‎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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:29

I. This Day, a Solemn Feast (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

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, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:52

VI. Then Free from Sorrow (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Fflur Wyn, John Butt

2:32

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

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:00

IV. Total Eclipse! (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

4:03

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

1:17

VI. O First Created Beam (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:10

VII. Ye See, My Friends (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

1:57

I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

0:31

II. Oh, Miserable Change! (Accompagnato)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, 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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

1:15

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

4:26

VII. Justly These Evils (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Matthew Brook, John Butt

1:40

VIII. My Griefs for This (Accompagnato)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Joshua Ellicott, Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:42

XIII. My Genial Spirits Droop (Accompagnato)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, 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)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:01

XVI. Then Round About the Starry Throne (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

2:32

I. Despair Not Thus! (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, Joshua Ellicott

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)

Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:31

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

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

7:53

I. But Who Is This (Recitative)

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

3:23

II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)

John Butt, Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort

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)

Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan, John Butt

0:30

VI. My Faith and Truth (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Fflur Wyn, 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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

1:11

X. Ne’er Think of That! (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Joshua Ellicott

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

0:21

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

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Vitali Rozynko

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)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

2:55

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

Joshua Ellicott, Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:52

VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)

Vitali Rozynko, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

2:18

VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

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)

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

1:38

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

John Butt, Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort

3:22

III. Reflect Then, Samson (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, 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)

Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, 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)

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, Jess Dandy, Tiffin Boys' Choir

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)

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

3:45

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

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

0:49

IV. How Willing My Paternal Love (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

3:44

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

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

1:12

III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

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

3:48

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

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

3:43

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

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
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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