‎Handel: Samson by John Butt — Apple Music Classical

I. Andante

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

0:33

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:04

III. Ye Men of Gaza (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Mary Bevan, John Butt

4:06

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

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

0:29

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

John Butt, Hugo Hymas, Dunedin Consort

2:52

VI. Then Free from Sorrow (Air)

John Butt, Fflur Wyn, 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, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

0:49

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

4:53

I. Oh, Change Beyond Report (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

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)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

3:00

IV. Total Eclipse! (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

4:03

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

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

1:17

VI. O First Created Beam (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

3:10

VII. Ye See, My Friends (Recitative)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

1:57

I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

0:31

II. Oh, Miserable Change! (Accompagnato)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

0:59

III. Oh, Ever Failing Trust (Recitative)

Hugo Hymas, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:13

IV. God of Our Fathers (Air)

John Butt, Hugo Hymas, Dunedin Consort

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)

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

4:26

VII. Justly These Evils (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:40

VIII. My Griefs for This (Accompagnato)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

1:02

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

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

4:39

X. There Lies Our Hope! (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:22

XI. Then Shall They Know (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:27

XII. For Thee, My Dearest Son (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

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)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:09

XV. Joys That Are Pure (Air)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:01

XVI. Then Round About the Starry Throne (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, 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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

3:06

III. My Evils Hopeless Are! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott

0:31

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

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

7:53

I. But Who Is This (Recitative)

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

3:23

II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)

Mary Bevan, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

7:13

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

Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Sophie Bevan

0:30

VI. My Faith and Truth (Duet)

Sophie Bevan, John Butt, Fflur Wyn, Dunedin Consort

4:25

VII. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)

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

1:11

X. Ne’er Think of That! (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

0:20

II. It Is Not Virtue (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Fflur Wyn

3:59

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

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

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

1:54

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

John Butt, Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort

5:44

III. Put on Your Arms (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

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)

Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, Joshua Ellicott, 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)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:51

VIII. Hear, Jacob’s God (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

3:23

IX. Dagon, Arise (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Vitali Rozynko

0:16

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

Hugo Hymas, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

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

1:38

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

Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:22

III. Reflect Then, Samson (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, 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)

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

2:19

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

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

0:31

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

4:43

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

0:32

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

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

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)

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

3:45

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

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

0:49

IV. How Willing My Paternal Love (Air)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

3:44

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

Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:17

Symphony: I. Presto

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:19

I. Heav’n! What Noise! (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:05

II. Hear Us, Our God! (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

1:12

III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Matthew Brook

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

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

3:48

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

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

3:43

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

Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

1:04

VI. Let the Bright Seraphim (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Mary Bevan

2:58

VII. Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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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