‎Handel: Samson by John Butt — Apple Music Classical

I. Andante

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:28

II. Allegro

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:36

III. Menuet

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:29

I. This Day, a Solemn Feast (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

4:06

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

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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, Fflur Wyn, John Butt

2:32

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

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, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

4:53

I. Oh, Change Beyond Report (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

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)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

3:00

IV. Total Eclipse! (Air)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott

1:57

I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, John Butt

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)

Hugo Hymas, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

4:26

VII. Justly These Evils (Recitative)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

4:39

X. There Lies Our Hope! (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

0:22

XI. Then Shall They Know (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:27

XII. For Thee, My Dearest Son (Recitative)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

1:42

XIII. My Genial Spirits Droop (Accompagnato)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:28

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

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

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)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Matthew Brook

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)

Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:31

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

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

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)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan

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, Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan

0:30

VI. My Faith and Truth (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan, John Butt, 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, 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, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Joshua Ellicott

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:20

II. It Is Not Virtue (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:34

I. No Words of Peace (Recitative)

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

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort

0:52

VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

2:18

VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

0:51

VIII. Hear, Jacob’s God (Chorus)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

3:23

IX. Dagon, Arise (Recitative)

Vitali Rozynko, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:04

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

3:04

I. More Trouble Is Behind (Recitative)

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

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, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, 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)

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

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)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:32

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

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

2:21

I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:29

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

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

3:45

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

Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

0:17

Symphony: I. Presto

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:19

I. Heav’n! What Noise! (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:05

II. Hear Us, Our God! (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

1:12

III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

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

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)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

1:04

VI. Let the Bright Seraphim (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Mary Bevan

2:58

VII. Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, 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
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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