‎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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

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)

John Butt, Hugo Hymas, Dunedin Consort

2:52

VI. Then Free from Sorrow (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:49

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

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy

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, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

1:17

VI. O First Created Beam (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:10

VII. Ye See, My Friends (Recitative)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:59

III. Oh, Ever Failing Trust (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Hugo Hymas, John Butt

0:13

IV. God of Our Fathers (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Hugo Hymas, John Butt

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)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

4:26

VII. Justly These Evils (Recitative)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, 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)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:22

XI. Then Shall They Know (Chorus)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

1:28

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

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, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:32

I. Despair Not Thus! (Recitative)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

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)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

0:31

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

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

7:53

I. But Who Is This (Recitative)

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

3:23

II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)

Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

7:13

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

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

1:11

VIII. To Fleeting Pleasures Make Your Court (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan

3:05

IX. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

1:11

X. Ne’er Think of That! (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan, Joshua Ellicott

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

Sophie Bevan, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

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)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

0:21

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:34

I. No Words of Peace (Recitative)

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

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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)

John Butt, Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

0:52

VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)

John Butt, Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

2:18

VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

0:51

VIII. Hear, Jacob’s God (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:23

IX. Dagon, Arise (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Vitali Rozynko

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)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, 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)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

0:51

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

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:41

V. Be of Good Courage (Recitative)

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

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)

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

2:21

I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

0:29

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

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

3:45

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

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook

0:17

Symphony: I. Presto

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:19

I. Heav’n! What Noise! (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, 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)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

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, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy

1:04

VI. Let the Bright Seraphim (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Mary Bevan

2:58

VII. Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, 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
Andrew & Emily McCoy

Photography
John Butt

Liner Notes

Handel: Samson

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