‎Handel: Samson, HWV 57 by Sophie Daneman

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, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

1:56

Air: "Ye men of Gaza"

Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:27

Recitative: "Why by an angel"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

0:34

Air: "Torments, alas!"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:42

Recitative: "Oh change beyond report"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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"

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

1:20

Air: "Total eclipse!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley

3:58

Chorus: "Oh first created beam!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

3:24

Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"

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

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

0:14

Air: "God of our fathers"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery

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

0:13

Accomp: "My griefs for this"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, 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!"

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

0:21

Chorus: "Then shall they know"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

2:49

Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"

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

1:58

Chorus: "Then round about the starry throne"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor

2:33

Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"

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

0:58

Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"

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

8:40

Recitative: "But who is this?"

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

2:27

Air: "With plaintive notes"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman

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, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley

2:35

Recitative: "Forgive what's done"

Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:38

Duet: "My faith and truth"

Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

5:22

To fleeting pleasures make your court

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

4:56

Recitative: "Ne'er think of that!"

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

1:20

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

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

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

0:23

Chorus: "To man God's universal law"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

2:28

Recitative: "No words of peace"

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

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"

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

0:29

Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"

Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, 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, Sophie Daneman, William Berger, Thomas Cooley, Michael Slattery, Franziska Gottwald

0:13

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

1:56

Fix’d in his everlasting seat

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

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

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

1:22

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan

1:54

Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"

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

0:46

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

2:45

Recitative: "Be of good courage"

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

1:58

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

Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

4:33

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

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

0:28

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

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

2:16

Recitative: "Old Manoa"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan

0:34

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

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

3:38

Recitative: "What noise of joy was that?"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:52

Air: "How willing my paternal love"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:46

Recitative: "Your hopes of his deliv'ry"

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

1:52

Recitative: "Noise call you this?"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan

0:38

Recitative: "Where shall I run"

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

2:36

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

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

3:42

Dead March

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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"

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

5:05

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:32

Air: "Let the bright Seraphim"

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

6:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Sophie Daneman

Soprano
Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Bass
NDR Chor

Bass, Choir
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Orchestra, Ensemble

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

Sophie Daneman

Wolf Matthias Friedrich

NDR Chor

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57

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