Purcell: Anthems
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Anthems
Inia Te Wiata, Robert Tear, Charles Brett, Paul Esswood / Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest
[ Decca Australian SBS Eloquence / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 20 September 2015
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Purcell wrote so much in so many different spheres of musical activity that it is easy to forget that one of his main tasks was to be a royal composer, to provide music for the occasions of State in Westminster Abbey, just as the Gabrielis had done for the Doge at St Mark's, or Lully for the French monarchs at Versailles. One of the most notable - and highly praised - accounts of Purcell's choral music came from the Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, conducted by George Guest. They made three records for Argo - in 1964, 1972 and 1975 - covering Purcell's Music for the Chapel Royal, a selection of Verse Anthems, the Te Deum and Jubilate and other works. The three are collected on a 2CD set. Texts are included in the booklet.
"The performances are excellent. James Bowman is in splendid voice and he is well matched by Charles Brett (in this music, the others are really a supporting cast to the countertenors). The orchestra plays with its usual sensitivity of tone and nuance. As for Mr. Guest, he understands the Funeral Sentences in no mean manner, for it is easy to overdo the pain or to adopt the stiff upper lip, yet he manages to combine the two in goodly proportion" (Gramophone)
"The impact of Inia Te Wiata's entry in They that go down to the sea in ships is almost sensational … Outstanding among the soloists is the counter-tenor, Charles Brett. The orchestral playing is sprightly, the choral singing polished" (Gramophone)
"Vibrant readings of some of Purcell's best loved choral works unalloyed by 'authentic' prissiness" (Gramophone)
Tracks:
They that go down to the sea in ships, Z57
Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei, Z135
My beloved spake, Z28
O sing unto the Lord, Z44
Lord, how long wilt thou be angry?, Z25
Who hath believed our report?, Z64
Behold, I bring you glad tidings, Z2
In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust, Z16
Te Deum & Jubilate Deo in D, Z232
Funeral Sentances
Remember not, O Lord, our offences, Z50
March and Canzona in C minor
Thou knowest, Lord
I was glad when they said unto me, Z19
O Lord God of hosts, Z37
O give thanks unto the Lord, Z33
