‎Handel: Samson, HWV 57 by Thomas Cooley

Symphony

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

4:30

Menuet

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:02

Recitative: "This day, a solemn feast"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley

0:34

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

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor

1:56

Air: "Ye men of Gaza"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman

4:06

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

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:27

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery

3:27

Recitative: "Why by an angel"

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, 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, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

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, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, 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"

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

0:55

Recitative: "Brethren ond men of Dan"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

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

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"

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, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Sophie Daneman, 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?"

Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

4:46

Recitative: "There lies our hope!"

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

0:21

Chorus: "Then shall they know"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

2:49

Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"

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

1:58

Chorus: "Then round about the starry throne"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

2:33

Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"

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

0:58

Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"

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

8:40

Recitative: "But who is this?"

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

2:27

Air: "With plaintive notes"

Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

3:51

Recitative: "Did Love constrain thee?"

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, 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, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman

0:38

Duet: "My faith and truth"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman

5:22

To fleeting pleasures make your court

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

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, Sophie Daneman, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

1:54

Air: "It is not virtue"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:43

Recitative: "Favour'd of heaven is he"

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

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, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

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

0:29

Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"

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

2:17

Recitative: "Here lies the proof"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, 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, Sophie Daneman, Franziska Gottwald, William Berger, Michael Slattery, 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

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

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

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

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

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, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Thomas Cooley

1:58

Air: "Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

4:33

Air: "With might endued above the sons of men"

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

0:28

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

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

2:16

Recitative: "Old Manoa"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, 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?"

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, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

1:52

Recitative: "Noise call you this?"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

0:38

Recitative: "Where shall I run"

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

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"

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, Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

6:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Bass
William Berger

Bass
Nicholas McGegan

Conductor
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

Wolf Matthias Friedrich

William Berger

Nicholas McGegan

Sophie Daneman

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