‎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"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

0:34

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

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"

Michael Slattery, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

3:27

Recitative: "Why by an angel"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley

0:34

Air: "Torments, alas!"

Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

4:42

Recitative: "Oh change beyond report"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

0:51

Air: "Oh mirror of our fickle state!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

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!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

3:58

Chorus: "Oh first created beam!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor

3:24

Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"

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

0:55

Recitative: "Brethren ond men of Dan"

Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:34

Recitative: "Oh miserable change!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:49

Recitative: "Oh ever failing trust"

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

0:14

Air: "God of our fathers"

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

0:13

Accomp: "My griefs for this"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

0:55

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

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:46

Recitative: "There lies our hope!"

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

0:21

Chorus: "Then shall they know"

Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:49

Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"

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

1:58

Chorus: "Then round about the starry throne"

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:33

Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"

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

0:58

Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"

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

8:40

Recitative: "But who is this?"

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

2:27

Air: "With plaintive notes"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan

3:51

Recitative: "Did Love constrain thee?"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

0:29

Air: "Your charms to ruin led the way"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

2:35

Recitative: "Forgive what's done"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman

0:38

Duet: "My faith and truth"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan

5:22

To fleeting pleasures make your court

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

4:56

Recitative: "Ne'er think of that!"

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

1:20

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

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

1:54

Air: "It is not virtue"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan

2:43

Recitative: "Favour'd of heaven is he"

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

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

1:43

Air: "Honour arms scorn such a foe"

Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

5:13

Recitative: "Cam'st thou for this"

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

0:29

Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"

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

2:17

Recitative: "Here lies the proof"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:49

Chorus: "Hear, Jacob's God"

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:18

Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"

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

0:13

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

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

1:56

Fix’d in his everlasting seat

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

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

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

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, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:46

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

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:45

Recitative: "Be of good courage"

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

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"

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

0:28

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

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

2:16

Recitative: "Old Manoa"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan

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?"

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"

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

1:52

Recitative: "Noise call you this?"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

0:38

Recitative: "Where shall I run"

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

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"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, 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, 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"

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

6:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
William Berger

Bass
Nicholas McGegan

Conductor
Sophie Daneman

Soprano
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

William Berger

Nicholas McGegan

Sophie Daneman

NDR Chor

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