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Handel - Chandos Anthems, Vol.2

Recorded 22-24 July 2012. Released July 2013.

“Layton is a peerless Handelian, master of the architecture, yet constantly alert to enlivening nuances that only seem obvious with hindsight …” – BBC Music Magazine

Trinity College Choir joinf forces with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and a distinguished cast of soloists for a second selection of Handel’s early English psalm settings for the Duke of Chandos.

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Handel: O Come Let Us Sing, HWV 253 - 1. Sonata  
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Handel: O Come Let Us Sing, HWV 253 - 2. O Come Let Us Sing Unto The Lord  
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Handel: O Come Let Us Sing, HWV 253 - 3. O Come Let Us Worship  
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Handel: O Come Let Us Sing, HWV 253 - 4. Glory & Worship Are Before Him  
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Handel: O Come Let Us Sing, HWV 253 - 5. Tell It Out Among The Heathen  
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Handel: O Come Let Us Sing, HWV 253 - 6. O Magnify The Lord  
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Handel: O Come Let Us Sing, HWV 253 - 7. The Lord Preserveth The Souls  
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Handel: O Come Let Us Sing, HWV 253 - 8. For Look As High The Heaven Is  
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Handel: O Come Let Us Sing, HWV 253 - 9. There Is Sprung Up A Light  
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Handel: As Pants The Hart, HWV 251b - 1. Sonata  
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Handel: As Pants The Hart, HWV 251b - 2. As Pants The Hart  
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Handel: As Pants The Hart, HWV 251b - 3. Tears Are My Daily Food  
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Handel: As Pants The Hart, HWV 251b - 4. Now When I Think Thereupon  
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Handel: As Pants The Hart, HWV 251b - 5. If The Voice Of Praise  
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Handel: As Pants The Hart, HWV 251b - 6. Why So Full Of Grief?  
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Handel: As Pants The Hart, HWV 251b - 7. Put Thy Trust In God  
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Handel: I Will Magnify Thee, HWV 250a - 1. Sonata  
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Handel: I Will Magnify Thee, HWV 250a - 2. I Will Magnify Thee, O God  
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Handel: I Will Magnify Thee, HWV 250a - 3. Ev'ry Day Will I Give Thanks  
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Handel: I Will Magnify Thee, HWV 250a - 4. One Generation Shall Praise  
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Handel: I Will Magnify Thee, HWV 250a - 5. The Lord Preserveth All Them  
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Handel: I Will Magnify Thee, HWV 250a - 6. The Lord Is Righteous  
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Handel: I Will Magnify Thee, HWV 250a - 7. Happy Are The People  
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Handel: I Will Magnify Thee, HWV 250a - 8. My Mouth Shall Speak  

Hyperion Records CDA67926

Performers

  • Susan Gritton (Soprano)
  • Iestyn Davies (Countertenor)
  • Thomas Hobbs (Tenor)
  • The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
  • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Stephen Layton (Conductor)