Lynne Dawson, Ian Partridge, The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, Harry Christophers - Handel: Chandos Anthems, Vol.4 (1989)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 49:25 | 254 MB
Genre: Classical, Sacred | Label: Chandos | Catalog: CHAN 0509
This series of eleven church anthems is a sterling example of doing more with less. Though their format is multiple movements for soloists and chorus and inviting of grand treatment, Handel had available only a couple of oboes and a small string band and choir (with no violas or altos for nos. 1-6). Yet each one of these anthems is a gem. Handel's music captures well the changing moods of the Psalm texts–from somber penitence to serene bliss to infectious joy to the raging of storms and seas.