‎Handel: Samson by Dunedin Consort — Apple Music Classical

I. Andante

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

0:33

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

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:04

III. Ye Men of Gaza (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Mary Bevan, John Butt

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, John Butt, 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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

0:29

VIII. Why by an Angel (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

0:49

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

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

4:53

I. Oh, Change Beyond Report (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:48

II. O Mirror of Our Fickle State! (Air)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

3:38

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

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

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)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

3:10

VII. Ye See, My Friends (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott

1:57

I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, John Butt

0:31

II. Oh, Miserable Change! (Accompagnato)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

0:59

III. Oh, Ever Failing Trust (Recitative)

John Butt, Hugo Hymas, Dunedin Consort

0:13

IV. God of Our Fathers (Air)

Hugo Hymas, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:28

V. The Good We Wish for (Accompagnato)

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:15

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

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

4:26

VII. Justly These Evils (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

4:39

X. There Lies Our Hope! (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:22

XI. Then Shall They Know (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:27

XII. For Thee, My Dearest Son (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

1:42

XIII. My Genial Spirits Droop (Accompagnato)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

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, Jess Dandy, John Butt

3:01

XVI. Then Round About the Starry Throne (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:32

I. Despair Not Thus! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Matthew Brook

1:24

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

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

3:06

III. My Evils Hopeless Are! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

0:31

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

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

7:53

I. But Who Is This (Recitative)

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

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, Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan

0:59

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

2:47

V. Forgive What’s Done (Recitative)

John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort

0:30

VI. My Faith and Truth (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan, John Butt, Fflur Wyn

4:25

VII. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:11

VIII. To Fleeting Pleasures Make Your Court (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Sophie Bevan

3:05

IX. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

1:11

X. Ne’er Think of That! (Recitative)

Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, 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)

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:34

I. No Words of Peace (Recitative)

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

1:54

II. Honour and Arms Scorn Such a Foe (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko

5:44

III. Put on Your Arms (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

0:11

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

2:55

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

Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

0:52

VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

2:18

VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:51

VIII. Hear, Jacob’s God (Chorus)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

3:23

IX. Dagon, Arise (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, 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)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

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)

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

1:38

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Vitali Rozynko

3:22

III. Reflect Then, Samson (Recitative)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, 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)

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

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)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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, Jess Dandy, John Butt

2:21

I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

0:29

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

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

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)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, John Butt

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, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

1:12

III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

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

3:48

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

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

3:43

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

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

1:04

VI. Let the Bright Seraphim (Air)

Mary Bevan, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:58

VII. Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

3:09

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Dunedin Consort

Baroque Music Ensemble
John Butt

Harpsichord, Conductor
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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