‎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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:04

III. Ye Men of Gaza (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Mary Bevan

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, Dunedin Consort, Hugo Hymas

2:52

VI. Then Free from Sorrow (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Fflur Wyn

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, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

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, Jess Dandy, John Butt

3:38

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

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, John Butt

3:00

IV. Total Eclipse! (Air)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

4:03

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

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

Hugo Hymas, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:13

IV. God of Our Fathers (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Hugo Hymas

2:28

V. The Good We Wish for (Accompagnato)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

1:15

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

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

4:26

VII. Justly These Evils (Recitative)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

1:40

VIII. My Griefs for This (Accompagnato)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

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, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

0:22

XI. Then Shall They Know (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

2:27

XII. For Thee, My Dearest Son (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, 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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

3:01

XVI. Then Round About the Starry Throne (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:32

I. Despair Not Thus! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, 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)

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

3:23

II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)

Mary Bevan, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

7:13

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

Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

0:59

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

2:47

V. Forgive What’s Done (Recitative)

John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort

0:30

VI. My Faith and Truth (Duet)

Fflur Wyn, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

4:25

VII. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

1:11

VIII. To Fleeting Pleasures Make Your Court (Air)

John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort

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, Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan, John Butt

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Joshua Ellicott

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

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)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

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)

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

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)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, 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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Vitali Rozynko

0:52

VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Vitali Rozynko

2:18

VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:51

VIII. Hear, Jacob’s God (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:23

IX. Dagon, Arise (Recitative)

John Butt, Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort

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)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:04

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

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:04

I. More Trouble Is Behind (Recitative)

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

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, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

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)

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

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)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

4:43

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

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

0:32

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

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

2:21

I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:29

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

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

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:19

I. Heav’n! What Noise! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

0:05

II. Hear Us, Our God! (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:12

III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

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

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

1:04

VI. Let the Bright Seraphim (Air)

Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort, 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
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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