Westminster Abbey Choir - O Praise the Lord
Westminster Abbey Choir - O Praise the Lord
Mitwirkende:
Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell
CD
CD (Compact Disc)
Herkömmliche CD, die mit allen CD-Playern und Computerlaufwerken, aber auch mit den meisten SACD- oder Multiplayern abspielbar ist.
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Restoration Music from Westminster Abbey. Child: O praise the Lord
+Blow: Voluntaries in A, d, d; God is our hope and strength; Venite; Salvator mundi, salva nos
+Turner: Psalmen 54 & 113
+Purcell: Service in B; Benedicite; Benedictus; O Lord God of hosts; Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei; Voluntaries in d, C, G; Hear my prayer, o Lord; Lord, how long wilt thou be angry
- Künstler: Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell
- Label: Hyperion, DDD, 2009
- Bestellnummer: 1119753
- Erscheinungstermin: 23.4.2010
Product-Information:
The Choir of Westminster Abbey under their inspirational director James O’Donnell delve into the Abbey’s vaults for this latest fascinating disc.
The triumphant mood of the Restoration required much glorious liturgical music, and the Abbey was home to some of the greatest composers and performers of the age. This recording presents music likely to have been sung by—and in some cases, almost certain to have been written for—the Choir of Westminster Abbey during the late 1670s and early 1680s. They sing four canticles from the compendious Service in B flat by Henry Purcell, together with psalmody in reconstructed contemporary style, and anthems and motets by Purcell and his contemporary John Blow, who famously both preceded and succeeded Purcell as Organist of the Abbey.
Rezensionen
'Clear and uncluttered sound, the antiphonal effects nicely caught in a faultless Hyperion recording' (International Record Review)
'A highly accomplished and nicely varied survey of Restoration music' (Gramophone)
'The Abbey choir, under James O'Donnell, conveys the thrill of Purcell's music and the whole disc is marked by crucial attention to the articulation of words and the careful balancing of choral sonorities' (The Daily Telegraph)
'Hear my prayer, O Lord' lasts a mere two and a half minutes but has a massive, almost disturbing power. Other works exude a cheerful grace' (The Financial Times)
- Tracklisting
- Mitwirkende
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
- 1 William Child (1606?-1697?): O Praise The Lord (für Chor)
- 2 John Blow: Voluntaries in A (The Old Hundred)
- 3 John Blow: God Is Our Hope And Strength (Anthem)
- 4 John Blow: Venite (für Chor)
- 5 William Turner: Psalm 113 (für Chor)
- 6 John Blow: Voluntaries in d
- 7 Henry Purcell: Benedicite omnia opera (Oh All Ye Works (a. Morning Service Z 230 in B))
- 8 Henry Purcell: Benedictus B-dur Z 230
- 9 Henry Purcell: O Lord, God Of Hosts Z 37 (Psalm 80)
- 10 John Blow: Voluntaries in d For The Cornet Stop
- 11 John Blow: Salvator mundi (Motette)
- 12 Henry Purcell: Jehova quam multi sunt hostes Z 135 (1679) (Psalm 3)
- 13 Henry Purcell: Voluntaries / für Tasteninstrument (m. Trompete) Z 718 (in d)
- 14 Henry Purcell: Hear My Prayer, O Lord Z 15 (Anthem zu 8 Stimmen (Hymne))
- 15 William Turner: Psalm 54 (für Chor)
- 16 Henry Purcell: Voluntaries / für Tasteninstrument (m. Trompete) Z 717 (in C)
- 17 Henry Purcell: Magnificat in B (Canticle)
- 18 Henry Purcell: Nunc dimittis g-moll Z 231
- 19 Henry Purcell: Lord, How Long Wilt Thou Be Angry Z 25
- 20 Henry Purcell: Voluntaries / für Tasteninstrument (m. Trompete) Z 720 (in g, Prelude)
