‎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)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, 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)

John Butt, Fflur Wyn, Dunedin Consort

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, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

4:53

I. Oh, Change Beyond Report (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, 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)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Jess Dandy

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

1:57

I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, 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, John Butt, Hugo Hymas

0:13

IV. God of Our Fathers (Air)

John Butt, Hugo Hymas, 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)

Joshua Ellicott, Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:40

VIII. My Griefs for This (Accompagnato)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

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)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:27

XII. For Thee, My Dearest Son (Recitative)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

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, John Butt, Jess Dandy

2:09

XV. Joys That Are Pure (Air)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:01

XVI. Then Round About the Starry Throne (Chorus)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:32

I. Despair Not Thus! (Recitative)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Matthew Brook, 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)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

0:31

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

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

7:53

I. But Who Is This (Recitative)

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

3:23

II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)

Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

7:13

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Joshua Ellicott

0:59

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

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

2:47

V. Forgive What’s Done (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan

0:30

VI. My Faith and Truth (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Fflur Wyn, Sophie Bevan

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)

Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:05

IX. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:11

X. Ne’er Think of That! (Recitative)

Sophie Bevan, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott

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)

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)

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

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, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:11

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

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:55

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

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort

0:52

VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)

Vitali Rozynko, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:18

VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

0:51

VIII. Hear, Jacob’s God (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:23

IX. Dagon, Arise (Recitative)

Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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)

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

1:38

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko

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)

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

2:19

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

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

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)

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

2:21

I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Matthew Brook

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

0:17

Symphony: I. Presto

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:19

I. Heav’n! What Noise! (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:05

II. Hear Us, Our God! (Chorus)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

1:12

III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

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

3:48

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

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

3:43

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

Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:04

VI. Let the Bright Seraphim (Air)

Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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
John Butt

Liner Notes
Andrew & Emily McCoy

Photography

Handel: Samson

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