‎Handel: Samson, HWV 57 by Nicholas McGegan

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, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:06

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

0:27

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

Michael Slattery, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

3:27

Recitative: "Why by an angel"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:34

Air: "Torments, alas!"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:42

Recitative: "Oh change beyond report"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan

0:51

Air: "Oh mirror of our fickle state!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

3:13

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

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

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"

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

0:14

Air: "God of our fathers"

Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery, 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"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

0:13

Accomp: "My griefs for this"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:55

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

Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

4:46

Recitative: "There lies our hope!"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:21

Chorus: "Then shall they know"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor

2:49

Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"

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

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, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

0:58

Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"

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

8:40

Recitative: "But who is this?"

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

2:27

Air: "With plaintive notes"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman

3:51

Recitative: "Did Love constrain thee?"

Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

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

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

4:56

Recitative: "Ne'er think of that!"

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

1:20

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

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

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

0:23

Chorus: "To man God's universal law"

Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:28

Recitative: "No words of peace"

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

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"

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

0:29

Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, 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!"

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

0:13

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

1:56

Fix’d in his everlasting seat

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

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

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

1:22

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

Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

1:54

Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"

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

0:46

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

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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

0:28

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

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

2:16

Recitative: "Old Manoa"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

0:34

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

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

3:38

Recitative: "What noise of joy was that?"

Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:52

Air: "How willing my paternal love"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

3:46

Recitative: "Your hopes of his deliv'ry"

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

1:52

Recitative: "Noise call you this?"

Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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"

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

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"

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

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, Sophie Daneman, NDR Chor

6:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Nicholas McGegan

Conductor
William Berger

Bass
Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Bass
NDR Chor

Bass, Choir

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

William Berger

Wolf Matthias Friedrich

NDR Chor

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