‎Handel: Samson by Dunedin Consort — Apple Music Classical

I. Andante

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:28

II. Allegro

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:36

III. Menuet

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:29

I. This Day, a Solemn Feast (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

0:33

II. Awake the Trumpet’s Lofty Sound! (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:04

III. Ye Men of Gaza (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Mary Bevan

4:06

IV. Awake the Trumpet’s Lofty Sound! (Chorus)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

0:29

V. Loud As the Thunder’s Awful Voice (Air)

Hugo Hymas, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:52

VI. Then Free from Sorrow (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Fflur Wyn

2:32

VII. Awake the Trumpet’s Lofty Sound! (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:29

VIII. Why by an Angel (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:49

IX. Torments, Alas, Are Not Confin’d (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

4:53

I. Oh, Change Beyond Report (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:48

II. O Mirror of Our Fickle State! (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

3:38

III. Whom Have I to Complain of but Myself (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott

3:00

IV. Total Eclipse! (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

4:03

V. Since Light so Necessary Is to Life (Accompagnato)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

1:17

VI. O First Created Beam (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:10

VII. Ye See, My Friends (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

1:57

I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy

0:31

II. Oh, Miserable Change! (Accompagnato)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

0:59

III. Oh, Ever Failing Trust (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Hugo Hymas

0:13

IV. God of Our Fathers (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Hugo Hymas, John Butt

2:28

V. The Good We Wish for (Accompagnato)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

1:15

VI. Thy Glorious Deeds Inspir’d My Tongue (Air)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

4:26

VII. Justly These Evils (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:40

VIII. My Griefs for This (Accompagnato)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

1:02

IX. Why Does the God of Israel Sleep? (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

4:39

X. There Lies Our Hope! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

0:22

XI. Then Shall They Know (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:27

XII. For Thee, My Dearest Son (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:42

XIII. My Genial Spirits Droop (Accompagnato)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

1:28

XIV. Then Long Eternity Shall Greet Your Bliss (Arioso)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

2:09

XV. Joys That Are Pure (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

3:01

XVI. Then Round About the Starry Throne (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:32

I. Despair Not Thus! (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

1:24

II. Just Are the Ways of God to Man (Air)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:06

III. My Evils Hopeless Are! (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:31

IV. Return, O God of Hosts! (Air and Chorus)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

7:53

I. But Who Is This (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy

3:23

II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Mary Bevan

7:13

III. Alas! Th’Event Was Worse (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan, John Butt

0:59

IV. Your Charms to Ruin Led the Way (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

2:47

V. Forgive What’s Done (Recitative)

Sophie Bevan, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:30

VI. My Faith and Truth (Duet)

Sophie Bevan, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Fflur Wyn

4:25

VII. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

1:11

VIII. To Fleeting Pleasures Make Your Court (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan

3:05

IX. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:11

X. Ne’er Think of That! (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan, Joshua Ellicott

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:20

II. It Is Not Virtue (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Fflur Wyn

3:59

III. Favour’d of Heav’n Is He (Recitative)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

0:21

IV. To Man God’s Universal Law (Chorus)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:34

I. No Words of Peace (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Vitali Rozynko

1:54

II. Honour and Arms Scorn Such a Foe (Air)

Vitali Rozynko, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

5:44

III. Put on Your Arms (Recitative)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

0:11

IV. My Strength Is from the Living God (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

2:55

V. With Thee, a Man Condemn’d (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, John Butt

0:52

VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

2:18

VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

0:51

VIII. Hear, Jacob’s God (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

3:23

IX. Dagon, Arise (Recitative)

John Butt, Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort

0:16

X. To Song and Dance We Give the Day (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Hugo Hymas

4:06

XI. To Song and Dance We Give the Day (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

2:04

XII. Fix’d in His Everlasting Seat (Chorus and Soli)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

3:04

I. More Trouble Is Behind (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy

1:38

II. Presuming Slave, to Move Their Wrath! (Air)

Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:22

III. Reflect Then, Samson (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy

0:51

IV. With Thunder Arm’d, Great God, Arise! (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:41

V. Be of Good Courage (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Vitali Rozynko, Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy

2:19

VI. Then Shall I Make Jehovah’s Glory Known! (Accompagnato)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

0:31

VII. Thus When the Sun from’s Wat’ry Bed (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

4:43

VIII. With Might Endued Above the Sons of Men (Accompagnato)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

0:32

IX. The Holy One of Israel (Air and Chorus)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:21

I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

0:29

II. Great Dagon Has Subdu’d Our Foe (Air and Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Hugo Hymas, Dunedin Consort

3:45

III. What Noise of Joy Was That? (Recitative)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

0:49

IV. How Willing My Paternal Love (Air)

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:44

V. Your Hopes of His Deliv’ry (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy

0:17

Symphony: I. Presto

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:19

I. Heav’n! What Noise! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

0:05

II. Hear Us, Our God! (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:12

III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Hugo Hymas, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

3:48

II. Ye Sons of Israel, Now Lament (Air and Chorus)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

3:43

III. Proceed We Hence to Find His Body (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt, Jess Dandy

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

1:04

VI. Let the Bright Seraphim (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Mary Bevan

2:58

VII. Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

3:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Dunedin Consort

Baroque Music Ensemble
John Butt

Harpsichord, Conductor
Joshua Ellicott

Tenor
Tiffin Boys' Choir

Choir

Hans Dieter Clausen

Editing Engineer
Andrew & Emily McCoy

Photography
John Butt

Liner Notes

Handel: Samson

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George Frideric Handel

Dunedin Consort

John Butt

Joshua Ellicott

Tiffin Boys' Choir

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Handel: Samson

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