Composer: George Frideric Handel
Performer: Richard Marlow, The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music
Conductor: Stephen Layton
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA67678
Release: 2008
Size: 261 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Dettingen Te Deum in D Major, HWV 283
01. I. We Praise Thee, O God
02. II. All the Earth Doth Worship Thee
03. III. To Thee All Angels Cry Aloud
04. IV. To Thee Cherubin and Seraphin Continually Do Cry
05. V. The Glorious Company of the Apostles Praise Thee
06. VI. Thou Art the King of Glory
07. VII. When Thou Tookest upon Thee To Deliver Man
08. VIII. When Thou Hadst Overcome the Sharpness of Death
09. IX. Thou Sittest at the Right Hand of God
10. X. We Believe That Thou Shalt Come To Be Our Judge
11. XI. Sinfonia
12. XII. We Therefore Pray Thee, Help Thy Servants
13. XIII. Make Them To Be Numbered with Thy Saints
14. XIV. Day by Day We magnify Thee
15. XV. Vouchsafe, O Lord, To Keep Us This Day Without Sin
16. XVI. O Lord, in Thee Have I Trusted
Organ Concerto No. 14 in A Major, HWV 296a
17. I. Largo e staccato
18. II. Organo ad libitum
19. III. Andante
20. IV. Grave
21. V. Allegro
22. Zadok the Priest, Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, is one of Britain’s great mixed choirs. Under its new director, the mercurial Stephen Layton, it has reached new heights of musical excellence in this latest disc for Hyperion. Accompanied throughout by the Academy of Ancient Music, the choir performs one of Handel’s most florid and dazzling works, the Dettingen Te Deum, which was written to celebrate King George II’s triumphal return from the Battle of Dettingen in 1743. As might be imagined, much of this work is thrillingly bellicose, but some highly cultivated writing shows the composer’s range, expressive versatility and imagination.
The disc also includes a stylish performance of the Organ Concerto No 14 in A major with Trinity’s former musical director Richard Marlow at the organ, as well as Handel’s best-loved and most gloriously ceremonial anthem, Zadok the Priest.