0:29

Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"

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

2:17

Recitative: "Here lies the proof"

Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:49

Chorus: "Hear, Jacob's God"

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

3:18

Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"

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

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

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

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

1:22

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

Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

1:54

Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"

Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, 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"

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

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"

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

0:28

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

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

2:16

Recitative: "Old Manoa"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

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"

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"

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

2:36

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

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

3:42

Dead March

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:42

Recitative: "The body comes"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

0:57

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

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

5:05

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:32

Air: "Let the bright Seraphim"

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

6:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Orchestra, Ensemble
Michael Slattery

Tenor
Sophie Daneman

Soprano
Nicholas McGegan

Conductor

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Michael Slattery

Sophie Daneman

Nicholas McGegan

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57

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