‎Handel: Samson, HWV 57 by Thomas Cooley

Symphony

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:30

Menuet

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:02

Recitative: "This day, a solemn feast"

Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:34

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

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

0:27

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

Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:27

Recitative: "Why by an angel"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

0:34

Air: "Torments, alas!"

Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

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"

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

1:20

Air: "Total eclipse!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

3:58

Chorus: "Oh first created beam!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor

3:24

Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"

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

0:55

Recitative: "Brethren ond men of Dan"

Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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

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

0:13

Accomp: "My griefs for this"

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:55

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

4:46

Recitative: "There lies our hope!"

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

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, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

1:58

Chorus: "Then round about the starry throne"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor

2:33

Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"

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

0:58

Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"

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

8:40

Recitative: "But who is this?"

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

2:27

Air: "With plaintive notes"

Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, 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"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

2:35

Recitative: "Forgive what's done"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan

0:38

Duet: "My faith and truth"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman

5:22

To fleeting pleasures make your court

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

4:56

Recitative: "Ne'er think of that!"

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

1:20

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

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

1:54

Air: "It is not virtue"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, 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, Franziska Gottwald, North German Radio Chorus, Sophie Daneman

0:23

Chorus: "To man God's universal law"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

2:28

Recitative: "No words of peace"

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

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

0:29

Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"

Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, 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"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor

3:18

Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"

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

0:13

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

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor

1:56

Fix’d in his everlasting seat

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

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

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

1:22

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan

1:54

Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"

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

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

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"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

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, Nicholas McGegan, 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, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

1:52

Recitative: "Noise call you this?"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:38

Recitative: "Where shall I run"

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

2:36

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

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

3:42

Dead March

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

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"

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

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
Nicholas McGegan

Conductor
Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Bass
William Berger

Bass
Sophie Daneman

Soprano

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

Nicholas McGegan

Wolf Matthias Friedrich

William Berger

Sophie Daneman

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57

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