‎Handel: Samson by John Butt — 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)

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, Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort

4:06

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

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

0:29

VIII. Why by an Angel (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

0:49

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

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

4:53

I. Oh, Change Beyond Report (Recitative)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

0:48

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

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

3:38

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

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

3:00

IV. Total Eclipse! (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

4:03

V. Since Light so Necessary Is to Life (Accompagnato)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

1:17

VI. O First Created Beam (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

3:10

VII. Ye See, My Friends (Recitative)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

1:57

I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Matthew Brook

0:31

II. Oh, Miserable Change! (Accompagnato)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

0:59

III. Oh, Ever Failing Trust (Recitative)

Hugo Hymas, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:13

IV. God of Our Fathers (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

4:26

VII. Justly These Evils (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

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, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

4:39

X. There Lies Our Hope! (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

0:22

XI. Then Shall They Know (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:27

XII. For Thee, My Dearest Son (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

1:42

XIII. My Genial Spirits Droop (Accompagnato)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:28

XIV. Then Long Eternity Shall Greet Your Bliss (Arioso)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

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)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

1:24

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

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)

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

7:53

I. But Who Is This (Recitative)

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

3:23

II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Mary Bevan

7:13

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

John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, 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)

John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, Fflur Wyn

4:25

VII. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

1:11

VIII. To Fleeting Pleasures Make Your Court (Air)

John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort

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)

Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, 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, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Vitali Rozynko, 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)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

0:11

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

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)

John Butt, Vitali Rozynko, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

2:18

VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

0:51

VIII. Hear, Jacob’s God (Chorus)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

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)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

2:04

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

3:04

I. More Trouble Is Behind (Recitative)

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

1:38

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

John Butt, Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort

3:22

III. Reflect Then, Samson (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

0:51

IV. With Thunder Arm’d, Great God, Arise! (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

2:41

V. Be of Good Courage (Recitative)

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

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

4:43

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

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

0:32

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

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

2:21

I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

3:44

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy

0:17

Symphony: I. Presto

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:19

I. Heav’n! What Noise! (Recitative)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

0:05

II. Hear Us, Our God! (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

1:12

III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, Hugo Hymas, 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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

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

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
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
Andrew & Emily McCoy

Photography
John Butt

Liner Notes

Handel: Samson

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