GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685–1759)

Dettingen Te Deum

 

Te Deum in D major ‘Dettingen’ HWV283 [38'04]

1 We praise thee, O Lord [3'53]

2 All the earth doth worship thee [2'31]

3 To thee all angels cry aloud [2'14]

4 To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry [2'59]

5 The glorious company of the apostles praise thee [2'17]

6 Thou art the King of Glory [2'33]

7 When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man [3'11]

8 When thou had’st overcome the sharpness of death [1'48]

9 Thou sittest at the right hand of God [2'33]

10 We believe that thou shalt come to be our judge [0'41]

11 Sinfonia [0'47]

12 We therefore pray thee, help thy servants [1'39]

13 Make them to be numbered with thy saints in glory everlasting [1'40]

14 Day by day we magnify thee [3'18]

15 Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin [2'02]

16 O Lord, in thee have I trusted [3'50]

 

Organ Concerto No 14 in A major HWV296a [17'15]

17 Largo e staccato [4'35]

18 Organo ad libitum [1'03]

19 Andante [3'42]

20 Grave [1'25]

21 Allegro [6'30]

 

22 Zadok the priest HWV258 [5'11]

 

Richard Marlow - organ

The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

Academy of Ancient Music / Stephen Layton

 

The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, is one of Britain’s great mixed choirs. Under its new director, the mercurial Stephen Layton, it has reached new heights of musical excellence in this latest disc for Hyperion. Accompanied throughout by the Academy of Ancient Music, the choir performs one of Handel’s most florid and dazzling works, the Dettingen Te Deum, which was written to celebrate King George II’s triumphal return from the Battle of Dettingen in 1743. As might be imagined, much of this work is thrillingly bellicose, but some highly cultivated writing shows the composer’s range, expressive versatility and imagination.

 

The disc also includes a stylish performance of the Organ Concerto No 14 in A major with Trinity’s former musical director Richard Marlow at the organ, as well as Handel’s best-loved and most gloriously ceremonial anthem, Zadok the Priest.

 

Hyperion CDA67678