Kenneth McKellar, Adrian Boult - Kenneth McKellar sings Handel (2011)
BAND/ARTIST: Kenneth McKellar, Adrian Boult
- Title: Kenneth McKellar sings Handel
- Year Of Release: 2011
- Label: Decca / Eloquence
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: FLAC (Tracks)
- Total Time: 01:04:20
- Total Size: 332 mb (+3%rec.)
- WebSite: Album Preview
Throughout much of the first half of the previous century, entertainer Harry Lauder was, in the words of Winston Churchill, ‘Scotland’s greatest ever ambassador!’ In the following years, Scotland’s next ‘greatest ever ambassador’ (if not Sean Connery!) must have been Kenneth McKellar, who was born in 1927, the son of a grocer, in the Scottish town of Paisley.
From 1959–60, he recorded a series of Handel arias for Decca, with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. Some were issued on an EP and later the entire collection was issued on an LP. In 1961, he went into the recording studios, again with Boult, for more Handel, this time with the LSO and Chorus, to sing the tenor part in ‘Messiah‘ alongside Joan Sutherland, Grace Bumbry and David Ward.
Collected here are all the arias from the first record, supplemented with additional arias from ‘Messiah’. ‘Thy rebuke … Behold and see’ was recorded during the ‘Messiah’ sessions as an alternative take to the soprano version (Joan Sutherland eventually sang it in the complete recording) and never issued on LP (it first appeared as an appendix to the Decca Eloquence reissue of this complete Boult ‘Messiah’).
McKellar died, shortly after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, in 2010, while visiting his daughter Jane in the United States. He is buried in Paisley. It is gratifying that his artistry is being rediscovered by a new generation of listeners.
Tracks:
Georg Friedrich Handel
01. 'Frondi tenere - Ombra mai fu' from Serse, HWV.40
02. 'Love in her eyes sits playing' from Acis and Galatea, HWV.49
03. 'Silent worship. Did you not hear my lady?' from Tolomeo, HWV.25
04. 'Deeper and deeper still - Waft her, angels' from Jephtha, HWV.70
05. 'Where'er you walk' from Semele HWV.58
06. 'Thanks to my brethren - How vain is man' from Judas Maccabaeus, HWV.63
07. 'My Arms! Against This Gorgias - Sound an alarm' from Judas Maccabaeus, HWV.63
08. 'Comfort ye, my people - Ev'ry valley shall be exalted' from Messiah, HWV.56
09. 'All they that see him - He trusted In God' from Messiah, HWV.56
10. 'Thy rebuke hath broken his heart - Behold and see' from Messiah, HWV.56
11. 'He was cut off - But thou didst not leave his soul In hell' from Messiah, HWV.56
12. 'Unto which of the angels - Let all the angels' from Messiah, HWV.56
13. 'He that dwelleth In heaven - Thou shalt break them' from Messiah, HWV.56
14. 'Then shall be brought to pass - O death where is thy sting - But thanks be to God' from Messiah, HWV.56
Personnel:
Kenneth McKellar, tenor
London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Adrian Boult
From 1959–60, he recorded a series of Handel arias for Decca, with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. Some were issued on an EP and later the entire collection was issued on an LP. In 1961, he went into the recording studios, again with Boult, for more Handel, this time with the LSO and Chorus, to sing the tenor part in ‘Messiah‘ alongside Joan Sutherland, Grace Bumbry and David Ward.
Collected here are all the arias from the first record, supplemented with additional arias from ‘Messiah’. ‘Thy rebuke … Behold and see’ was recorded during the ‘Messiah’ sessions as an alternative take to the soprano version (Joan Sutherland eventually sang it in the complete recording) and never issued on LP (it first appeared as an appendix to the Decca Eloquence reissue of this complete Boult ‘Messiah’).
McKellar died, shortly after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, in 2010, while visiting his daughter Jane in the United States. He is buried in Paisley. It is gratifying that his artistry is being rediscovered by a new generation of listeners.
Tracks:
Georg Friedrich Handel
01. 'Frondi tenere - Ombra mai fu' from Serse, HWV.40
02. 'Love in her eyes sits playing' from Acis and Galatea, HWV.49
03. 'Silent worship. Did you not hear my lady?' from Tolomeo, HWV.25
04. 'Deeper and deeper still - Waft her, angels' from Jephtha, HWV.70
05. 'Where'er you walk' from Semele HWV.58
06. 'Thanks to my brethren - How vain is man' from Judas Maccabaeus, HWV.63
07. 'My Arms! Against This Gorgias - Sound an alarm' from Judas Maccabaeus, HWV.63
08. 'Comfort ye, my people - Ev'ry valley shall be exalted' from Messiah, HWV.56
09. 'All they that see him - He trusted In God' from Messiah, HWV.56
10. 'Thy rebuke hath broken his heart - Behold and see' from Messiah, HWV.56
11. 'He was cut off - But thou didst not leave his soul In hell' from Messiah, HWV.56
12. 'Unto which of the angels - Let all the angels' from Messiah, HWV.56
13. 'He that dwelleth In heaven - Thou shalt break them' from Messiah, HWV.56
14. 'Then shall be brought to pass - O death where is thy sting - But thanks be to God' from Messiah, HWV.56
Personnel:
Kenneth McKellar, tenor
London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Adrian Boult
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