Cover: The Great Gate, Trinity College by William Westall (1781-1850)
Hyperion CDA67926 · July 2013
Handel - Chandos Anthems Nos 5a, 6a & 8
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton (conductor)
Press
International Record Review2013This second volume in Stephen Layton's and the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge's survey of Handel's Chandos Anthems is every bit as good as the first (reviewed in May 2009), with an outstanding solo line-up and compelling…Read the review 
Audiophile Audition2013I suggested that the first installment in this series "could be a landmark recording". Now, four years later, Hyperion has seen fit to issue the second volume - though they are not calling it that - of Handel's sumptuous Chandos…Read the review 
BBC Music Magazine2013Acis and Galatea might be the most popular of the works Handel composed for James Brydges and his ambitiously remodelled house at Edgware; but he also wrote a fine set of anthems known by the title of the dukedom to which Brydges…Read the review 
Gramophone2013Three cheers for three more anthems for the Duke of Chandos to complement the same already available from the same conductor and choir … Stephen Layton directs his young singers with such a perfect control of texture and rhythm…Read the review 
sinfinimusic.com2013Handel flourished during his early years in England under the care of several super-rich patrons. James Brydges, Earl of Carnarvon and later Duke of Chandos, persuaded the German composer to join his elite company of resident…Read the review 
The Guardian2013Good conductors will tell a choir that the words are just as important as the music; there's no point in singing if you can't be understood. Stephen Layton has drilled his singers to perfection in this trio of Handel's Chandos…Read the review 
The Irish Times2013This is Stephen Layton's second disc devoted to the anthems Handel wrote for the Duke of Chandos, on terms unknown, for performance at his Palladian mansion in 1717 and 1718. The music is vintage Handel, and Layton's performances…Read the review
Recorded: July 2012
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by David Hinitt
Release date: July 2013
Total duration: 74 minutes 48 seconds
Track list
- O come, let us sing unto the Lord 'Chandos Anthem No 8' HWV253: Sonata: Largo, AllegroGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)4'05
- O come, let us sing unto the Lord 'Chandos Anthem No 8' HWV253: O come, let us sing unto the LordGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)3'26
- O come, let us sing unto the Lord 'Chandos Anthem No 8' HWV253: O come, let us worshipGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)3'46
- O come, let us sing unto the Lord 'Chandos Anthem No 8' HWV253: Glory and worship are before himGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)1'50
- O come, let us sing unto the Lord 'Chandos Anthem No 8' HWV253: Tell it out among the heathen that the Lord is KingGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)5'47
- O come, let us sing unto the Lord 'Chandos Anthem No 8' HWV253: O magnify the LordGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)3'46
- O come, let us sing unto the Lord 'Chandos Anthem No 8' HWV253: The Lord preserveth the souls of the saintsGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)3'23
- O come, let us sing unto the Lord 'Chandos Anthem No 8' HWV253: For look as high as the heaven isGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)2'20
- O come, let us sing unto the Lord 'Chandos Anthem No 8' HWV253: There is sprung up a light for the righteousGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)2'30
- As pants the hart 'Chandos Anthem No 6a' HWV251b: Sonata: Larghetto, AllegroGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)3'32
- As pants the hart 'Chandos Anthem No 6a' HWV251b: As pants the hart for cooling streamsGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)3'09
- As pants the hart 'Chandos Anthem No 6a' HWV251b: Tears are my daily foodGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)3'13
- As pants the hart 'Chandos Anthem No 6a' HWV251b: Now when I think thereuponGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)1'28
- As pants the hart 'Chandos Anthem No 6a' HWV251b: In the voice of praise and thanksgivingGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)1'45
- As pants the hart 'Chandos Anthem No 6a' HWV251b: Why so full of grief, O my soul?George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)4'04
- As pants the hart 'Chandos Anthem No 6a' HWV251b: Put thy trust in GodGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)2'49
- I will magnify thee, O God 'Chandos Anthem No 5a' HWV250a: Sonata: Andante, AllegroGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)3'38
- I will magnify thee, O God 'Chandos Anthem No 5a' HWV250a: I will magnify thee, O GodGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)1'49
- I will magnify thee, O God 'Chandos Anthem No 5a' HWV250a: Ev'ry day will I give thanks unto theeGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)3'52
- I will magnify thee, O God 'Chandos Anthem No 5a' HWV250a: One generation shall praise thy works unto anotherGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)2'10
- I will magnify thee, O God 'Chandos Anthem No 5a' HWV250a: The Lord preserveth all them that love himGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)2'33
- I will magnify thee, O God 'Chandos Anthem No 5a' HWV250a: The Lord is righteous in all his waysGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)2'57
- I will magnify thee, O God 'Chandos Anthem No 5a' HWV250a: Happy are the people that are in such a caseGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)4'01
- I will magnify thee, O God 'Chandos Anthem No 5a' HWV250a: My mouth shall speak the praise of the LordGeorge Frideric Handel (1685-1759)2'55
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