Haydn: Nelson Mass / Vivaldi: Gloria in D / Handel: Zadok the Priest English Chamber Orchestra & Sir David Willcocks

• 1 Kyrie 05:03
• 2 Gloria in excelsis Deo 03:29
• 3 Gloria Qui tollis 04:29
• 4 Gloria Quoniam 02:47
• 5 Credo in unum Deum 01:52
• 6 Credo Et incarnatus est 04:18
• 7 Credo Et resurrexit 03:45
• 8 Sanctus 02:24
• 9 Benedictus 06:02
• 10 Agnus Dei Agnus Dei qui tollis 03:29
• 11 Agnus Dei Dona nobis pacem 02:55
• 12 Gloria in Excelsis 02:33
• 13 Et in terra pax 04:36
• 14 Laudamus Te 02:19
• 15 Gratias Agimus Tibi 00:30
• 16 Propter Magnam Gloriam 01:01
• 17 Domine Deus 03:56
• 18 Domine Fili unigenite 02:22
• 19 Domine Deus, Agnus Dei 03:25
• 20 Qui tollis 01:13
• 21 Qui sedes ad dexteram 02:50
• 22 Quoniam tu solus sanctus 00:50
• 23 Cum sancto spiritu 03:08
• 24 Zadok the Priest 06:20
• Total Runtime 01:15:36

Info for Haydn: Nelson Mass / Vivaldi: Gloria in D / Handel: Zadok the Priest

The King's College recordings from the 1950s and 1960s achieved a 'classic' status which has been unsurpassed. During the 1950s the King's recordings concentrated on unaccompanied choral music and services and then, in 1962, came this spine-tingling account of Haydn's dramatic 'Nelson Mass'.

The 'Nelson Mass' is described by some as 'arguably Haydn's greatest single composition'. Haydn certainly did not write another work which generates such extraordinary power and energy, and this aspect is fully realised in this vivid performance from King's. Here is a work of high drama, with blazing trumpets, soaring solo soprano lines, vigorous choral music and a climax in the Benedictus of truly shattering impact. The 'Nelson Mass' does also have moments of repose and these tend to heighten the drama of the music which surrounds them. The programme is completed with King's recordings of two other best-known choral works - Vivaldi's Gloria, and Handel's Coronation Anthem, the awe inspiring Zadok the priest.

'The performance is very fine indeed ... Sylvia Stahlman's firm and fresh voice rings out clearly in the dramatic and florid passages allotted to her and is beautifully expressive in the few softer passages. Helen Watts and Wilfred Brown are admirable and it is a pleasure to hear Tom Krause's fine voice in this well-balanced team. He sings the solo part in 'Qui tollis' of the Gloria splendidly ... the boys sing with heart-warming vitality and radiant tone and here again the choral balance of parts is good; the organ comes through well and the LSO are in fine form ... This is an issue of outstanding interest and importance ... a performance which sends shivers down the spine.' (Gramophone)

Wilfred Brown, Tenor (Vocal)
Thurston Dart, Harpsichord
Andrew Davis, Harpsichord
English Chamber Orchestra
Kenneth Heath, Cello
Emanuel Hurwitz, Leader
King's College Choir of Cambridge Choir, Chorus
Tom Krause, Baritone (Vocal)
John Langdon, Organ
London Symphony Orchestra
Roger Lord, Oboe
Neville Marriner, Leader
Simon Preston, Organ
Sylvia Stahlman, Soprano (Vocal)
Elizabeth Vaughan, Soprano (Vocal)
Helen Watts, Contralto (Vocal)
Sir David Willcocks, Conductor

Recorded at Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, in July/August 1962 (Haydn), July - August 1963 (Handel)
Produced by Andrew Raeburn
Engineered by Kenneth Wilkinson

No biography found.

This album contains no booklet.