‎Handel: Samson, HWV 57 by Thomas Cooley

Symphony

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:30

Menuet

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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)

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

1:56

Air: "Ye men of Gaza"

Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

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"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery

3:27

Recitative: "Why by an angel"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

0:34

Air: "Torments, alas!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

4:42

Recitative: "Oh change beyond report"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

0:51

Air: "Oh mirror of our fickle state!"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

3:13

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

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

1:20

Air: "Total eclipse!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley

3:58

Chorus: "Oh first created beam!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, 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"

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

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"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:34

Recitative: "Justly these evils have befall'n thy son"

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

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!"

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

0:21

Chorus: "Then shall they know"

Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:49

Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"

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

1:58

Chorus: "Then round about the starry throne"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

2:33

Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"

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

0:58

Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"

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

8:40

Recitative: "But who is this?"

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

2:27

Air: "With plaintive notes"

Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:35

Recitative: "Forgive what's done"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan

0:38

Duet: "My faith and truth"

Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

5:22

To fleeting pleasures make your court

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, 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!"

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

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

0:23

Chorus: "To man God's universal law"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

2:28

Recitative: "No words of peace"

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

1:43

Air: "Honour arms scorn such a foe"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich

5:13

Recitative: "Cam'st thou for this"

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

0:29

Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"

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

2:17

Recitative: "Here lies the proof"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

0:49

Chorus: "Hear, Jacob's God"

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:18

Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"

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

0:13

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

Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

1:56

Fix’d in his everlasting seat

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

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

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

1:22

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

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich

1:54

Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"

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

0:46

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

2:45

Recitative: "Be of good courage"

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

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

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"

Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:34

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

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

3:38

Recitative: "What noise of joy was that?"

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

1:52

Recitative: "Noise call you this?"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

0:38

Recitative: "Where shall I run"

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

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, 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, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman

6:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Nicholas McGegan

Conductor
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Orchestra, Ensemble
Michael Slattery

Tenor
Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Bass

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Michael Slattery

Wolf Matthias Friedrich

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57

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