Samson, HWV 57 - Awake the trumpet’s lofty sound! (Chorus of Philistines) Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75 - Your voices tune Saul, HWV 53 - Welcome, welcome, mighty King! (Chorus of Israelites) Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 - Wretched lovers! Esther, HWV 50a - Ye sons of Israel mourn (II) Messiah, HWV 56 - Worthy is the Lamb Israel in Egypt, HWV 54 - He gave them hailstones for rain Samson, HWV 57 - With thunder arm’d, great God, arise (Chorus of Israelites) Jephtha, HWV 70 - O God, behold our sore distress Israel in Egypt, HWV 54 - He smote all the first-born of Egypt Saul, HWV 53 - How excellent Thy name (Chorus of Israelites) Messiah, HWV 56 - And He shall purify Samson, HWV 57 - Hear, Jacob’s God, Jehova, hear! Jephtha, HWV 70 - Ye house of Gilead, with one voice Messiah, HWV 56 - Hallelujah! Esther, HWV 50a - The Lord our enemy has slain Israel in Egypt, HWV 54 - I will sing unto the Lord Samson, HWV 57 - Then round about the starry throne Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75 - The many rend the skies with loud applause (I) Saul, HWV 53 - Gird on thy sword, thou man of might (Chorus of Israelites) (Elegy on the death of Saul and Jonathan) Messiah, HWV 56 - And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed Samson, HWV 57 - Let the bright Seraphim in burning row Israel in Egypt, HWV 54 - He is my God Messiah, HWV 56 - Amen
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 awardwinning 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! Wydanie zawiera utwory z poprzednich albumów wydawnictwa: COR 16008 (Tr. 1, 8, 13, 18, 22); 16011 (Tr. 7, 10, 17, 23); 16019 (Tr. 5, 16); 16028 (Tr. 2, 19); 16062 (Tr. 6, 12, 15, 21, 24); 16103 (Tr. 3, 11, 20); 16121 (Tr. 9, 14), 16169 (Tr. 4).
