‎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)

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

1:56

Air: "Ye men of Gaza"

Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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"

Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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!"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

3:13

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

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

1:20

Air: "Total eclipse!"

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:58

Chorus: "Oh first created beam!"

Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:24

Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"

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

0:55

Recitative: "Brethren ond men of Dan"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

0:34

Recitative: "Oh miserable change!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:49

Recitative: "Oh ever failing trust"

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

0:14

Air: "God of our fathers"

Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:03

Recitative: "The good we wish for"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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"

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

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!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

0:21

Chorus: "Then shall they know"

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:49

Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"

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

1:58

Chorus: "Then round about the starry throne"

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:33

Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"

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

0:58

Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"

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

8:40

Recitative: "But who is this?"

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

2:27

Air: "With plaintive notes"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan

3:51

Recitative: "Did Love constrain thee?"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley

0:29

Air: "Your charms to ruin led the way"

Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:35

Recitative: "Forgive what's done"

Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:38

Duet: "My faith and truth"

Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

5:22

To fleeting pleasures make your court

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

4:56

Recitative: "Ne'er think of that!"

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

1:20

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

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

1:54

Air: "It is not virtue"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

2:43

Recitative: "Favour'd of heaven is he"

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

0:23

Chorus: "To man God's universal law"

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:28

Recitative: "No words of peace"

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

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"

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

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, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:49

Chorus: "Hear, Jacob's God"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

3:18

Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"

Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, Thomas Cooley, North German Radio Chorus, 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

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

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

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

1:22

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich

1:54

Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"

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

0:46

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

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:45

Recitative: "Be of good courage"

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

1:58

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

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:33

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

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

0:28

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

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

2:16

Recitative: "Old Manoa"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

0:34

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

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

3:38

Recitative: "What noise of joy was that?"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, 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"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, 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

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"

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, Sophie Daneman, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

6:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Nicholas McGegan

Conductor
Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Bass
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

Nicholas McGegan

Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Sophie Daneman

NDR Chor

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57

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