Handel: Complete Chandos Anthems

Chandos Anthem No. 1, HWV 246, "O, be joyful in the Lord": Sonata

Chandos Anthem No. 1, HWV 246, "O, be joyful in the Lord": Serve the Lord with gladness, and come from his presence with a song (Chorus)

Chandos Anthem No. 1, HWV 246, "O, be joyful in the Lord": O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise (Chorus)

Chandos Anthem No. 1, HWV 246, "O, be joyful in the Lord": Glory be to the Father, glory be to the son (Chorus)

Chandos Anthem No. 2, HWV 247, "In the Lord put I my trust": Sonata

Chandos Anthem No. 2, HWV 247, "In the Lord put I my trust": God is a constant sure defence against oppressing rage (Tenor)

Chandos Anthem No. 2, HWV 247, "In the Lord put I my trust": But God, who hears the suff'ring pow'r (Tenor)

Chandos Anthem No. 2, HWV 247, "In the Lord put I my trust": The righteous Lord will righteous deeds with signal favour grace (Tenor)

Chandos Anthem No. 3, HWV 248, "Have mercy upon me": Sonata

Chandos Anthem No. 3, HWV 248, "Have mercy upon me": Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness (Soprano & Tenor)

Chandos Anthem No. 3, HWV 248, "Have mercy upon me": Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight (Tenor)

Chandos Anthem No. 3, HWV 248, "Have mercy upon me": Make me a clean heart, O God (Soprano)

Chandos Anthem No. 4, HWV 249b, "O sing unto the Lord a new song": Sonata

Chandos Anthem No. 4, HWV 249b, "O sing unto the Lord a new song": Declare his honour unto the heathen, and his wonders unto all people (Chorus)

Chandos Anthem No. 4, HWV 249b, "O sing unto the Lord a new song": O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness (Soprano & Tenor)

Chandos Anthem No. 4, HWV 249b, "O sing unto the Lord a new song": Let the heav'ns rejoice, and let the earth be glad, let the sea make a noise and all that therin is (Chorus)

Chandos Anthem No. 5, HWV 250a, "I will magnify thee": I will magnify thee, O God my King, and I will praise thy name for ever and ever (Chorus)

Chandos Anthem No. 5, HWV 250a, "I will magnify thee": One generation shall praise thy works unto another, and declare thy pow'r (Chorus)

Chandos Anthem No. 5, HWV 250a, "I will magnify thee": The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works (Soprano)

Chandos Anthem No. 5, HWV 250a, "I will magnify thee": My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord (Tenor & Chorus)

Chandos Anthem No. 6, HWV 251b, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams": As pants the hart for cooling streams, so longs my soul for thee O God (Chorus)

Chandos Anthem No. 6, HWV 251b, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams": Now, when I think thereupon (Tenor)

Chandos Anthem No. 6, HWV 251b, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams": Why so full of grief, O my soul? Why so disquieted within me? (Soprano & Tenor)

Chandos Anthem No. 7, HWV 252, "My song shall be alway": Sonata

Chandos Anthem No. 7, HWV 252, "My song shall be alway": For who is he among the clouds that shall be compared unto the Lord? (Tenor)

Chandos Anthem No. 7, HWV 252, "My song shall be alway": The heav'ns are thine, the earth is also thine (Alto & Bass)

Chandos Anthem No. 7, HWV 252, "My song shall be alway": Blessed is the people, O Lord, that can rejoice in thee (Soprano)

Chandos Anthem No. 8, HWV 253, "O come, let us sing unto the Lord": Sonata

Chandos Anthem No. 8, HWV 253, "O come, let us sing unto the Lord": O come, let us worship and fall down, and kneel before the Lord our maker (Tenor)

Chandos Anthem No. 8, HWV 253, "O come, let us sing unto the Lord": Tell it out among the heathen, that the Lord is King, and that he made the world so fast it cannot be moved (Tenor & Chorus)

Chandos Anthem No. 8, HWV 253, "O come, let us sing unto the Lord": The Lord preserveth the souls of the saints, he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly (Alto)

Chandos Anthem No. 8, HWV 253, "O come, let us sing unto the Lord": There is sprung up a light for the righteous, and joyful gladness for such as are true-hearted (Chorus)

Chandos Anthem No. 9, HWV 254, "O Praise the Lord with one consent": Praise him, all ye that in his house attend with constant care (Alto)

Chandos Anthem No. 9, HWV 254, "O Praise the Lord with one consent": That God is great we often have by glad experience found (Bass)

Chandos Anthem No. 9, HWV 254, "O Praise the Lord with one consent": God's tender mercy knows no bounds, his truth shall ne'er decay (Soprano)

Chandos Anthem No. 9, HWV 254, "O Praise the Lord with one consent": Your voices raise, ye Cherubim and Seraphim to sing his praise! Alleluja (Chorus)

Chandos Anthem No. 10, HWV 255, "The Lord is my Light": Sinfonia

Chandos Anthem No. 10, HWV 255, "The Lord is my Light": Though an host of men were laid against me (Chorus)

Chandos Anthem No. 10, HWV 255, "The Lord is my Light": I will offer in his dwelling an oblation (Chorus)

Chandos Anthem No. 10, HWV 255, "The Lord is my Light": The Lord is my strength and my shield (Tenor)

Chandos Anthem No. 10, HWV 255, "The Lord is my Light": Sing praises unto the Lord (Chorus)

Chandos Anthem No. 11, HWV 256a, "Let God arise": Let God arise, and let his enemies be scatter'd (Chorus)

Chandos Anthem No. 11, HWV 256a, "Let God arise": Let the righteous be glad, and rejoice before God (Soprano)

Chandos Anthem No. 11, HWV 256a, "Let God arise": Praised be the Lord! (Chorus)