‎Handel: Samson, HWV 57 by NDR Chor

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)

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

1:56

Air: "Ye men of Gaza"

Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:06

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

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, 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, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:51

Air: "Oh mirror of our fickle state!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

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, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:58

Chorus: "Oh first created beam!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor

3:24

Recitative: "Ye see, my friends"

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, 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"

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

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"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:34

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

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

0:13

Accomp: "My griefs for this"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

0:55

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley

4:46

Recitative: "There lies our hope!"

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

0:21

Chorus: "Then shall they know"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor

2:49

Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"

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

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, Nicholas McGegan, 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?"

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

2:27

Air: "With plaintive notes"

Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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"

Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:38

Duet: "My faith and truth"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman

5:22

To fleeting pleasures make your court

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

4:56

Recitative: "Ne'er think of that!"

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

1:20

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

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

1:54

Air: "It is not virtue"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:43

Recitative: "Favour'd of heaven is he"

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

0:23

Chorus: "To man God's universal law"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor

2:28

Recitative: "No words of peace"

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

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

0:49

Chorus: "Hear, Jacob's God"

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

3:18

Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"

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

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

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

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

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

1:22

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan

1:54

Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"

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

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, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald

1:58

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan

4:33

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

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

0:28

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

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

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, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery, NDR Chor

3:38

Recitative: "What noise of joy was that?"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

0:52

Air: "How willing my paternal love"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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?"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

0:38

Recitative: "Where shall I run"

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

2:36

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

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

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"

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

5:05

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:32

Air: "Let the bright Seraphim"

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

6:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
NDR Chor

Bass, Choir
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Orchestra, Ensemble
Michael Slattery

Tenor
Sophie Daneman

Soprano

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

NDR Chor

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Michael Slattery

Sophie Daneman

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57

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