Gaétan Jarry, Marguerite Louise, Florie Valiquette, Scott Nicholas, Virgile Ancely - Chandos Anthems (2022) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Gaétan Jarry, Marguerite Louise, Florie Valiquette, Scott Nicholas, Virgile Ancely
- Title: Chandos Anthems
- Year Of Release: 2022
- Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz
- Total Time: 01:04:35
- Total Size: 373 mb / 1.2 gb
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Tracklist
01. Chandos Anthem No.1, “O Be Joyful In The Lord”: Adagio
02. Chandos Anthem No.1, “O Be Joyful In The Lord”: Allegro
03. Chandos Anthem No.1, “O Be Joyful In The Lord”: O Be Joyful In The Lord
04. Chandos Anthem No.1, “O Be Joyful In The Lord”: Serve The Lord With Gladness
05. Chandos Anthem No.1, “O Be Joyful In The Lord”: Be Ye Sure That The Lord He Is God
06. Chandos Anthem No.1, “O Be Joyful In The Lord”: O Go Your Way Into His Gates
07. Chandos Anthem No.1, “O Be Joyful In The Lord”: For The Lord Is Gracious
08. Chandos Anthem No.1, “O Be Joyful In The Lord”: Glory Be To The Father
09. Chandos Anthem No.1, “O Be Joyful In The Lord”: As It Was In The Begining
10. Voluntary III in A minor: Slow
11. Voluntary III in A minor: Allegro
12. Voluntary III in A minor: Largo
13. Voluntary III in A minor: Fugue
14. Chandos Anthem No.4, "O sing unto the Lord a new song" · HWV 249b: Grave
15. Chandos Anthem No.4, "O sing unto the Lord a new song" · HWV 249b: Allegro
16. Chandos Anthem No.4, "O sing unto the Lord a new song" · HWV 249b: O Sing Unto The Lord
17. Chandos Anthem No.4, "O sing unto the Lord a new song" · HWV 249b: Declare His Honour Unto The Beathen
18. Chandos Anthem No.4, "O sing unto the Lord a new song" · HWV 249b: The Waves Of The Sea Rage Horribly
19. Chandos Anthem No.4, "O sing unto the Lord a new song" · HWV 249b: O Worship
20. Chandos Anthem No.4, "O sing unto the Lord a new song" · HWV 249b: Let The Whole Earth Stand In Awe
21. Chandos Anthem No.4, "O sing unto the Lord a new song" · HWV 249b: Let The Heavn S Rejoice
22. Chaconne En Sol Mineur: Chaconne En Sol Mineur
23. Chandos Anthem No.6, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams" · HWV 251b: Sonata
24. Chandos Anthem No.6, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams" · HWV 251b: Allegro
25. Chandos Anthem No.6, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams" · HWV 251b: As Pants The Hart For Cooling Streams
26. Chandos Anthem No.6, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams" · HWV 251b: Tears Are My Daily Food
27. Chandos Anthem No.6, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams" · HWV 251b: Now When I Think Thereupon
28. Chandos Anthem No.6, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams" · HWV 251b: In The Voice Of Praise And Thanksgiving
29. Chandos Anthem No.6, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams" · HWV 251b: Why So Full Of Grief
30. Chandos Anthem No.6, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams" · HWV 251b: Put Thy Trust In God
It is difficult to envisage a location more conducive to music-making – and by extension recording – than the palace of Versailles. Do you want opera? Then make for the beautiful 18th-century Opéra Royal theatre. Or perhaps you’re more inclined to sacred music? Then stroll through a couple of ornately decorated corridors and you reach the glorious Chapelle Royale, constructed around the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. The launch in 2018 of a record company concentrating on recordings produced in the palace – and the Salle des Croisades has also been used for recording – was a stroke of genius rewarded by numerous accolades to individual recordings and recently a Record Company of the Year award to the label itself, testimony to the current strength of the French early music scene.
