The Old Colony Collection
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AVISON / CHAPPLE / HANDEL / KENT / LINLEY / MOZART / WEBBE
The Old Colony Collection
Handel and Haydn Society, Harry Christophers
[ Coro / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 1 February 2017
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Whilst the names James Kent, Charles Avison or Samuel Webbe may not be familiar to today's listeners, 200 years ago these composers and their works were prized for their singability, their musical evocations of the text, and their beautiful sonorities. Rarely recorded, and some works never before recorded, The Old Colony Collection contains a diverse array of compositions that were sung on both sides of the Atlantic and includes anthems and 'glees' as well as selections from Handel's oratorios, and arrangements of works by Mozart. The selection of works chosen for this recording features some of the finest examples from this fabulous and extensive anthology.
"Christophers draws a gold-standard execution from his choir." BBC Music
"Kent's Hear my prayer is an exquisite opener. Two solo sopranos duet with Pucellian poise over a colourful continuo…music by Handel, Mendelssohn and Mozart was also popular fodder for the society…[and] all are stylishly sung here - possibly inauthentically so, given the original society's well-documented breaks for 'tuning' of the alcoholic variety" Gramophone
Tracks:
Russian Air:
Hark! The vesper hymn is stealing
Avison:
Sound the loud timbrel
Chapple:
I waited patiently for the Lord
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord
O come, let us sing unto the Lord
Handel:
Messiah: He Was Cut Off Out of the Land...But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell
Messiah: Lift up your heads
Israel in Egypt, HWV54: The Lord Shall Reign
Kent, J:
Hear my prayer
Who is this that cometh from Edom?
Linley the elder:
Bow down Thine ear, O Lord
Mendelssohn:
Peace I leave with you
Mozart:
Almighty God when round Thy shrine
Webbe, the older:
When winds breathe soft
