Handel: Chandos Anthems Nos 5a, 6a & 8
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Handel: Chandos Anthems Nos 5a, 6a & 8
Susan Gritton (sop) Thomas Hobbs (ten) Iestyn Davies (cntten) / Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layon
[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 19 July 2013
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Handel's beautiful, intimate settings of liturgical texts written for the First Duke of Chandos are among his less well-known choral works-and are proved by this second volume from Trinity also to be among his loveliest. They are a perfect example of the composer's English style heard in Acis & Galatea and oratorios such as Judas Maccabaeus.
The soloists on this recording include internationally acclaimed Handelians Susan Gritton and Iestyn Davies, and the young tenor Thomas Hobbs, whose warm, lyrical tone is perfect for this repertoire. Trinity College Choir Cambridge sing with their usual youthful exuberance tempered with elegance, style and precision, under the expert guidance of Stephen Layton.
"Layton directs his young singers with such a perfect control of texture and rhythm that there's no hint of stodginess" Gramophone Magazine, July 2013
"Layton has drilled his singers to perfection in this trio of Handel's Chandos Anthems, making every word distinct and every crisp consonant a taut springboard on which to propel Handel's irresistible rhythm...Thomas Hobbs is the stand-out soloist" The Observer, 8th July 2013
Tracks:
Chandos Anthem No. 8 'O come let us sing unto the Lord', HWV 253
Chandos Anthem No. 6 'As pants the hart of cooling streams', HWV 251b
Chandos Anthem No. 5 'I will magnify Thee', HWV 250a
