This recording restores some of Handel' finest but least-known music to the choir for which he wrote it and to the building where he performed it, probably for the first time since his own performances there.
1 Chorus. Let God Arise, and His Enemies Be Scattered
2 Bass and Alto. Like As the Smoke Vanisheth, So Shalt Thou Drive Them Away
3 Bass and Alto. O Sing Unto God and Sing Praises Unto His Name
4 Chorus. Blessed Be God. Alleluja
5 Alto. I Will Magnify Thee, O God My King
6 Bass and Alto. O Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness
7 Chorus and Quartet. Glory and Worship Are Before Him
8 Bass and Alto and Chorus. Tell It Out Among the Heathen That the Lord Is King
9 Alto. Righteousness and Equity Are the Habitation of Thy Seat
10 Bass and Alto and Chorus. My Mouth Shall Speak the Praise of the Lord
11 Sextet and Chorus. As Pants the Hart for Cooling Streams So Longs My Soul for Thee, O God
12 Alto and Quartet. Tears Are My Daily Food / Recit - Bass. Now When I Think Thereupon, I Pour Out My
13 Chorus. in the Voice of Praise and Thanksgiving
14 Alto 1 and Alto 2. Why So Full of Grief, O My Soul
15 Chorus. Put Thy Trust in God
16 Alto and Chorus. O Sing Onto the Lord a New Song, All the Whole Earth
17 Alto. Sing Unto the Lord, and Praise His Name
18 Bass. the Lord Is Great and Cannot Worthily Be Praised
19 Bass. Glory and Worship Are Before Him
20 Bass and Alto and Chorus. O Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness
21 Alto and Chorus. Let the Heavens Rejoice and Let the Earth Be Glad
22 Alto. Tears Are My Daily Food
23 Treble and Alto. Why So Full of Grief, O My Soul
This recording restores some of Handel' finest but least-known music to the choir for which he wrote it and to the building where he performed it, probably for the first time since his own performances there.
