‎Handel: Samson by John Butt — Apple Music Classical

I. Andante

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:28

II. Allegro

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:36

III. Menuet

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:29

I. This Day, a Solemn Feast (Recitative)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

0:33

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

0:29

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

John Butt, Hugo Hymas, Dunedin Consort

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)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, 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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

3:38

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

Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:17

VI. O First Created Beam (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

3:10

VII. Ye See, My Friends (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

1:57

I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

0:31

II. Oh, Miserable Change! (Accompagnato)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:59

III. Oh, Ever Failing Trust (Recitative)

John Butt, Hugo Hymas, Dunedin Consort

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)

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

4:26

VII. Justly These Evils (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

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)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook, Joshua Ellicott

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)

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, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

2:32

I. Despair Not Thus! (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

1:24

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

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

3:06

III. My Evils Hopeless Are! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Jess Dandy

0:31

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

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

7:53

I. But Who Is This (Recitative)

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

3:23

II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)

John Butt, Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort

7:13

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

Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

0:59

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

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:47

V. Forgive What’s Done (Recitative)

Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:30

VI. My Faith and Truth (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, Fflur Wyn, Sophie Bevan, John Butt

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)

Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:05

IX. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

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, Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan, Joshua Ellicott

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:20

II. It Is Not Virtue (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Fflur Wyn, John Butt

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, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:34

I. No Words of Peace (Recitative)

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

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, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

Joshua Ellicott, Vitali Rozynko, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:52

VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort

2:18

VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:51

VIII. Hear, Jacob’s God (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

3:23

IX. Dagon, Arise (Recitative)

Vitali Rozynko, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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)

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

1:38

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Vitali Rozynko

3:22

III. Reflect Then, Samson (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:51

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:41

V. Be of Good Courage (Recitative)

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

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)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

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)

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

2:21

I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

0:29

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

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

3:45

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook

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, Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:17

Symphony: I. Presto

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:19

I. Heav’n! What Noise! (Recitative)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

0:05

II. Hear Us, Our God! (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:12

III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

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

3:48

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

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

3:43

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:04

VI. Let the Bright Seraphim (Air)

John Butt, Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort

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
John Butt

Liner Notes
Peter Paul Rubens

Cover Art
Ruth Smith

Liner Notes
David Burbour

Photography
Andrew & Emily McCoy

Photography

Handel: Samson

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