‎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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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, Dunedin Consort, Mary Bevan

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)

Hugo Hymas, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:52

VI. Then Free from Sorrow (Air)

Fflur Wyn, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:32

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

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

0:29

VIII. Why by an Angel (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:38

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, 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)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:17

VI. O First Created Beam (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

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)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

0:31

II. Oh, Miserable Change! (Accompagnato)

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

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)

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

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, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, 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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

4:39

X. There Lies Our Hope! (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

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)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:09

XV. Joys That Are Pure (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

3:01

XVI. Then Round About the Starry Throne (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

3:06

III. My Evils Hopeless Are! (Recitative)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

0:31

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

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

7:53

I. But Who Is This (Recitative)

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

3:23

II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)

Mary Bevan, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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, 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, Tiffin Boys' Choir, 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)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

1:11

X. Ne’er Think of That! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Sophie Bevan

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

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)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, 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)

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

1:54

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko

5:44

III. Put on Your Arms (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

0:11

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

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:55

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

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko

0:52

VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

2:18

VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:51

VIII. Hear, Jacob’s God (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

3:23

IX. Dagon, Arise (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, John Butt

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:04

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

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

3:04

I. More Trouble Is Behind (Recitative)

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

1:38

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

Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, John Butt

3:22

III. Reflect Then, Samson (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

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

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, 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)

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

2:21

I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

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)

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt, Jess Dandy

0:49

IV. How Willing My Paternal Love (Air)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

3:44

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

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

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)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:12

III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

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

3:48

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

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

3:43

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

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt, Jess Dandy

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, 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)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

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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