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Handel - Choruses | BIS BISSACD1736

Handel - Choruses

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BISSACD1736

Barcode: 7318599917368

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 27th April 2009

Contents

Works

Handel, George Frideric

Alexander's Feast, HWV75
» The many rend the skies
Athalia, HWV52
» The mighty pow'r
Belshazzar, HWV61
» Recall, O King
Hercules, HWV60
» Jealousy, infernal pest
Israel in Egypt, HWV54
» The people shall hear
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV63
» See, the conqu'ring hero comes
L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV55
» Or let the merry bells
Messiah, HWV56
» Hallelujah Chorus
Samson, HWV57
» Hear Jacob's God
» Let the bright Seraphim
Solomon, HWV67
» May no rash intruder
Theodora, HWV68
» He saw the lovely yout
Zadok the Priest, HWV258

Artists

Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Robin Blaze (countertenor)
Bach Choir
English Concert

Conductor

David Hill

Works

Handel, George Frideric

Alexander's Feast, HWV75
» The many rend the skies
Athalia, HWV52
» The mighty pow'r
Belshazzar, HWV61
» Recall, O King
Hercules, HWV60
» Jealousy, infernal pest
Israel in Egypt, HWV54
» The people shall hear
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV63
» See, the conqu'ring hero comes
L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV55
» Or let the merry bells
Messiah, HWV56
» Hallelujah Chorus
Samson, HWV57
» Hear Jacob's God
» Let the bright Seraphim
Solomon, HWV67
» May no rash intruder
Theodora, HWV68
» He saw the lovely yout
Zadok the Priest, HWV258

Artists

Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Robin Blaze (countertenor)
Bach Choir
English Concert

Conductor

David Hill

About

Spanning in time from Zadok the Priest, one of the four Coronation Anthems of 1727, to the Messiah, composed in 1750, this programme consists largely of great moments from Handel’s oratorios, but also from odes such as 'Alexander’s Feast' and 'L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato'. The latter work is represented by Or let the merry bells, in which the lively soprano solo (sung by Carolyn Sampson), accompanied by a sparkling carillon, is lulled to sleep by the choir. Countertenor Robin Blaze also make a guest appearance, singing the alto solo in The mighty pow’r from Athalia.

But on this disc of ‘Great Handel Choruses’, the limelight belongs to the choir - and a great choir it is! With more than 200 members, the Bach Choir is an institution in the golden British oratorio tradition, its musical directors including Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir David Willcocks and David Hill who conducts it on this recording.

The choir and soloists are supported by The English Concert, one of the world’s foremost baroque orchestras, adding a wide palette of instrumental colours in large set pieces like Zadok the Priest as well as in the gently sensual and intimate May no rash intruder, the so-called ‘Nightingale Chorus’, with flutes imitating birdsong.

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