Artist: The Netherlands Bach Society, Jos van Veldhoven
Title: Handel and Croft: Music For The Peace Of Utrecht
Year Of Release: 2010
Label: Channel Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC {Tracks, 24bit/192kHz}, d.booklet
Total Time: 01:13:03 min
Total Size: 2,22 Gb
Signed in April 1713, the Peace of Utrecht brought to an end the war of Spanish succession, a conflict in which Britain, Austria, Portugal and the Dutch republic joined forces to prevent the unification of France and Spain under a single monarchy. A major event in the history of British expansionism – we acquired Gibraltar as a result – it precipitated celebrations in London and Oxford, some of the music for which is collected here. Handel's Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate, premiered in St Paul's, are comparatively familiar. Less well known is William Croft's Ode for the Peace of Utrecht, written for Oxford. In some respects the disc is uneven: Handel's Te Deum is among the great 18th-century choral works; Croft's Ode is no more than proficient and the text, fulsomely praising Queen Anne as the prime mover of the whole conflict, now strikes us as suspect. But the performances, with Jos van Veldhoven conducting the Netherlands Bach Society, are terrific. The treaty also put an end to the centuries of Spanish occupation in the southern Netherlands and the fires of political and humanitarian justice still blaze in the majesty of the choral singing and the elation of the playing.
Tracklist:
G.F. Handel 1685-1759
Te Deum HWV 278 (Music for the Peace of Utrecht, 1713)
01. I. Soli and Chorus (3:31)
02. II. Soli and Chorus (1:03)
03. III. Soli and Chorus (1:19)
04. IV. Soli and Chorus (5:05)
05. V. Soli and Chorus (3:30)
06. VI. Soli and Chorus (3:11)
07. VII. Chorus (1:15)
08. VIII. Chorus (0:45)
09. IX. Soli and Chorus (3:28)
10. X. Chorus (1:05)
Jubilate HMV 279 (Music for the Peace of Utrecht)
11. I. Tenore, Chorus (1:56)
12. II. Soli and Chorus (1:56)
13. III. Alto and Basso (2:41)
14. IV. Chorus (3:34)
15. V. Alto, Tenore and Basso (2:56)
16. VI. Chorus (1:23)
17. VII. Chorus (3:18)
W. Croft 1678-1727
Ode for the Peace of Utrecht (With Noise of Cannon)
18. I. Overture (6:26)
19. II. Vers - With Noise (1:59)
20. III. Aria - A milder, happier strain (Alto) (3:31)
21. IV. Chorus - Tuning to Peace (3:28)
22. V. Duet - Peace is the Song (Alto & Basso) (4:14)
23. VI. Chorus - The Soul of Musick (2:03)
24. VII. Aria - Nor will we ev'n the Martial Trumpet spare (Alto) (2:52)
25. VIII. Chorus - Where, Mighty anna, will thy Glories end (6:17)
Personnel:
Nicki Kennedy (soprano)
William Towers (alto)
Wolfram Lattke, Julian Podger (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven, conductor
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