Georg Friedrich Handel: Chandos Anthems: O praise the Lord with one consent Chandos Anthem No 9, HWV254, Let God arise,

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premiera polska: 27.10.2009
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Editor's info:
In a year of Handel celebration and many new recordings, this is a welcome addition to the discography. Stephen Layton, the Academy of Ancient Music, the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, and a stellar group of soloists in fact, the best in solo Handel singing that this country has to offer present a disc of three of the Chandos anthems which is sure to achieve the same critical and public acclaim as the recent Dettingen Te Deum from Trinity.

Here we have the composer at his most English and most gently appealing. Written for the musical establishment of the first Duke of Chandos, these anthems set texts taken from the Psalms, mainly the old version of the Psalter as preserved in the Book of Common Prayer, but also the metrical versions of Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, first published in 1696. The anthems have no direct models in English church music, but follow the form used by Handel for his Latin psalm settings, with a mixture of movements for solo voices and choruses. The expressive range of the solos is remarkable, and in the choruses Handel seizes every opportunity to create grand effects with modest means.



'There is vintage Handel to be gleaned here … Layton offers luxury casting, Iestyn Davies and Neal Davies on particularly commanding form … The only thing missing on this disc are the words 'Vol. 1'. Such 'Handel with care' deserves nothing less' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Soloists and chorus alike excel in three of Handel's Chandos Anthems … The 40 members of the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, sing with flexibility and lightness … Emma Kirkby shows her stylistic intelligence and masterful communication of text in the opening of HWV252. It is enjoyable to hear some of Handel's lesser-known and more intimate church music performed with such elegant restraint and skill' (Gramophone)

muzycy:
Emma Kirkby: soprano
Iestyn Davies: countertenor
James Gilchrist: tenor
Neal Davies: bass
Trinity College Choir: Cambridge
Academy of Ancient Music
Stephen Layton

utwory:
O praise the Lord with one consent Chandos Anthem No 9, HWV254
Let God arise Chandos Anthem 11a, HWV256a
My song shall be alway Chandos Anthem No 7, HWV252

nagrano: July 2008; Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Produced by Adrian Peacock; Engineered by David Hinitt; Release date: May 2009

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