‎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"

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, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:27

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

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery

3:27

Recitative: "Why by an angel"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

0:34

Air: "Torments, alas!"

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:42

Recitative: "Oh change beyond report"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:51

Air: "Oh mirror of our fickle state!"

Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:13

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

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

1:20

Air: "Total eclipse!"

Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

3:58

Chorus: "Oh first created beam!"

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:24

Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"

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

0:55

Recitative: "Brethren ond men of Dan"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan

0:34

Recitative: "Oh miserable change!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:49

Recitative: "Oh ever failing trust"

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

0:14

Air: "God of our fathers"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery, Nicholas McGegan

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

0:13

Accomp: "My griefs for this"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

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

0:21

Chorus: "Then shall they know"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

2:49

Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"

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

1:58

Chorus: "Then round about the starry throne"

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:33

Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"

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

0:58

Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"

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

8:40

Recitative: "But who is this?"

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

2:27

Air: "With plaintive notes"

Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

3:51

Recitative: "Did Love constrain thee?"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

0:29

Air: "Your charms to ruin led the way"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

2:35

Recitative: "Forgive what's done"

Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, 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

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

4:56

Recitative: "Ne'er think of that!"

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

1:20

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

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

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

0:23

Chorus: "To man God's universal law"

Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:28

Recitative: "No words of peace"

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

1:43

Air: "Honour arms scorn such a foe"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich

5:13

Recitative: "Cam'st thou for this"

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

0:29

Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"

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

2:17

Recitative: "Here lies the proof"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

0:49

Chorus: "Hear, Jacob's God"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

3:18

Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"

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

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

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

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

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

1:22

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

Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

1:54

Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, 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"

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

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"

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

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, Michael Slattery, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:38

Recitative: "What noise of joy was that?"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan

0:52

Air: "How willing my paternal love"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

3:46

Recitative: "Your hopes of his deliv'ry"

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

1:52

Recitative: "Noise call you this?"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:38

Recitative: "Where shall I run"

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

2:36

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

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

3:42

Dead March

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:42

Recitative: "The body comes"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan

0:57

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

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

5:05

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

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:32

Air: "Let the bright Seraphim"

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

6:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
William Berger

Bass
Sophie Daneman

Soprano
NDR Chor

Bass, Choir
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

William Berger

Sophie Daneman

NDR Chor

Nicholas McGegan

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57

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