Handel: Chandos Anthems (Anthems for Cannons)
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Chandos Anthems (Anthems for Cannons)
Arcangelo; Jonathan Cohen
[ Alpha Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 4 July 2025
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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.
Tracks:
O Sing Unto the Lord, HWV 249b: I. Sonata. Grave - Allegro
O Sing Unto the Lord, HWV 249b: II. O Sing Unto the Lord
O Sing Unto the Lord, HWV 249b: III. Declare His Honour Unto the Heathen
O Sing Unto the Lord, HWV 249b: IV. The Waves of the Sea Rage Horribly
O Sing Unto the Lord, HWV 249b: V. O Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness
O Sing Unto the Lord, HWV 249b: VI. Let the Whole Earth Stand in Awe
O Sing Unto the Lord, HWV 249b: VII. Let the Heav'ns Rejoice
Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: I. Sonata. Andante - Allegro
Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: II. Have Mercy Upon Me, O God
Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: III. Wash Me Throughly From My Wickedness
Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: IV. For I Acknowledge My Faults
Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: V. Against Thee Only Have I Sinned
Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: VI. Thou Shalt Make Me Hear of Joy and Gladness
Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: VII. Make Me a Clean Heart, O God
Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: VIII. Then Shall I Teach Thy Ways
As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: I. Sonata. Larghetto - Allegro
As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: II. As Pants the Hart for Cooling Streams
As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: III. Tears Are My Daily Food
As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: IV. Now When I Think Thereupon
As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: V. In the Voice of Praise and Thanksgiving
As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: VI. Why So Full of Grief, O My Soul?
As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: VII. Put Thy Trust in God
Let God Arise, HWV 256a: I. Symphony. Larghetto - Allegro ma non presto
Let God Arise, HWV 256a: II. Let God arise
Let God Arise, HWV 256a: III. Like as the Smoke Vanisheth
Let God Arise, HWV 256a: IV. Let the Righteous Be Glad
Let God Arise, HWV 256a: V. O Sing Unto God
Let God Arise, HWV 256a: VI. Praised Be the Lord
Let God Arise, HWV 256a: VII. At Thy Rebuke, O God
Let God Arise, HWV 256a: VIII. Blessed Be God