All of which leads to the present issue, recorded in the chapel in 2021 by one of the many outstanding French ensembles to have come to the fore in recent years. Handel’s twelve Chandos anthems were composed for James Brydges, first Duke of Chandos, whose ‘manipulation’ of finances when Paymaster-General to Marlborough’s armies between 1707 and 1712 had allowed him to amass a fortune with which he built himself a lavish country house called Cannons in addition to keeping a musical establishment. Handel’s period as composer-in-residence at Cannons (1717-1718) also produced Acis and Galatea and the oratorio Esther. The Chandos anthems recorded here include ‘O be joyful in the Lord’ (HWV, 247; No. 1), ‘O sing unto the Lord a new song’ (HWV 249b; No. 4) and ‘As pants the hart’ (HWV 251b; No. 6). All three are composed for three-part orchestra and chorus (without an alto line); No. 4 also includes solos for soprano (Florie Valiquette), tenor (Nicholas Scott) and bass (Virgile Ancely), while the other two feature just soprano and tenor.
Despite David Vickers’s notes suggesting that the strength of the forces involved has been ‘reimagined’ to allow for the wonderfully expansive acoustics of the Versailles chapel, Jarry’s are in fact only marginally larger than those employed by Harry Christophers in his highly-regarded complete Chandos set of the anthems (1998-1999) with The Sixteen. A difference listeners will notice is a cultural one, for while British choirs aim for an integrated choral sound with perfect ensemble, individual character is often a hallmark of Continental choirs; thus it is here, with Jarry’s superb Marguerite Louise singers not fearful of displaying such individualism. That’s not to suggest loose discipline in any sense and you need only listen to the manner in which the sublime slow fugal opening chorus of ‘As pants the hart’ is sustained with a so-gradual increase in tension to be aware of Jarry’s total control. Elsewhere, as in the fugal chorus ‘Serve the Lord’ (from No. 1), there is an exuberance that blooms in the ambiance of the royal chapel, while the broad, spacious opening of the doxology of the same anthem is hugely impressive. Jarry’s soloists are splendid, with the palm perhaps going to outstanding British tenor Scott, who has most to do and is exceptional in the florid writing of the dramatic mimetic aria ‘The Waves of the Sea Rage Horribly’ from HWV 249a. And it would be an injustice not to mention the outstanding oboe playing of Neven Lesage in any number of obbligato passages.
The anthems are punctuated by Jarry’s own performances of Handel’s Voluntary in A minor and Chaconne in G minor, played on the great Cliquot organ in the Chapelle Royale. It certainly wouldn’t be my ideal choice for Handel, but Jarry’s playing is accomplished and fluent. Strongly recommended without hesitation.
01. Chandos Anthem No.1, “O Be Joyful In The Lord”: Adagio
02. Chandos Anthem No.1, “O Be Joyful In The Lord”: Allegro
03. Chandos Anthem No.1, “O Be Joyful In The Lord”: O Be Joyful In The Lord
04. Chandos Anthem No.1, “O Be Joyful In The Lord”: Serve The Lord With Gladness
05. Chandos Anthem No.1, “O Be Joyful In The Lord”: Be Ye Sure That The Lord He Is God
06. Chandos Anthem No.1, “O Be Joyful In The Lord”: O Go Your Way Into His Gates
07. Chandos Anthem No.1, “O Be Joyful In The Lord”: For The Lord Is Gracious
08. Chandos Anthem No.1, “O Be Joyful In The Lord”: Glory Be To The Father
09. Chandos Anthem No.1, “O Be Joyful In The Lord”: As It Was In The Begining
10. Voluntary III in A minor: Slow
11. Voluntary III in A minor: Allegro
12. Voluntary III in A minor: Largo
13. Voluntary III in A minor: Fugue
14. Chandos Anthem No.4, "O sing unto the Lord a new song" · HWV 249b: Grave
15. Chandos Anthem No.4, "O sing unto the Lord a new song" · HWV 249b: Allegro
16. Chandos Anthem No.4, "O sing unto the Lord a new song" · HWV 249b: O Sing Unto The Lord
17. Chandos Anthem No.4, "O sing unto the Lord a new song" · HWV 249b: Declare His Honour Unto The Beathen
18. Chandos Anthem No.4, "O sing unto the Lord a new song" · HWV 249b: The Waves Of The Sea Rage Horribly
19. Chandos Anthem No.4, "O sing unto the Lord a new song" · HWV 249b: O Worship
20. Chandos Anthem No.4, "O sing unto the Lord a new song" · HWV 249b: Let The Whole Earth Stand In Awe
21. Chandos Anthem No.4, "O sing unto the Lord a new song" · HWV 249b: Let The Heavn S Rejoice
22. Chaconne En Sol Mineur: Chaconne En Sol Mineur
23. Chandos Anthem No.6, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams" · HWV 251b: Sonata
