‎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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

2:04

III. Ye Men of Gaza (Air)

Mary Bevan, John Butt, 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)

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

0:29

VIII. Why by an Angel (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

0:49

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

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

4:53

I. Oh, Change Beyond Report (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

3:00

IV. Total Eclipse! (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

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)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Jess Dandy

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, 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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Hugo Hymas

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

4:26

VII. Justly These Evils (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Matthew Brook

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)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

1:42

XIII. My Genial Spirits Droop (Accompagnato)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

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)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

3:01

XVI. Then Round About the Starry Throne (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:32

I. Despair Not Thus! (Recitative)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

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)

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

3:23

II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Mary Bevan

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, 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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

1:11

VIII. To Fleeting Pleasures Make Your Court (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Sophie Bevan

3:05

IX. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

1:11

X. Ne’er Think of That! (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott

0:20

II. It Is Not Virtue (Air)

Fflur Wyn, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:59

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

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)

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

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, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

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)

John Butt, Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

0:52

VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Vitali Rozynko

2:18

VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

0:51

VIII. Hear, Jacob’s God (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:23

IX. Dagon, Arise (Recitative)

Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:16

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

Hugo Hymas, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:04

I. More Trouble Is Behind (Recitative)

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

1:38

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

Vitali Rozynko, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:22

III. Reflect Then, Samson (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott

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, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

4:43

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

0:32

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

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

2:21

I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:29

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

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

3:45

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

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, John Butt

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)

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:17

Symphony: I. Presto

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:19

I. Heav’n! What Noise! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

0:05

II. Hear Us, Our God! (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

1:12

III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

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

3:48

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

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

3:43

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

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

1:04

VI. Let the Bright Seraphim (Air)

Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:58

VII. Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

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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