Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Kolner Kammerchor - George Frideric Handel: Joshua (2008)
Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor - George Frideric Handel: Joshua (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 539 Mb | Total time: 49:36+73:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: MDG | # 332 1532-2 | Recorded: 2007
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 539 Mb | Total time: 49:36+73:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: MDG | # 332 1532-2 | Recorded: 2007
Joshua is not one of Handel’s great oratorios. Although it is patterned on the previous year’s Judas Maccabaeus with a perfunctory love story tacked on, Morrell’s mediocre libretto did not inspire Handel to the heights of their earlier collaboration. But there are some very good things in Joshua , and second-rate Handel is better than music from some composers’ top drawer, so Joshua is worthy of the occasional performance and recording.
My only previous encounter with Peter Neumann’s Handel is his excellent Athalia , which I consider the preferred recording of that work. His work here is on the same high level. He paces the work well, giving scrupulous attention to Handel’s tempo markings. In the few da capo arias, ornaments are tasteful and appropriate. Orchestra and chorus perform at a very high level, and one is almost unaware that English is not the choristers’ native tongue.
The soloists are a very accomplished group. James Gilchrist, one of only two native English soloists, is excellent as Joshua. He is very responsive to the words he is singing, projecting what drama there is in his role when he is given the opportunity. Despite the fact that most of the other soloists are German-born, they sing the English words with practically no hint of an accent. Myung-Hee Hyun was born in Korea, but has studied in Germany. Her diction is also excellent, as of course is that of Alex Potter, the other native English singer. None of these singers need yield anything to the soloists on Robert King’s recording on Hyperion, the main competition to this recording.–Ron Salemi
Performer:
Joshua - James Gilchrist, tenor
Caleb - Konstantin Wolff, bass
Achsah - Myung-Hee Hyun, soprano
Othniel - Alex Potter, altus
Angel - Georg Poplutz, tenor
Kölner Kammerchor
Collegium Cartusianum
Conductor - Peter Neumann
Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Joshua, HWV 64
01. Act 1. Introduzione a tempo di Ouverture
02. Chorus. Ye sons of Israel, ev'ry tribe attend
03. Recitative. Behold, my friends, what vast rewards are giv'n
04. Air. O first in wisdom, first in pow'r!
05. Recitative. Matrons and virgins, with unwearied pray'r
06. Air. Oh, who can tell, oh, who can hear
07. Recitative. Caleb, attend to all I now prescribe
08. Solo and Chorus. To long posterity we here record
09. Accompagnato. So long the memory shall last
10. Air. While Kedron's brook to Jordan's stream
11. Recitative. But, who is he? - tremendous to behold
12. Air. Awful, pleasing being say
13. Recitative. Joshua, I come commission'd from on high
14. Accompagnato. Leader of Israel, 'tis the Lord's decree
15. Recitative. To give command, prerogative is thine
16. Air. Haste, Israel haste
17. Chorus. The Lord commands, and Joshua leads
18. Accompagnato. In these blest scenes, where constant pleasure reigns
19. Air. Hark, 'tis the linnet and the thrush!
20. Recitative. O Achsah, form'd for ev'ry chaste delight
21. Duet. Our limpid streams with freedom flow
22. Trumpets flourish
23. Recitative. The trumpet calls; now Jericho shall know
24. Chorus. May all the host of heav'n attend him round
CD2:
01. Act 2. Recitative. 'Tis well, six times the Lord hath been obeyed
02. A solemn march during the circumvection of the Ark of the Covenant
03. Solo and Chorus. Glory to God!
04. Recitative. The walls are levell'd
05. Air. See, the raging flames arise
06. Air. To vanity and earthly pride
07. Recitative. Let all the seed of Abrah'm now prepare
08. Solo and Chorus. Almighty Ruler of the skies
09. Recitative. Joshua, the men dispatch'd by thee
10. Chorus. How soon our tow'ring hopes are cross'd!
11. Recitative. Whence this dejection?
12. Air. With redoubled rage return
13. Chorus. We with redoubled rage return
14. Recitative. Now give the army breath; let war awhile
15. Air. Heroes when with glory burning
16. Recitative. Indulgent Heav'n hath heard my virgin pray'r
17. Air. As cheers the sun the tender flow'r
18. Recitative. Sure I'm deceiv'd, with sorrow I behold!
19. Recitative. Nations, who in future story
20. Recitative. Brethren and friends, what joy this scene imparts
21. Flourish of warlike instruments
22. Recitative. Thus far our cause is favour'd by the Lord
23. Flourish of warlike instruments
24. Solo and Chorus. O thou bright orb, great ruler of the day
25. Act 3. Chorus. Hail, mighty Joshua, hail!
26. Air. Happy, oh, thrice happy we
27. Recitative. Caleb, for holy Eleazer send
28. Air. Shall I in Mamre's fertile plain
29. Chorus. For all these mercies we will sing
30. Recitative. O Caleb, fear'd by foes, by friends ador'd
31. Air. Place danger around me
32. Chorus. Father of mercy, hear the pray'r we make
33. Recitative. In bloom of youth, this stripling hath achiev'd
34. Chorus. See, the conqu'ring hero comes
35. Recitative. Welcome, my son, my Othniel
36. Air. Oh, had I Jubal's lyre
37. Recitative. While life shall last, each moment
38. Duet. O peerless maid, with beauty blest
39. Recitative. While lawless tyrants, with ambition blind
40. Chorus. The great Jehovah is our awful theme
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