Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen – Handel: Chandos Anthems (Anthems for Cannons) (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.
Tracklist:
1. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b: I. Sonata. Grave – Allegro (02:58)
2. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b: II. O Sing Unto the Lord (01:50)
3. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b: III. Declare His Honour Unto the Heathen (02:29)
4. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b: IV. The Waves of the Sea Rage Horribly (01:41)
5. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b: V. O Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness (03:21)
6. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b: VI. Let the Whole Earth Stand in Awe (00:55)
7. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b: VII. Let the Heav’ns Rejoice (01:35)
8. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: I. Sonata. Andante – Allegro (02:50)
9. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: II. Have Mercy Upon Me, O God (03:53)
10. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: III. Wash Me Throughly From My Wickedness (02:57)
11. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: IV. For I Acknowledge My Faults (00:43)
12. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: V. Against Thee Only Have I Sinned (02:28)
13. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: VI. Thou Shalt Make Me Hear of Joy and Gladness (02:17)
14. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: VII. Make Me a Clean Heart, O God (02:45)
15. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, HWV 248: VIII. Then Shall I Teach Thy Ways (01:53)
16. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: I. Sonata. Larghetto – Allegro (03:53)
17. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: II. As Pants the Hart for Cooling Streams (03:07)
18. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: III. Tears Are My Daily Food (03:25)
19. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: IV. Now When I Think Thereupon (01:17)
20. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: V. In the Voice of Praise and Thanksgiving (01:38)
21. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: VI. Why So Full of Grief, O My Soul? (03:17)
22. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b: VII. Put Thy Trust in God (02:47)
23. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: Let God Arise, HWV 256a: I. Symphony. Larghetto – Allegro ma non presto (04:38)
24. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: Let God Arise, HWV 256a: II. Let God arise (02:44)
25. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: Let God Arise, HWV 256a: III. Like as the Smoke Vanisheth (02:40)
26. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: Let God Arise, HWV 256a: IV. Let the Righteous Be Glad (03:01)
27. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: Let God Arise, HWV 256a: V. O Sing Unto God (02:32)
28. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: Let God Arise, HWV 256a: VI. Praised Be the Lord (01:16)
29. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: Let God Arise, HWV 256a: VII. At Thy Rebuke, O God (01:55)
30. Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen – Handel: Let God Arise, HWV 256a: VIII. Blessed Be God (02:05)