‎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, 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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Mary Bevan

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)

Dunedin Consort, Hugo Hymas, John Butt

2:52

VI. Then Free from Sorrow (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Fflur Wyn

2:32

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

4:53

I. Oh, Change Beyond Report (Recitative)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

0:48

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

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:38

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

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

3:00

IV. Total Eclipse! (Air)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

4:03

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

Jess Dandy, John Butt, 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)

Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:57

I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Jess Dandy, 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, 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)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

4:26

VII. Justly These Evils (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

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)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Matthew Brook

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)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:09

XV. Joys That Are Pure (Air)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:01

XVI. Then Round About the Starry Throne (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:32

I. Despair Not Thus! (Recitative)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

1:24

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, 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)

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

7:53

I. But Who Is This (Recitative)

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

3:23

II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)

John Butt, Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort

7:13

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

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Sophie Bevan

0:59

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

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:47

V. Forgive What’s Done (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Sophie Bevan

0:30

VI. My Faith and Truth (Duet)

John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, Fflur Wyn

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)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

1:11

X. Ne’er Think of That! (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:20

II. It Is Not Virtue (Air)

John Butt, Fflur Wyn, Dunedin Consort

3:59

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

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:21

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:34

I. No Words of Peace (Recitative)

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

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)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:11

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

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, Joshua Ellicott

2:18

VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:51

VIII. Hear, Jacob’s God (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

3:23

IX. Dagon, Arise (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko

0:16

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

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

3:04

I. More Trouble Is Behind (Recitative)

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

1:38

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

Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:22

III. Reflect Then, Samson (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

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

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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, 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)

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

3:45

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

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:49

IV. How Willing My Paternal Love (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

3:44

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

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

0:17

Symphony: I. Presto

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:19

I. Heav’n! What Noise! (Recitative)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

0:05

II. Hear Us, Our God! (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

1:12

III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

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

3:48

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

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

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, John Butt, 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)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, 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
John Butt

Liner Notes
Peter Paul Rubens

Cover Art
Ruth Smith

Liner Notes
David Burbour

Photography
Andrew & Emily McCoy

Photography

Handel: Samson

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