‎Handel: Samson, HWV 57 by Sophie Daneman

Symphony

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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)

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)

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

0:34

Air: "Torments, alas!"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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, Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald

3:13

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

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

1:20

Air: "Total eclipse!"

Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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"

Nicholas McGegan, Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:34

Recitative: "Oh miserable change!"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:49

Recitative: "Oh ever failing trust"

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

0:14

Air: "God of our fathers"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Michael Slattery, Nicholas McGegan

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"

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

0:13

Accomp: "My griefs for this"

Thomas Cooley, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

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

0:21

Chorus: "Then shall they know"

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:49

Recitative: "For thee, my dearest son"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald, 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!"

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

0:58

Air: "Return, oh God of hosts!"

NDR Chor, Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, 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"

Nicholas McGegan, Sophie Daneman, 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"

Sophie Daneman, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

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!"

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

1:20

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

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

1:54

Air: "It is not virtue"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

2:43

Recitative: "Favour'd of heaven is he"

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

0:23

Chorus: "To man God's universal law"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor

2:28

Recitative: "No words of peace"

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

1:43

Air: "Honour arms scorn such a foe"

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan, Wolf Matthias Friedrich

5:13

Recitative: "Cam'st thou for this"

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

0:29

Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go"

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

2:17

Recitative: "Here lies the proof"

Franziska Gottwald, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

0:49

Chorus: "Hear, Jacob's God"

Nicholas McGegan, NDR Chor, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

3:18

Recitative: "Dagon, arise!"

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

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

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

2:49

Recitative: "More trouble is behind"

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

1:22

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

Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

1:54

Recitative: "Reflect then, Samson"

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

0:46

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

NDR Chor, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

2:45

Recitative: "Be of good courage"

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

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, William Berger, Michael Slattery, Sophie Daneman

0:28

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

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

2:16

Recitative: "Old Manoa"

Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Franziska Gottwald

0:34

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

NDR Chor, Michael Slattery, Nicholas McGegan, 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"

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

1:52

Recitative: "Noise call you this?"

Franziska Gottwald, Nicholas McGegan, Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

0:38

Recitative: "Where shall I run"

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

2:36

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

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

3:42

Dead March

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan

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"

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

Orchestra, Ensemble
Michael Slattery

Tenor
Nicholas McGegan

Conductor

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

Festspiel Orchester Göttingen

Michael Slattery

Nicholas McGegan

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Handel: Samson, HWV 57

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