‎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, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

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)

Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

4:06

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

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

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, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

0:29

VIII. Why by an Angel (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

0:49

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

4:53

I. Oh, Change Beyond Report (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:48

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

3:38

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

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott

1:57

I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, 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)

Hugo Hymas, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

1:40

VIII. My Griefs for This (Accompagnato)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

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, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

0:22

XI. Then Shall They Know (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

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)

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)

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)

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:06

III. My Evils Hopeless Are! (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott

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

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, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort

0:59

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

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:47

V. Forgive What’s Done (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Sophie Bevan

0:30

VI. My Faith and Truth (Duet)

Sophie Bevan, Fflur Wyn, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

4:25

VII. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

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)

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

1:54

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

John Butt, Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort

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)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

2:55

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

John Butt, Vitali Rozynko, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

0:52

VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

2:18

VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:51

VIII. Hear, Jacob’s God (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

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)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

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

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)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

2:41

V. Be of Good Courage (Recitative)

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

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, John Butt, Jess Dandy

0:32

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

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

2:21

I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

0:29

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

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

3:45

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

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

0:49

IV. How Willing My Paternal Love (Air)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

3:44

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

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

0:17

Symphony: I. Presto

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:19

I. Heav’n! What Noise! (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

0:05

II. Hear Us, Our God! (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, 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)

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

3:48

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

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

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)

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, John Butt

1:04

VI. Let the Bright Seraphim (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Mary Bevan, John Butt

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
Andrew & Emily McCoy

Photography
John Butt

Liner Notes

Handel: Samson

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