‎Handel: Samson by John Butt — Apple Music Classical

I. Andante

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:28

II. Allegro

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:36

III. Menuet

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:29

I. This Day, a Solemn Feast (Recitative)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

0:33

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

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:04

III. Ye Men of Gaza (Air)

Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

4:06

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

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:29

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Hugo Hymas

2:52

VI. Then Free from Sorrow (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Fflur Wyn

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)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

3:00

IV. Total Eclipse! (Air)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

4:03

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

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

1:57

I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

0:31

II. Oh, Miserable Change! (Accompagnato)

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:59

III. Oh, Ever Failing Trust (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Hugo Hymas

0:13

IV. God of Our Fathers (Air)

Hugo Hymas, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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, John Butt, Matthew Brook

4:26

VII. Justly These Evils (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Matthew Brook

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)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

4:39

X. There Lies Our Hope! (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:22

XI. Then Shall They Know (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:27

XII. For Thee, My Dearest Son (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

1:42

XIII. My Genial Spirits Droop (Accompagnato)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:28

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

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:09

XV. Joys That Are Pure (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

3:01

XVI. Then Round About the Starry Throne (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

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, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:06

III. My Evils Hopeless Are! (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

0:31

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

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

7:53

I. But Who Is This (Recitative)

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

3:23

II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Mary Bevan

7:13

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

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, 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)

Fflur Wyn, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Sophie Bevan

4:25

VII. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:11

VIII. To Fleeting Pleasures Make Your Court (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Sophie Bevan

3:05

IX. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:11

X. Ne’er Think of That! (Recitative)

Sophie Bevan, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott

0:20

II. It Is Not Virtue (Air)

Fflur Wyn, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:59

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

0:21

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

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

2:34

I. No Words of Peace (Recitative)

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

1:54

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

Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

5:44

III. Put on Your Arms (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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, John Butt, Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort

0:52

VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)

Vitali Rozynko, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

2:18

VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:51

VIII. Hear, Jacob’s God (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:23

IX. Dagon, Arise (Recitative)

Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

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

1:38

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Vitali Rozynko

3:22

III. Reflect Then, Samson (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

0:51

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:41

V. Be of Good Courage (Recitative)

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

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)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

4:43

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

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:32

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

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

2:21

I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy

0:29

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

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

3:45

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, 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)

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

0:17

Symphony: I. Presto

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:12

III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

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

3:48

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

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

3:43

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

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

1:04

VI. Let the Bright Seraphim (Air)

Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:58

VII. Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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
Peter Paul Rubens

Cover Art
Ruth Smith

Liner Notes
David Burbour

Photography
John Butt

Liner Notes
Andrew & Emily McCoy

Photography

Handel: Samson

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