‎Handel: Samson by John Butt — Apple Music Classical

I. Andante

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

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)

John Butt, Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort

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)

Dunedin Consort, Fflur Wyn, John Butt

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, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:49

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

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, 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)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

3:00

IV. Total Eclipse! (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

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)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

3:10

VII. Ye See, My Friends (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

1:57

I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)

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

0:13

IV. God of Our Fathers (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Hugo Hymas

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, Matthew Brook, John Butt

4:26

VII. Justly These Evils (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

4:39

X. There Lies Our Hope! (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:22

XI. Then Shall They Know (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

2:27

XII. For Thee, My Dearest Son (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Matthew Brook

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)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

1:24

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

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

3:06

III. My Evils Hopeless Are! (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:31

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

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

7:53

I. But Who Is This (Recitative)

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

3:23

II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)

Mary Bevan, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

7:13

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

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, 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)

John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort

0:30

VI. My Faith and Truth (Duet)

Sophie Bevan, Fflur Wyn, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, 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)

Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

0:20

II. It Is Not Virtue (Air)

Fflur Wyn, John Butt, 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, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:34

I. No Words of Peace (Recitative)

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

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

2:55

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

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, John Butt

0:52

VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko

2:18

VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

0:51

VIII. Hear, Jacob’s God (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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, Hugo Hymas, John Butt

4:06

XI. To Song and Dance We Give the Day (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, 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)

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

1:38

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

Vitali Rozynko, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:41

V. Be of Good Courage (Recitative)

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

2:19

VI. Then Shall I Make Jehovah’s Glory Known! (Accompagnato)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

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)

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

0:29

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

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

3:45

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

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:17

Symphony: I. Presto

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:19

I. Heav’n! What Noise! (Recitative)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

0:05

II. Hear Us, Our God! (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:12

III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

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

3:48

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

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

3:43

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

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Matthew Brook

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy, 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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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
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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