24. Chandos Anthem No.6, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams" · HWV 251b: Allegro
25. Chandos Anthem No.6, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams" · HWV 251b: As Pants The Hart For Cooling Streams
26. Chandos Anthem No.6, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams" · HWV 251b: Tears Are My Daily Food
27. Chandos Anthem No.6, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams" · HWV 251b: Now When I Think Thereupon
28. Chandos Anthem No.6, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams" · HWV 251b: In The Voice Of Praise And Thanksgiving
29. Chandos Anthem No.6, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams" · HWV 251b: Why So Full Of Grief
30. Chandos Anthem No.6, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams" · HWV 251b: Put Thy Trust In God
It is difficult to envisage a location more conducive to music-making – and by extension recording – than the palace of Versailles. Do you want opera? Then make for the beautiful 18th-century Opéra Royal theatre. Or perhaps you’re more inclined to sacred music? Then stroll through a couple of ornately decorated corridors and you reach the glorious Chapelle Royale, constructed around the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. The launch in 2018 of a record company concentrating on recordings produced in the palace – and the Salle des Croisades has also been used for recording – was a stroke of genius rewarded by numerous accolades to individual recordings and recently a Record Company of the Year award to the label itself, testimony to the current strength of the French early music scene.
All of which leads to the present issue, recorded in the chapel in 2021 by one of the many outstanding French ensembles to have come to the fore in recent years. Handel’s twelve Chandos anthems were composed for James Brydges, first Duke of Chandos, whose ‘manipulation’ of finances when Paymaster-General to Marlborough’s armies between 1707 and 1712 had allowed him to amass a fortune with which he built himself a lavish country house called Cannons in addition to keeping a musical establishment. Handel’s period as composer-in-residence at Cannons (1717-1718) also produced Acis and Galatea and the oratorio Esther. The Chandos anthems recorded here include ‘O be joyful in the Lord’ (HWV, 247; No. 1), ‘O sing unto the Lord a new song’ (HWV 249b; No. 4) and ‘As pants the hart’ (HWV 251b; No. 6). All three are composed for three-part orchestra and chorus (without an alto line); No. 4 also includes solos for soprano (Florie Valiquette), tenor (Nicholas Scott) and bass (Virgile Ancely), while the other two feature just soprano and tenor.
Despite David Vickers’s notes suggesting that the strength of the forces involved has been ‘reimagined’ to allow for the wonderfully expansive acoustics of the Versailles chapel, Jarry’s are in fact only marginally larger than those employed by Harry Christophers in his highly-regarded complete Chandos set of the anthems (1998-1999) with The Sixteen. A difference listeners will notice is a cultural one, for while British choirs aim for an integrated choral sound with perfect ensemble, individual character is often a hallmark of Continental choirs; thus it is here, with Jarry’s superb Marguerite Louise singers not fearful of displaying such individualism. That’s not to suggest loose discipline in any sense and you need only listen to the manner in which the sublime slow fugal opening chorus of ‘As pants the hart’ is sustained with a so-gradual increase in tension to be aware of Jarry’s total control. Elsewhere, as in the fugal chorus ‘Serve the Lord’ (from No. 1), there is an exuberance that blooms in the ambiance of the royal chapel, while the broad, spacious opening of the doxology of the same anthem is hugely impressive. Jarry’s soloists are splendid, with the palm perhaps going to outstanding British tenor Scott, who has most to do and is exceptional in the florid writing of the dramatic mimetic aria ‘The Waves of the Sea Rage Horribly’ from HWV 249a. And it would be an injustice not to mention the outstanding oboe playing of Neven Lesage in any number of obbligato passages.
The anthems are punctuated by Jarry’s own performances of Handel’s Voluntary in A minor and Chaconne in G minor, played on the great Cliquot organ in the Chapelle Royale. It certainly wouldn’t be my ideal choice for Handel, but Jarry’s playing is accomplished and fluent. Strongly recommended without hesitation.
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