Handel: Chandos Anthems (Anthems for Cannons): HWV248, 249b, 251b, 256a

In the summer of 1717, after performing his Water Music during a royal cruise on the Thames, Handel began composing for James Brydges (1674-1744), who became the first Duke of Chandos and created the Cannons Concert at his estate in Cannons (near Edgware), with ten instrumentalists and three singers. Handel composed eleven anthems and a Te Deum for him from August 1717 onwards, as well as transposing and revising As pants the hart (HWV 251b). O sing unto the Lord a new song (HWV 249b) is an adaptation of an anthem written three years earlier for the Chapel Royal. The anthem Have mercy upon me, O God (HWV 248) was composed in 1717 and is a paraphrase of the Miserere. The Alleluia of Let God arise (HWV 256a) prefigures the famous Hallelujah chorus from Messiah (1741). Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen now revive these four Chandos anthems composed for Cannons with eight singers and eleven excellent instrumentalists.

1: Sonata. Grave - Allegro
2: O Sing Unto the Lord
3: Declare His Honour Unto the Heathen
4: The Waves of the Sea Rage Horribly
5: O Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness
6: Let the Whole Earth Stand in Awe
7: Let the Heav'ns Rejoice
8: Sonata. Andante - Allegro
9: Have Mercy Upon Me, O God
10: Wash Me Throughly from My Wickedness
11: For I Acknowledge My Faults
12: Against Thee Only Have I Sinned
13: Thou Shalt Make Me Hear of Joy and Gladness
14: Make Me a Clean Heart, O God
15: Then Shall I Teach Thy Ways
16: Sonata. Larghetto - Allegro
17: As Pants the Hart for Cooling Streams
18: Tears Are My Daily Food
19: Now When I Think Thereupon
20: In the Voice of Praise and Thanksgiving
21: Why So Full of Grief, O My Soul?
22: Put Thy Trust in God
23: Symphony. Larghetto - Allegro Ma Non Presto
24: Let God Arise
25: Like As the Smoke Vanisheth
26: Let the Righteous Be Glad
27: O Sing Unto God
28: Praised Be the Lord
29: At Thy Rebuke, O God
30: Blessed Be God

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

Number of Discs: 1

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