Purcell: Music for the Chapel Royal - Verse Anthems
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Music for the Chapel Royal - Verse Anthems
Inia Te Wiata, Robert Tear, Charles Brett, Paul Esswood / Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest / Academy of St Martin in the Fields
[ Decca / London Serenata / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 20 September 1995
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.
"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
