Composer: Georg Friedrich Handel
Performer: Le Concert Spirituel
Conductor: Hervé Niquet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA868
Release: 2022
Size: 1.28 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Zadok the Priest, HWV 258
Let thy hand be strengthened, HWV 259
02. I. Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened
03. II. Let Justice and Judgment Be The Preparation Of Thy Seat
04. III. Alleluja
The King shall rejoice, HWV 260
05. I. The King Shall Rejoice
06. II. Exceeding Glad Shall He Be
07. III. Glory and Worship Hast Thou Laid Upon Him
08. IV. Alleluja
My Heart is inditing, HWV 261
09. I. My Heart Is Inditing
10. II. Kings’ Daughters Were Among thy Honourable Women
11. III. Upon Thy Right Hand Did Stand The Queen in Vesture of Gold
12. IV. Kings Shall Be Thy Nursing Fathers
Te Deum in D Major, HWV 283
13. I. We Praise Thee, O God
14. II. All the Earth Doth Worship Thee
15. III. To Thee all Angels Cry Aloud
16. IV. To Thee Cherubin and Seraphin Continually Do Cry
17. V. The Glorious Company of the Apostles Praise Thee
18. VI. Thou Art the King of Glory
19. VII. When Thou Tookest Upon Thee to Deliver Man
20. VIII. When Thou Hadst Overcome the Sharpness of Death
21. IX. Thou Sittest at the Tight Hand of God
22. X. Sinfonia
23. XI. We Therefore Pray Thee, Help Thy Servants
24. XII. Make Them to Be Numbered With Thy Saints
25. XIII. Day by Day We Magnify Thee
26. XIV. Vouchsafe, O Lord
27. XV. O Lord, in Thee Have I Trusted
‘Well, what a surprise – a divine surprise! I have delighted in immersing myself in the world of Handel for more than forty years now. But I must admit that I experienced yet another lesson in strength and joy when I toured and recorded the Dettingen Te Deum and the Coronation Anthems’, says Hervé Niquet. As a lover of large orchestral formations, he has assembled a number of instrumentalists and singers close to the (gigantic) forces used at the premiere, with a large band of oboes, bassoons and trumpets, and assigned the solo arias to the entire ‘chapel’. Niquet speaks of ‘the glittering power of this ceremonial music concocted by a Handel conscious of placing the best of his genius at the service of the crown and of history’, and he in turn invests all his enthusiasm and expressiveness in these works combining ‘grace and strength’. Fans of Champions League football will recognise in Zadok the Priest the theme of that competition’s anthem!