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Georg Friedrich Händel O praise the Lord

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For the start of the Handel Year 2009: O praise the Lord – Psalms and Anthems is the first of a series of Handel CDs which will be produced by Carus to mark the anniversary of the composer’s death in 2009. Nisi Dominus and Laudate pueri, the two vesper psalms, were composed during Handel’s educational trip to Rome in 1707. In Nisi Dominus Handel continued the tradition of the concertante polychoral motet, which was especially cultivated in Rome at that time. Due to the writing for double choir, despite its short movements, the music unfolds with a great festive majesty of sound. As in many of his works Handel employs material from previous compositions in his anthem I will magnify thee, which was composed in London. Handel thought very highly of this work, for later he used parts of it in his great oratorio “Belshazzar”. The finely differentiated tone colors and the transparency are characteristic of the ensemble Gli Scarlattisti. These qualities make for a very special listening experience.
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  • Nisi Dominus
  • Vanum est nobis
  • Cum dederit dilectis
  • Sicut sagittae
  • Beatus vir
  • Gloria Patri
  • Laudate pueri
  • Sit nomen Domini
  • A solis ortu
  • Excelsus super omnes
  • Quis sicut Dominus
  • Suscitans a terra
  • Qui habitare facit
  • Gloria Patri
  • I will magnify thee
  • O worship the Lord
  • Glory and worship
  • Tell it out amnog the heathen
  • Righteousness and equity
  • My mouth shall speak
  • O praise the Lord with one consent
  • Praise him all ye that in his house
  • For this our truest interest is
  • That God is great
  • With cheerful notes
  • God's tender mercy
  • Ye boundless realms of joy
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  • Allegro

    Praise, O ye servants of the Lord,
    praise the name of the Lord.

    Andante

    Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore.

    (without tempo markings)

    From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord’s name is to be praised.

    Allegro

    The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.

    Grave

    Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high,
    who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

    Andante

    He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
    that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

    Allegro giocoso

    He maketh the barren woman to keep house,
    and to be a joyful mother of children.

    Allegro

    Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
    As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

    ...

  • Allegro

    Lobet, ihr Knechte des Herrn,
    lobt den Namen des Herrn!

    Andante

    Der Name des Herrn sei gepriesen von nun an bis in Ewigkeit!

    (ohne Tempobezeichnung)

    Vom Aufgang der Sonne bis zum Untergang sei der Name des Herrn gelobt!

    Allegro

    Der Herr ist erhaben über alle Völker,
    seine Herrlichkeit überragt die Himmel.

    Grave

    Wer gleicht dem Herrn, unserm Gott, im Himmel und auf Erden,

    Andante

    ihm, der in der Höhe thront, der hinabschaut in die Tiefe,
    der den Schwachen aus dem Staub emporhebt und den Armen erhöht, der im Schmutz liegt?
    Er gibt ihm einen Sitz bei den Edlen, bei den Edlen seines Volkes.

    Allegro Giocoso

    Die Frau, die kinderlos war, läßt er im Hause wohnen;
    sie wird Mutter und freut sich an ihren Kindern.

    Allegro

    Ehre sei dem Vater und dem Sohn und dem Heiligen Geist,
    wie im Anfang, so auch jetzt und alle Zeit und in Ewigkeit. Amen.

    ...

  • 1. Allegro

    Laudate pueri Dominum,
    laudate nomen Domini.

    2. Andante

    Sit nomen Domini benedictum ex hoc
    nunc et usque in saeculum.
     

    3. (Ohne Tempobezeichnung)

    A solis ortu usque ad occasum
    laudabile nomen Domini.

    4. Allegro

    Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus
    et super coelos gloria eius.

    5. Grave

    Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster
    qui in altis habitat
    et humilia respicit in caelo et in terra?

    6. Andante

    Suscitans a terra inopem
    et de stercore erigens pauperem,
    ut collocet eum cum principibus populi sui.

    7. Allegro giocoso

    Qui habitare facit sterilem in domo,
    matrem filiorum laetantem.

    8. Allegro

    Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto.
    Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper
    et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

    ...

  • Chor

    Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum,
    in vanum laboraverunt qui aedificant eam.
    Nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem,
    frustra vigilat qui custodit eam. Arie Tenor

    Varum est vobis ante lucem surgere,
    surgite postquam sederitis,
    qui manducatis panem doloris. Arie Alt

    Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum­:
    Ecce haereditas Domini, Filii,
    merces fructus ventis. Arie Bass

    Sicut sagittae in manu potentis:
    Ita Filii excussorum. Arie Tenor

    Beatus vir qui implevit desiderium suum ex ipsis,
    Non confundetur cum loquetur inimicis suis in porta. Chor

    ...

  • Choir

    Except the Lord build the house,
    they labour in vain that build it:
    except the Lord keep the cite,
    the watchman waketh but in vain.

    Aria Tenore

    It is vain for you to rise up early,
    to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows:

    Aria Alto

    For so he giveth his beloved sleep.
    Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord:
    and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

    Aria Basso

    As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man;
    so are children of the youth.

