Album Description
Is there another composer who can match Handel’s genius for writing choruses? He is quite simply the master of chorus and on this compilation of tracks, taken from The Sixteen’s award-winning Handel back-catalogue, there is much rejoicing. Revel in the some of Handel’s finest writing from the universally loved Hallelujah chorus to the exuberance of I will sing unto the Lord from Israel in Egypt and the longest of his choruses – the magnificent The Lord our enemy has slain from the first version of Esther. Sit back, turn up the volume and marvel at his brilliance!
Artists
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
Track Listing
- Awake the trumpet’s lofty sound! (Samson)
- Your voices tune (Alexander’s Feast)
- Welcome, welcome mighty King! (Saul)
- Wretched lovers! (Acis and Galatea)
- Ye sons of Israel mourn, II (Esther)
- Worthy is the Lamb (Messiah)
- He gave them hailstones (Israel in Egypt)
- With thunder arme’d great God, arise (Samson)
- O God, behold our sore distress (Jephtha)
- He smote all the first-born (Israel in Egypt)
- How excellent Thy name (Saul)
- And He shall purify (Messiah)
- Hear, Jacob’s God, Jehova, hear! (Samson)
- Ye house of Gilead, with one voice (Jephtha)
- Hallelujah! (Messiah)
- The Lord our enemy has slain (Esther)
- I will sing unto the Lord (Israel in Egypt)
- Then round about the starry throne (Samson)
- The many rend the skies, I (Alexander’s Feast)
- Gird on thy sword, thou man of might (Saul)
- And the glory of the Lord (Messiah)
- Let the bright Seraphim (Samson)
- He is my God (Israel in Egypt)
- Amen (Messiah)
TOTAL RUNNING TIME 80.48