‎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)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

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)

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)

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, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

0:29

VIII. Why by an Angel (Recitative)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, 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)

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, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

3:00

IV. Total Eclipse! (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, 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, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

1:57

I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy

0:31

II. Oh, Miserable Change! (Accompagnato)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

0:59

III. Oh, Ever Failing Trust (Recitative)

Hugo Hymas, John Butt, 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)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:15

VI. Thy Glorious Deeds Inspir’d My Tongue (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

4:26

VII. Justly These Evils (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:40

VIII. My Griefs for This (Accompagnato)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

1:02

IX. Why Does the God of Israel Sleep? (Air)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

4:39

X. There Lies Our Hope! (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

0:22

XI. Then Shall They Know (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:27

XII. For Thee, My Dearest Son (Recitative)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

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)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

3:06

III. My Evils Hopeless Are! (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:31

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

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

7:53

I. But Who Is This (Recitative)

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

3:23

II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Mary Bevan, John Butt

7:13

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

Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

1:11

VIII. To Fleeting Pleasures Make Your Court (Air)

Sophie Bevan, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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, Sophie Bevan, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott

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)

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt

2:34

I. No Words of Peace (Recitative)

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

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)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

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)

Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

0:52

VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:23

IX. Dagon, Arise (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Vitali Rozynko

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

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)

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

1:38

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

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Vitali Rozynko

3:22

III. Reflect Then, Samson (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

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)

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

2:19

VI. Then Shall I Make Jehovah’s Glory Known! (Accompagnato)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:32

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

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

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, Hugo Hymas, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

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)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:44

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

Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:17

Symphony: I. Presto

John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:19

I. Heav’n! What Noise! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

0:05

II. Hear Us, Our God! (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

1:12

III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

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

3:48

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

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

3:43

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

Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, John Butt

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, 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
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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