‎Handel: Samson by John Butt — Apple Music Classical

I. Andante

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:28

II. Allegro

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:36

III. Menuet

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:29

I. This Day, a Solemn Feast (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

0:33

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

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:04

III. Ye Men of Gaza (Air)

Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

4:06

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, 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)

Fflur Wyn, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:32

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

0:29

VIII. Why by an Angel (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

3:38

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy

3:00

IV. Total Eclipse! (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

3:10

VII. Ye See, My Friends (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:57

I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

0:31

II. Oh, Miserable Change! (Accompagnato)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

0:59

III. Oh, Ever Failing Trust (Recitative)

Hugo Hymas, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:13

IV. God of Our Fathers (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Hugo Hymas

2:28

V. The Good We Wish for (Accompagnato)

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:15

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

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

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, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

1:02

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

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

4:39

X. There Lies Our Hope! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

0:22

XI. Then Shall They Know (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:27

XII. For Thee, My Dearest Son (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

1:42

XIII. My Genial Spirits Droop (Accompagnato)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:28

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

2:09

XV. Joys That Are Pure (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

3:01

XVI. Then Round About the Starry Throne (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

2:32

I. Despair Not Thus! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Matthew Brook

1:24

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

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:06

III. My Evils Hopeless Are! (Recitative)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

0:31

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

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

7:53

I. But Who Is This (Recitative)

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

3:23

II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)

John Butt, Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort

7:13

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan

0:59

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

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:47

V. Forgive What’s Done (Recitative)

Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:30

VI. My Faith and Truth (Duet)

John Butt, Fflur Wyn, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort

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)

Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:05

IX. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

1:11

X. Ne’er Think of That! (Recitative)

Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott

0:20

II. It Is Not Virtue (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Fflur Wyn, John Butt

3:59

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

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

0:21

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

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

2:34

I. No Words of Peace (Recitative)

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

1:54

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

Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, John Butt

5:44

III. Put on Your Arms (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

0:11

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

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

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, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Vitali Rozynko

2:18

VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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, Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko

0:16

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

Hugo Hymas, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

4:06

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

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)

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

1:38

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

Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, John Butt

3:22

III. Reflect Then, Samson (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy

0:51

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

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:41

V. Be of Good Courage (Recitative)

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

2:19

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:32

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

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

2:21

I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

0:29

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

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

3:45

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

Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:49

IV. How Willing My Paternal Love (Air)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:44

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

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

0:17

Symphony: I. Presto

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:19

I. Heav’n! What Noise! (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:05

II. Hear Us, Our God! (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:12

III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

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

3:48

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

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

3:43

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:04

VI. Let the Bright Seraphim (Air)

John Butt, Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort

2:58

VII. Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

3:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
John Butt

Harpsichord, Conductor
Dunedin Consort

Baroque Music Ensemble
Joshua Ellicott

Tenor
Tiffin Boys' Choir

Choir

Philip Hobbs

Producer
Philip Hobbs

Engineer
Julia Thomas

Post Production Engineer
Rob Cammidge

Assistant Engineer
Hans Dieter Clausen

Editing Engineer
John Butt

Liner Notes
Andrew & Emily McCoy

Photography
Peter Paul Rubens

Cover Art
Ruth Smith

Liner Notes
David Burbour

Photography

Handel: Samson

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