    Aria Tenore

    Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them:
    they shall not be ashamed,
    but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

    Choir

    Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
    As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, World without end. Amen.

    King James Bible

    ...

  • Chor

    Wenn der Herr ein Haus nicht erbaut,
    so mühen sich vergebens, die es erbauen.
    Wenn der Herr eine Stadt nicht beschützt,
    so wacht umsonst, wer sie beschützt.  

    Arie Tenor

    Vergebens ist es, dass ihr vor Sonnenaufgang aufsteht.
    Steht auf! Nachher sitzt ihr doch,
    die ihr das Brot der Sorge kaut,  

    Arie Alt

    Während er es denen, die er liebt, im Schlafe gibt.
    Siehe! das Erbe des Herrn sind Söhne,
    eine Gnade die Frucht des Leibes.

    Arie Bass

    Wie Pfeile in der Hand des Starken,
    so sind die Kinder der Aufrechten.

    Arie Tenor

    Glücklich der Mann, dessen Sehnen durch sie erfüllt wird,
    er wird nicht zugrunde gehen, wenn er mit seinen Feinden im Tore verhandelt.

    Chor

    ...

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  • George Frideric Handel put his exceptionally versatile compositional abilities to the test at an early age. After moving to London in 1712, where he was appointed Composer of Musick for His Majesty’s Chapel Royal in 1723, he wrote numerous masterpieces for the royal court as well as his major opere serie. For many years he enjoyed triumphant successes with his operas, which were sung by outstanding performers, with serenades, and later also with oratorios such as Saul and Israel in Egypt. Over the years Handel’s reputation grew far beyond the city where he worked; some of his choral works, particularly Messiah, have enjoyed a performance tradition which remains unbroken to this day, and are sung by choirs throughout the world. Personal details
  • Jochen Arnold, born 1967 in Marbach/Neckar, studied Protestant theology in Tübingen and Rome and church music in Stuttgart (advanced diploma), where his teachers included Werner Jacob (organ), and Dieter Kurz and Helmut Wolf (conducting). He was a curate and Kantor in Reutlingen, obtained a doctorate at the University of Tübingen, qualified as a university lecturer in interdisciplinary subjects on the theology of Bach’s cantatas, and since 2008 hee has been a non-faculty lecturer at the University of Leipzig. In 2004 he became director of St Michael’s Monastery Hildesheim, part of the Protestant- Lutheran Regional Church of Hanover, with a special responsibility for the theology of services, liturgy in worship, teaching how to preach, and conducting. He has extensive concert experience as conductor of the ensemble Gli Scarlattisti with numerous radio and CD productions. His repertoire ranges from the medieval to the present. Jochen Arnold also conducts the Collegium Musicum Hildesheim and the chorus of the University of Hildesheim. He lectures in choral conducting and Protestant theology. Personal details
  • The Capella Principale consists of musicians of various nationalities who have joined forces under Thorsten Bleich’s direction to perform early music projects on a regular basis. Their collaborations began with the performance in 1999 of the complete works of Carlo Farina for string ensemble and basso continuo. The members of the ensemble share a mutual interest in works ranging from early baroque to modern, and great importance is attached to the question of the appropriate instruments. Many of the players also perform with noted European Baroque orchestras. Personal details
  • The vocal ensemble Gli Scarlattisti was founded in 1995 by Jochen M. Arnold. It comprises professional singers from Germany and Switzerland. The Scarlattisti are usually accompanied by a continuo group of four instrumentalists or the Baroque orchestra Capella Principale (Director: Thorsten Bleich). The group’s first recording was released in 1998, containing the Musikalische Exequien and three motets from the Geistliche Chormusik (1648) by Heinrich Schütz. This was followed by a recording of Monteverdi’s Vespers of the Blessed Virgin in the continuo version, as well as vesper psalms by Johann Rosenmüller (Vespro Veneziano) in 2001. A recording of Scarlatti’s ten-part setting of the Stabat Mater was released in 2006 together with Arnold’s Diptychon secundum Iohannem. This was fol lowed by an internationally-acclaimed CD of Latin and English cantatas and anthems by G. F. Handel under the title O praise the Lord on the Carus label, then in 2010 by a recording of the complete motets of J. S. Bach. The ensemble regularly undertakes concert tours, and in recent years has also taken part in radio broadcasts, performed at renowned concert series (Stuttgart, Nürnberg, Berlin, Celle, Frankfurt, Torgau, St. Gallen, among others) and participated in the Deut scher Evangelischer Kirchentag (German Protestant Church Congress) in Hanover and Cologne (TV). The repertoire of Gli Scarlattisti ranges from the Renaissance to the modern. One critic described the ensemble as the “crème de la crème of the early music scene in southern Germany.” Personal details
  • Jochen Arnold, born 1967 in Marbach/Neckar, studied Protestant theology in Tübingen and Rome and church music in Stuttgart (advanced diploma), where his teachers included Werner Jacob (organ), and Dieter Kurz and Helmut Wolf (conducting). He was a curate and Kantor in Reutlingen, obtained a doctorate at the University of Tübingen, qualified as a university lecturer in interdisciplinary subjects on the theology of Bach’s cantatas, and since 2008 hee has been a non-faculty lecturer at the University of Leipzig. In 2004 he became director of St Michael’s Monastery Hildesheim, part of the Protestant- Lutheran Regional Church of Hanover, with a special responsibility for the theology of services, liturgy in worship, teaching how to preach, and conducting. He has extensive concert experience as conductor of the ensemble Gli Scarlattisti with numerous radio and CD productions. His repertoire ranges from the medieval to the present. Jochen Arnold also conducts the Collegium Musicum Hildesheim and the chorus of the University of Hildesheim. He lectures in choral conducting and Protestant theology. Personal details
  • The soprano Iris-Anna Deckert studied in Augsburg, Berlin and London with, among others, Dorothea Chryst, Edith Urbanzcyk and Jessica Cash. She is an internationally sought after freelance concert singer with a wide-ranging repertoire of both oratorios and Lieder. In 1994 she was awarded the scholarship of the Deutscher Bühnenverein. She has frequently appeared at major European festivals. Her artistic versatility is documented on numerous radio and CD recordings. Personal details
  • The soprano Susan Eitrich studied singing with Richard Wistreich at the Institute of Early Music attached to Trossingen Musikhochschule. A diploma was followed by further studies which she completed with honors. She also attended master courses given by Richard Levitt, Emma Kirkby, Jill Feldman and others. In 2001 she was awarded a first prize at the Gorizia (Italy) singing competition. As well as performing extensively in oratorios and cantatas, Susan Eitrich gives song recitals. Her work is documented on CD and radio recordings. Personal details
  • FThe former Regensburger Domspatz Franz Vitzthum received his vocal studies with Kai Wessel in Cologne. He regularly appears as a guest at international festivals and has worked together with such conductors as Nicolas McGegan, Hermann Max, Marcus Creed and Philippe Herreweghe. As a much sought-after chamber musician, he performs concerts together with the lutenist Julian Behr, the Capricornus Consort Basel and his vocal ensemble Stimmwerck. Personal details
  • Dieter Wagner completed his vocal studies and a course in church music in Basle and Heidelberg. As a freelance concert and opera tenor he has appeared at prestigious festivals in Lisbon, Antwerp, Brussels, Venice, Salzburg, Vienna, Osaka and Senday. He undertakes regular collaborations with such conductors as Jordi Savall, Hermann Max, Michael Radulescu and Horia Andreescu. Personal details
  • Jens Hamann was a member of the Stuttgart Hymnus Boys’ Choir, the Kammerchor Stuttgart and the Gächinger Kantorei. After vocal studies with Rudolf Piernay in Mannheim, the baritone was awarded Saarland Radio’s “Special Early Music Award” in 2006. The world premiere recording of Michael Haydn’s Requiem (Carus 83.353), on which he sang, was honored with the 2007 MIDEM Classical Award. In the oratorio field he works with Helmuth Rilling, Georg Grün and Ralf Otto, and he has appeared as a guest at the Stuttgart European Music Festival and the Opernschlossfestspiele Hallwyl. Personal details

