‎Handel: Samson by Dunedin Consort — 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)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

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)

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, Hugo Hymas, Dunedin Consort

2:52

VI. Then Free from Sorrow (Air)

Fflur Wyn, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, 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)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

0:48

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

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

3:38

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

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

3:00

IV. Total Eclipse! (Air)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

4:03

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

1:57

I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Hugo Hymas

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, John Butt, Matthew Brook

4:26

VII. Justly These Evils (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

1:40

VIII. My Griefs for This (Accompagnato)

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

0:22

XI. Then Shall They Know (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

1:28

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

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

2:09

XV. Joys That Are Pure (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

3:01

XVI. Then Round About the Starry Throne (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

2:32

I. Despair Not Thus! (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

0:31

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

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

7:53

I. But Who Is This (Recitative)

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

3:23

II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Mary Bevan, John Butt

7:13

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan

0:59

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

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, 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, Sophie Bevan, John Butt, Fflur Wyn

4:25

VII. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, 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)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

1:11

X. Ne’er Think of That! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, John Butt

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)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

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)

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

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)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

0:11

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

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:55

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

Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

0:52

VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Vitali Rozynko, John Butt

2:18

VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

0:51

VIII. Hear, Jacob’s God (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

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)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:04

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

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:04

I. More Trouble Is Behind (Recitative)

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

1:38

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

Vitali Rozynko, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:22

III. Reflect Then, Samson (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

0:51

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

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

2:41

V. Be of Good Courage (Recitative)

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

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, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

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)

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

2:21

I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook

0:29

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

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

3:45

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, 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)

Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:17

Symphony: I. Presto

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:19

I. Heav’n! What Noise! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

0:05

II. Hear Us, Our God! (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

1:12

III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Matthew Brook

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

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

3:48

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

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

3:43

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

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, John Butt

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

1:04

VI. Let the Bright Seraphim (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Mary Bevan, John Butt

2:58

VII. Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

3:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Dunedin Consort

Baroque Music Ensemble
John Butt

Harpsichord, Conductor
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
Andrew & Emily McCoy

Photography
John Butt

Liner Notes

Handel: Samson

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