‎Handel: Samson by John Butt — Apple Music Classical

I. Andante

Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, 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)

Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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)

Hugo Hymas, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:52

VI. Then Free from Sorrow (Air)

John Butt, Fflur Wyn, Dunedin Consort

2:32

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

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:29

VIII. Why by an Angel (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

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)

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

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, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:17

VI. O First Created Beam (Chorus)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

3:10

VII. Ye See, My Friends (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

1:57

I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

0:31

II. Oh, Miserable Change! (Accompagnato)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

0:59

III. Oh, Ever Failing Trust (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Hugo Hymas

0:13

IV. God of Our Fathers (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Hugo Hymas, John Butt

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)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Matthew Brook, John Butt

1:40

VIII. My Griefs for This (Accompagnato)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, 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)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:22

XI. Then Shall They Know (Chorus)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:27

XII. For Thee, My Dearest Son (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

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, 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, 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)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

0:31

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

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

7:53

I. But Who Is This (Recitative)

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

3:23

II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)

Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

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, 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)

John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, Fflur Wyn

4:25

VII. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:11

VIII. To Fleeting Pleasures Make Your Court (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan, John Butt

3:05

IX. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:11

X. Ne’er Think of That! (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

Sophie Bevan, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott

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)

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, 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)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

0:11

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

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

2:55

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

Vitali Rozynko, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

0:52

VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)

John Butt, Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

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)

Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:16

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

Hugo Hymas, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:04

I. More Trouble Is Behind (Recitative)

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

1:38

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

Vitali Rozynko, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:22

III. Reflect Then, Samson (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy

0:51

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

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

2:41

V. Be of Good Courage (Recitative)

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

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Jess Dandy

0:32

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

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

2:21

I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy

0:49

IV. How Willing My Paternal Love (Air)

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, John Butt

3:44

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

John Butt, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, 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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir

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)

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

3:43

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

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Matthew Brook

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy

1:04

VI. Let the Bright Seraphim (Air)

John Butt, Mary Bevan, Dunedin Consort

2:58

VII. Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite (Chorus)

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

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
Andrew & Emily McCoy

Photography
Peter Paul Rubens

Cover Art
Ruth Smith

Liner Notes
David Burbour

Photography

Handel: Samson

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