‎Handel: Samson, HWV 57 by Nicholas McGegan

Symphony

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

4:30

Menuet

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:02

Recitative: "This day, a solemn feast"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:34

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

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, 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)

Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:27

Air: "Loud as the thunder's awful voice"

Michael Slattery, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:27

Recitative: "Why by an angel"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:34

Air: "Torments, alas!"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

4:42

Recitative: "Oh change beyond report"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:51

Air: "Oh mirror of our fickle state!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan

3:13

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

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

1:20

Air: "Total eclipse!"

Thomas Cooley, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:58

Chorus: "Oh first created beam!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, 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"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:34

Recitative: "Oh miserable change!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:49

Recitative: "Oh ever failing trust"

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

0:14

Air: "God of our fathers"

Michael Slattery, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, 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"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

4:34

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

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

0:13

Accomp: "My griefs for this"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley

0:55

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

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

4:46

Recitative: "There lies our hope!"

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

0:21

Chorus: "Then shall they know"

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

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"

NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:33

Recitative: "Trust yet in God!"

Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, 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?"

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

2:27

Air: "With plaintive notes"

Sophie Daneman, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

3:51

Recitative: "Did Love constrain thee?"

Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

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"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan

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!"

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

0:23

Chorus: "To man God's universal law"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

2:28

Recitative: "No words of peace"

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

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"

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

0:29

Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"

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

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, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Michael Slattery, North German Radio Chorus, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald, William Berger, 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

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

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

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

1:22

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

Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

1:54

Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"

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

0:46

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan

2:45

Recitative: "Be of good courage"

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

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, Michael Slattery, Sophie Daneman, William Berger

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"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

0:34

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

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

3:38

Recitative: "What noise of joy was that?"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

0:52

Air: "How willing my paternal love"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:46

Recitative: "Your hopes of his deliv'ry"

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

1:52

Recitative: "Noise call you this?"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan

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"

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

3:42

Dead March

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:42

Recitative: "The body comes"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:57

Solo and Chorus: "Glorious hero" - Accompagnato: "The virgins too shall" - Chorus: "Bring the laurels" - Solo: "May ev'ry hero"

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

5:05

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:32

Air: "Let the bright Seraphim"

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

6:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Nicholas McGegan

Conductor
Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Bass
Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Orchestra, Ensemble
Michael Slattery

Tenor

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Michael Slattery

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57

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