Trevor Pinnock, Simon Preston, The English Concert - Handel: Coronation Anthems, Concerti A Due Cori (1995)

Posted By: tirexiss

Date: Dec. 12, 2017

This disc brings together recordings made in the 1980's as part of a reduction of three original discs down to two. At the same time, the original fine recordings have been remastered to good effect with added depth and space. This makes a particularly important improvement to the Coronation Anthems which previously came over as sonically lacking ideal breadth, depth and recorded weight in Zadok. The ears adjusted after that.
The original issues were the Water Music on its own, The Coronation Anthems on their own and the Fireworks coupled with the two Concertos for 2 Choirs, thus three discs. The new issues bring this down to two discs by adding the Fireworks to the Water Music and adding two of the three concertos for two choirs (of instruments) to the Anthems as on this much better filled disc.
These recordings of the Anthems have, for me, stood head and shoulders over other recordings that I have heard. It is all a matter of emotional scale as opposed to physical scale. Preston simply chooses the correct speeds so that the introduction to Zadok has purpose by not going too slowly. The initial choral entry with the trumpets has real dramatic bite, spine-tingling, and that is true of the whole four anthems. The trumpets throughout have real regal edge instead of the more reticent sound balance and attack heard on other discs. That by the Sixteen, for example, has greater physical size but far less emotional weight and the trumpets simply are not allowed to bite as they do here. The soloists here are all good and the entire set is thrilling in its effect.
That sense of regal splendour is maintained in the two concertos which are also a good example of Handel maximising his income by some judicious recycling of previous material. Listeners will have fun identifying ideas originating in works such as the Messiah for instance. The playing here is terrific.
The concertos for 'Due Cori' heard here were almost certainly played as additional music during the Judas Maccabaeus, Joshua and Alexander Balus to add some variety for the audiences. In this respect they fulfilled a similar function to some of his previous organ concertos for example. The choirs, although described as for two choirs, are in fact for three choirs - a string one and two wind ones and that construction is used for all three such concertos that Handel wrote, two of which are heard here (numbers 2 and 3).
This is a marvellous disc and fully captures the splendour of Handel's imagination and concepts. The obvious companion to this disc is that with the Water Music and Fireworks combined.

AllMusic

Track List:

The Coronation Anthems
1. Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258) 5:23
Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Simon Preston, The Choir Of Westminster Abbey
2. The King Shall Rejoice (Coronation Anthem No.3, HWV 260) 10:54
3. My Heart is Inditing (Coronation Anthem No.4, HWV 261) 12:02
4. Let Thy Hand be Strengthened (Coronation Anthem No.2, HWV 259) 8:54
The English Concert, Simon Preston, Trevor Pinnock, The Choir Of Westminster Abbey

Concerto a due cori No.2, HWV 333
5. 1. Pomposo 1:55
6. 2. Allegro 2:08
7. 3. A tempo giusto 2:50
8. 4. Largo 2:26
9. 5. Allegro ma non troppo - Adagio 4:05
10. 6. A tempo ordinario 3:31

Concerto a due cori No.3, HWV 334
11. 1. Ouverture 2:02
12. 2a. Allegro 3:06
13. 2b. Allegro ma non troppo 3:16
14. 3. Adagio 1:22
15. 4. Andante larghetto 4:02
16. 5. Allegro 4:31

Performers:
Choir of Westminster Abbey
The English Concert
Simon Preston, conductor
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor

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