‎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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

2:04

III. Ye Men of Gaza (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Mary Bevan, John Butt

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Fflur Wyn

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

4:53

I. Oh, Change Beyond Report (Recitative)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, 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)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

3:00

IV. Total Eclipse! (Air)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

1:57

I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

0:31

II. Oh, Miserable Change! (Accompagnato)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

0:59

III. Oh, Ever Failing Trust (Recitative)

Hugo Hymas, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:13

IV. God of Our Fathers (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Hugo Hymas, John Butt

2:28

V. The Good We Wish for (Accompagnato)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, 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)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Joshua Ellicott, 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)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

4:39

X. There Lies Our Hope! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, 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)

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

1:42

XIII. My Genial Spirits Droop (Accompagnato)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

1:28

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

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

2:09

XV. Joys That Are Pure (Air)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:01

XVI. Then Round About the Starry Throne (Chorus)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:32

I. Despair Not Thus! (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

1:24

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

3:06

III. My Evils Hopeless Are! (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:31

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

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

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Mary Bevan

7:13

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

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Sophie Bevan

0:59

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

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

2:47

V. Forgive What’s Done (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan

0:30

VI. My Faith and Truth (Duet)

Sophie Bevan, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Fflur Wyn

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)

Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan, 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)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort

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)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

0:21

IV. To Man God’s Universal Law (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:34

I. No Words of Peace (Recitative)

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

1:54

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

Vitali Rozynko, John Butt, 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)

Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

0:52

VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Vitali Rozynko, John Butt

2:18

VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

0:51

VIII. Hear, Jacob’s God (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

3:23

IX. Dagon, Arise (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko

0:16

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

Hugo Hymas, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

3:04

I. More Trouble Is Behind (Recitative)

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

1:38

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

Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko, John Butt

3:22

III. Reflect Then, Samson (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, 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)

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

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)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:32

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

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

2:21

I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:29

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

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

3:45

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

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

0:49

IV. How Willing My Paternal Love (Air)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:44

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, 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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

1:12

III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

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

3:48

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

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

3:43

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

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

1:04

VI. Let the Bright Seraphim (Air)

Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:58

VII. Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, 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
Andrew & Emily McCoy

Photography
John Butt

Liner Notes

Handel: Samson

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