Reviews

[...] ein äußerst transparentes Händel-Klangbild, das eine interessante Alternative bietet zum gewohnt groß besetzten Oratorien-Händel und so manche delikate Stelle bereithält.

Matthias Keller
Bayern 4 Klassik, 16.06.2008

[...] Jochen Arnold, Leiter des Evangelischen Zentrums für Kirchenmusik der hannoverschen Landeskirche, setzt die beiden Psalmen „Nisi Dominus“ (Psalm 126) und „Laudate Pueri“ (Psalm 112) mit seinen Ensembles in ein ungemein transparentes, dabei lebhaftes und leuchtendes Klangbild um. Für die rechte „Italianità“ sorgen vor allem die in bester belcanto-Manier singenden Solisten Iris -Anna Deckert, Susan Eitrich (beide Sopran), Franz Vitzthum (Alt), Dieter Wagner, Andreas Weller (beide Tenor) und Jens Hamann (Bass).
Die in jeder Hinsicht stimmige Interpretation zehrt vom perfekten Zusammenwirken der Solisten mit dem glänzend disponierten Kammerchor „Gli Scarlattisti“ und der kammermusikalisch besetzten „Capella Pricipale“. Deutlich intimer geben sich Händels für den englischen Adel geschriebenen Anthems „I will magnify thee“ und „O praise the Lord with one consent“. Hier besticht vor allem die solistisch geführte Oboe mit herrlich angelegten Kantilenen.
Eine empfehlenswerte Einspielung, die geistliche Kammermusik Händels in tief durchdachter und tief empfundener Interpretation bietet.


Michael Klein
DER SONNTAG, Wochenzeitung für die Ev. Lutherische Kirche, 12.10.2008

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