‎Handel: Samson by Dunedin Consort — Apple Music Classical

I. Andante

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

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, Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort

4:06

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

0:29

V. Loud As the Thunder’s Awful Voice (Air)

Hugo Hymas, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:52

VI. Then Free from Sorrow (Air)

John Butt, Fflur Wyn, Dunedin Consort

2:32

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

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

0:29

VIII. Why by an Angel (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, 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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

0:48

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

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:38

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

Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:00

IV. Total Eclipse! (Air)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

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)

Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:31

II. Oh, Miserable Change! (Accompagnato)

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, 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)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, 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, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, Joshua Ellicott

1:40

VIII. My Griefs for This (Accompagnato)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

0:22

XI. Then Shall They Know (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

2:27

XII. For Thee, My Dearest Son (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, 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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

1:24

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

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:06

III. My Evils Hopeless Are! (Recitative)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

0:31

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

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

7:53

I. But Who Is This (Recitative)

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

3:23

II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Mary Bevan, John Butt

7:13

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan

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, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort

0:30

VI. My Faith and Truth (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Fflur Wyn, Sophie Bevan

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, Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan

3:05

IX. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:11

X. Ne’er Think of That! (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan, Joshua Ellicott

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, 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)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:21

IV. To Man God’s Universal Law (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:34

I. No Words of Peace (Recitative)

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

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

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)

Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

0:52

VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)

Vitali Rozynko, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

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, John Butt, Vitali Rozynko

0:16

X. To Song and Dance We Give the Day (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Vitali Rozynko, 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)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

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)

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

4:43

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

0:32

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

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

2:21

I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, 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)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

0:49

IV. How Willing My Paternal Love (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

3:44

V. Your Hopes of His Deliv’ry (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

0:17

Symphony: I. Presto

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:19

I. Heav’n! What Noise! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

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, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

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

3:48

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

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

3:43

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

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt, Jess Dandy

1:04

VI. Let the Bright Seraphim (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Mary Bevan

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
Andrew & Emily McCoy

Photography
Peter Paul Rubens

Cover Art
Ruth Smith

Liner Notes
David Burbour

Photography
John Butt

Liner Notes

Handel: Samson

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