‎Handel: Samson by Dunedin Consort — Apple Music Classical

I. Andante

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:28

II. Allegro

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:36

III. Menuet

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:29

I. This Day, a Solemn Feast (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

0:33

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

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

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, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:29

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Hugo Hymas

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)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

0:49

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

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

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)

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

1:17

VI. O First Created Beam (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:10

VII. Ye See, My Friends (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

1:57

I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

0:31

II. Oh, Miserable Change! (Accompagnato)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

0:59

III. Oh, Ever Failing Trust (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Hugo Hymas, John Butt

0:13

IV. God of Our Fathers (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Hugo Hymas, John Butt

2:28

V. The Good We Wish for (Accompagnato)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

1:40

VIII. My Griefs for This (Accompagnato)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

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)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:22

XI. Then Shall They Know (Chorus)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:27

XII. For Thee, My Dearest Son (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook, Joshua Ellicott

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)

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, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:32

I. Despair Not Thus! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook, Joshua Ellicott

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)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

0:31

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

Jess Dandy, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, 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)

Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

2:47

V. Forgive What’s Done (Recitative)

Sophie Bevan, John Butt, 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)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

1:11

VIII. To Fleeting Pleasures Make Your Court (Air)

Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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, Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan, John Butt

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Sophie Bevan

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy

0:20

II. It Is Not Virtue (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Fflur Wyn

3:59

III. Favour’d of Heav’n Is He (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:21

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

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

2:34

I. No Words of Peace (Recitative)

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

1:54

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

Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, 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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

2:55

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

John Butt, Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

0:52

VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, John Butt

2:18

VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

0:51

VIII. Hear, Jacob’s God (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

3:23

IX. Dagon, Arise (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko

0:16

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

Hugo Hymas, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

4:06

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

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:04

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

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

3:04

I. More Trouble Is Behind (Recitative)

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

1:38

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

Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, John Butt

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:41

V. Be of Good Courage (Recitative)

Vitali Rozynko, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, 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)

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

2:21

I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

0:29

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

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

3:45

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

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

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)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

0:17

Symphony: I. Presto

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:19

I. Heav’n! What Noise! (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

0:05

II. Hear Us, Our God! (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

1:12

III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

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

3:48

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

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

3:43

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

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy

1:04

VI. Let the Bright Seraphim (Air)

Mary Bevan, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:58

VII. Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite (Chorus)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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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