Handel: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne

Handel: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne – Three Coronation Anthems

Deller Consort & Oriana Concert Choir and Oriana Concert Orchestra - Alfred Deller, dir.
Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BG 661 [LP, mono, NA]
Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BGS 70661 [LP, stereo, NA]
Vanguard « The Bach Guild » VTC 1686 [Reel tape, 4 tracks]
Amadeo AVR 5031 [LP, mono, Europe]
Amadeo AVRS 5031 [LP, stereo, Europe]
Vanguard « The Bach Guild » HM-49 SD [LP, NA]
Harmonia mundi HM 5111 [LP]
Harmonia mundi HM 40 5111 [cass.]
Vanguard (Arcade) Classics « Alfred Deller Edition » 08 5045 71 [CD, Europe]
Vanguard Classics (Arcade) « Alfred Deller Edition » 300 335-2 [CD, France]
Vanguard Classics « The Bach Guild » ATM 1254 [CD]

Contents:

George Frideric Handel: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne

1. Counter-tenor solo (Largo): Eternal source of light divine
2. Soprano solo (Andante): Let all the winged ...
3. Countertenor solo (Andante): Let flocks ...
4. Counter-tenor and bass duet: Let rolling streams ...
5. Sopranos duet (Andante): Kind health descends
6. Bass solo (Allegro): Let envy then conceal her head
7. Counter-tenor solo and Double Chorus (Allegro): United nations shall combine

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George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthems

8. Zadok the priest (Andante maestoso 4/4)
9. The King shall rejoice
   1. Allegro moderato, 4/4
   2. Allegro, 3/4
   3. A tempo giusto, 4/4
   4. Allegro non presto, 3/4
   5. Allegro non presto, 4/4
10. Let thy hand be strenghtened
    1. Allegro moderato, 4/4
    2. Larghetto, 3/4

Performers:
Oriana Concert Orchestra (=Wiener Kammerchor and Vienna Orchestra)
Alfred Deller, cond.
[1]-[7] Honor Sheppard (soprano), Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Mark Deller (counter-tenor), Richard Rudolf (trumpet), Harold Lester (harpsichord)
[8]-[10] Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Richard Rudolf (trumpet), Harold Lester (harpsichord)

Playing time: 26' 43" + 25' 45" = 52' 28" (LP) or 52' 54" (CD)

Recording site and date:
Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria [05/1963];
Rel.: 1963 (BG), 1982 (HM), 1995 (Arcade)

Compilation:
Musical Concepts MC 195 [CDx6 + CD-ROM] Alfred Deller « The Complete Vanguard Recordings », Volume FOUR: Music of Handel Bach and English Renaissance

Excerpts
[1] Vanguard (Arcade) Classics « Alfred Deller Edition » 08 9087 72 The Art of Alfred Deller: The most famous recordings

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 420-180 (nov. 1995 (as Vanguard Classics 300 335-2)
Musica Disques: 128-44 (nov. 1964)

Comments:
Information from owned LP (HM) & CD; also Nancy Freudenthal
The Amadeo record, instead of the usual Oriana choir and orchestra, is mentionning "Wiener Festwochenorchester "Wiener Kammerchor"; (from Pascal Charlier who stated: "but the recording, as far as I can hear, is the same").

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