‎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, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

0:33

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

John Butt, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort

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)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Hugo Hymas

2:52

VI. Then Free from Sorrow (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Fflur Wyn

2:32

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

Tiffin Boys' Choir, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:29

VIII. Why by an Angel (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

0:49

IX. Torments, Alas, Are Not Confin’d (Air)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

4:53

I. Oh, Change Beyond Report (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:48

II. O Mirror of Our Fickle State! (Air)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:38

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

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, John Butt

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)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:10

VII. Ye See, My Friends (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

1:57

I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:31

II. Oh, Miserable Change! (Accompagnato)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

0:59

III. Oh, Ever Failing Trust (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Hugo Hymas, John Butt

0:13

IV. God of Our Fathers (Air)

John Butt, Hugo Hymas, 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)

John Butt, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort

4:26

VII. Justly These Evils (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, 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)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

4:39

X. There Lies Our Hope! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:22

XI. Then Shall They Know (Chorus)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

2:27

XII. For Thee, My Dearest Son (Recitative)

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

1:42

XIII. My Genial Spirits Droop (Accompagnato)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott

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, 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, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook

1:24

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

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

3:06

III. My Evils Hopeless Are! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:31

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

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

7:53

I. But Who Is This (Recitative)

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

3:23

II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Mary Bevan

7:13

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

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan

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)

John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort

0:30

VI. My Faith and Truth (Duet)

Fflur Wyn, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Sophie Bevan

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)

John Butt, Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort

3:05

IX. Her Faith and Truth (Chorus)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

1:11

X. Ne’er Think of That! (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Sophie Bevan, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

1:34

XI. Traitor to Love (Duet)

Sophie Bevan, Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt

1:39

I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

0:20

II. It Is Not Virtue (Air)

Fflur Wyn, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:59

III. Favour’d of Heav’n Is He (Recitative)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, 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)

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

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)

Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

0:11

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

John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

2:55

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

Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott

0:52

VI. Go, Baffled Coward, Go (Duet)

Dunedin Consort, Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Vitali Rozynko

2:18

VII. Here Lie the Proof (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:51

VIII. Hear, Jacob’s God (Chorus)

Tiffin Boys' Choir, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

3:23

IX. Dagon, Arise (Recitative)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Vitali Rozynko

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)

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

1:38

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

John Butt, Vitali Rozynko, Dunedin Consort

3:22

III. Reflect Then, Samson (Recitative)

Jess Dandy, John Butt, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort

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)

Vitali Rozynko, Joshua Ellicott, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, 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)

Joshua Ellicott, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

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)

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

2:21

I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:29

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

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

3:45

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

Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, John Butt, Dunedin Consort

0:49

IV. How Willing My Paternal Love (Air)

Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Matthew Brook

3:44

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

Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, Jess Dandy, John Butt

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)

John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

1:12

III. Noise Call You This? (Recitative)

Dunedin Consort, Matthew Brook, Jess Dandy, John Butt

0:48

I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)

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

3:48

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

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

3:43

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

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

1:44

IV. Glorious Hero (Soli and Chorus)

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

5:39

V. Come, Come! (Recitative)

Matthew Brook, John Butt, Jess Dandy, Dunedin Consort

1:04

VI. Let the Bright Seraphim (Air)

Mary Bevan, John Butt, 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
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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