Handel: Samson
Joshua Ellicott (tenor), Sophie Bevan(soprano), Fflur Wyn (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Jess Dandy (contralto), Hugo Hymas (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Vitali Rozynko (bass-baritone)
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
Butt has created the best Samson ever...These choral forces make for a vibrancy unique among Samson recordings…Butt’s deep grasp of both Handel’s rhetoric and of large-scale structure turns... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards2019Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone MagazineDecember 2019Editor's Choice
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Gramophone MagazineDecember 2019Critics' Choice
3 CDs
$36.50Contents
Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Symphony
- The Dunedin Consort, John Butt
I. Andante
II. Allegro
III. Menuet
Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 1
- Joshua Ellicott, Mary Bevan, Hugo Hymas, Fflur Wyn, The Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, John Butt
I. This Day, a Solemn Feast (Recitative)
II. Awake the Trumpet’s Lofty Sound! (Chorus)
III. Ye Men of Gaza (Air)
Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 2
- Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, The Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, John Butt
I. Oh, Change Beyond Report (Recitative)
II. O Mirror of Our Fickle State! (Air)
III. Whom Have I to Complain of but Myself (Recitative)
Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 1 Scene 3
- Matthew Brook, Hugo Hymas, Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, The Dunedin Consort, John Butt
I. Brethren and Men of Dan (Recitative)
II. Oh, Miserable Change! (Accompagnato)
III. Oh, Ever Failing Trust (Recitative)
Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 1
- Matthew Brook, Joshua Ellicott, Jess Dandy, The Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, John Butt
I. Despair Not Thus! (Recitative)
II. Just Are the Ways of God to Man (Air)
III. My Evils Hopeless Are! (Recitative)
IV. Return, O God of Hosts! (Air and Chorus)
Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 2
- Jess Dandy, Mary Bevan, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Joshua Ellicott, Fflur Wyn, Sophie Bevan, The Dunedin Consort, John Butt
I. But Who Is This (Recitative)
II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)
III. Alas! Th’Event Was Worse (Recitative)
Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 3
- Jess Dandy, Fflur Wyn, Joshua Ellicott, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, The Dunedin Consort, John Butt
I. She’s Gone! (Recitative)
II. It Is Not Virtue (Air)
III. Favour’d of Heav’n Is He (Recitative)
IV. To Man God’s Universal Law (Chorus)
Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 4
- Hugo Hymas, Jess Dandy, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Vitali Rozynko, Joshua Ellicott, The Dunedin Consort, John Butt
I. No Words of Peace (Recitative)
II. Honour and Arms Scorn Such a Foe (Air)
III. Put on Your Arms (Recitative)
Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 1
- Jess Dandy, Joshua Ellicott, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Vitali Rozynko, The Dunedin Consort, John Butt
I. More Trouble Is Behind (Recitative)
II. Presuming Slave, to Move Their Wrath! (Air)
III. Reflect Then, Samson (Recitative)
Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 2
- Hugo Hymas, Jess Dandy, Matthew Brook, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, The Dunedin Consort, John Butt
I. Old Manoa, with Youthful Steps (Recitative)
II. Great Dagon Has Subdu’d Our Foe (Air and Chorus)
III. What Noise of Joy Was That? (Recitative)
Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 2: Symphony
- The Dunedin Consort, John Butt
I. Presto
Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act 3 Scene 3
- Hugo Hymas, Mary Bevan, Jess Dandy, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Matthew Brook, The Dunedin Consort, John Butt
I. Where Shall I Run (Recitative)
II. Ye Sons of Israel, Now Lament (Air and Chorus)
III. Proceed We Hence to Find His Body (Recitative)