Track Listing

1. Chandos Anthem No. 7: My Song Shall Be Alway: Sonata
2. Chandos Anthem No. 7: My Song Shall Be Alway: My Song Shall Be Alway
3. Chandos Anthem No. 7: My Song Shall Be Alway: For Who Is He Among The Clouds
4. Chandos Anthem No. 7: My Song Shall Be Alway: God Is Very Greatly To Be Feared
5. Chandos Anthem No. 7: My Song Shall Be Alway: The Heav'ns Are Thine
6. Chandos Anthem No. 7: My Song Shall Be Alway: Righteousness And Equity Are The Habitation
7. Chandos Anthem No. 7: My Song Shall Be Alway: Blessed Is The People
8. Chandos Anthem No. 7: My Song Shall Be Alway: Thou Art The Glory
9. Anthem 8: O Come, Let Us Sing Unto The Lord: Sonata
10. Anthem 8: O Come, Let Us Sing Unto The Lord: O Come, Let Us Sing Unto The Lord
11. Anthem 8: O Come, Let Us Sing Unto The Lord: O Come, Let Us Worship
12. Anthem 8: O Come, Let Us Sing Unto The Lord: Glory And Worship Are Before Him
13. Anthem 8: O Come, Let Us Sing Unto The Lord: Tell It Out Among The Heathen
14. Anthem 8: O Come, Let Us Sing Unto The Lord: O Magnify The Lord
15. Anthem 8: O Come, Let Us Sing Unto The Lord: The Lord Preserveth The Souls Of The Saints
16. Anthem 8: O Come, Let Us Sing Unto The Lord: For Look, As High As The Heaven Is
17. Anthem 8: O Come, Let Us Sing Unto The Lord: There Is Sprung Up A Light For The Righteous
18. Anthem 9: O Praise The Lord With One Consent: O Praise The Lord With One Consent
19. Anthem 9: O Praise The Lord With One Consent: Praise Him, All Ye That In His House
20. Anthem 9: O Praise The Lord With One Consent: For This Our Truest Int'rest Is
21. Anthem 9: O Praise The Lord With One Consent: That God Is Great We Often Have
22. Anthem 9: O Praise The Lord With One Consent: With Cheerful Notes Let All The Earth
23. Anthem 9: O Praise The Lord With One Consent: God's Tender Mercy Knows No Bounds
24. Anthem 9: O Praise The Lord With One Consent: Ye Boundless Realms Of Joy
25. Anthem 9: O Praise The Lord With One Consent: Your Voices Raise

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #136994 in Music
• Released on: 2005-02-09
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

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This series of eleven church anthems is a sterling example of doing more with less. Though their format is multiple movements for soloists and chorus and inviting of grand treatment, Handel had available only a couple of oboes and a small string band and choir (with no violas or altos for nos. 1-6). Yet each one of these anthems is a gem. Handel's music captures well the changing moods of the Psalm texts--from somber penitence to serene bliss to infectious joy to the raging of storms and seas. Though Bowman's arias lie uncomfortably low for him, he and George do fine work; Lynne Dawson, Patrizia Kwella, and Ian Partridge are delightful. Harry Christophers leads his choir and orchestra in subtly inflected and beautifully paced performances. --Matthew Westphal