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Julia Doyle sings with quicksilver suppleness…Peter Harvey’s diction, vocal suavity and persuasive authority are all spot-on. Ben Johnson’s perfect enunciation, husky timbre and fulsome projection... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017 More…

Release Date: 30th Jun 2017
Catalogue No: 900520
Label: BR Klassik
Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

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Handel: Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62

2:17:59

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Peter Harvey (bass), Ben Johnson (tenor), Julia Doyle (soprano)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Howard Arman

Overture (Live)

8:56

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Pt. 1: Why Do the Gentiles Tumult (Live)

2:13

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Pt. 1: Let Us Break Off by Strength of Hand (Live)

2:01

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Pt. 1: Oh Lord, How Many Are My Foes (Live)

4:08

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Pt. 1: Him or His God We Not Fear (Live)

0:40

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Pt. 1: Jehovah, to My Words Give Ear (Live)

5:48

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Pt. 1: Him or His God We Scorn to Fear (Live)

0:45

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Pt. 1: The Highest, Who in Heav'n Doth Dwell (Live)

0:40

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Pt. 1: Oh, Who Shall Pour into My Swollen Eyes (Live)

2:03

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Pt. 1: Fly from the Threat'ning Vengeance, Fly (Live)

6:14

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Pt. 1: Humbled with Fear (Live)

0:55

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Pt. 1: His Scepter Is the Rod of Righteousness (Live)

6:26

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Pt. 1: Be Wise at Length (Live)

6:57

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Pt. 1: Of Many Millions the Populous Rout (Live)

0:22

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Pt. 1: Jehovah Is My Shield, My Glory (Live)

5:47

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Pt. 1: Fools or Madmen Stand (Live)

0:28

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Pt. 1: God Found Them Guilty (Live)

2:21

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Pt. 2: Oh Liberty, Thou Choicest Treasure (Live)

2:25

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Pt. 2: Who Trusts in God (Live)

0:19

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Pt. 2: Prophetic Visions Strike My Eye (Live)

7:53

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Pt. 2: May God, from Whom All Mercies Spring (Live)

3:16

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Pt. 2: The Lord Hath Heard My Pray'r (Live)

0:26

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Pt. 2: Then Will I Jehovah's Praise (Live)

2:28

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Pt. 2: All His Mercies Shall Endure (Live)

1:51

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Pt. 2: How Great and Many Perils Do Enfold (Live)

2:55

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Pt. 2: After Long Storms and Tempests Overblown (Live)

7:24

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Pt. 2: To God, Our Strength (Live)

6:47

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Pt. 2: He Has His Mansion Fix'd on High (Live)

3:11

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Pt. 2: Hallelujah, Your Voices Raise (Live)

3:42

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Pt. 3: Sinfonia (Live)

6:40

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Pt. 3: I Will Sing unto the Lord (Live)

2:28

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Pt. 3: Who Is Like unto Thee, Oh Lord (Live)

1:00

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Pt. 3: He Gave Them Hailstones for Rain (Live)

2:05

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Pt. 3: When Warlike Ensigns Wave on High (Live)

4:57

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Pt. 3: The Enemy Said (Recitative) [Live]

0:23

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Pt. 3: The Enemy Said (Aria) [Live]

2:26

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Pt. 3: The Sword That's Drawn in Virtue's Cause (Live)

2:53

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Pt. 3: Millions Unborn Shall Bless the Hand (Live)

1:07

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Pt. 3: When Israel (Recitative) [Live]

0:31

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Pt. 3: When Israel (Aria) [Live]

2:44

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Pt. 3: Tyrants, Whom No Cov'nants Bind (Live)

3:42

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Pt. 3: May Balmy Peace (Recitative) [Live]

0:39

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Pt. 3: May Balmy Peace (Aria) [Live]

2:39

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Pt. 3: Blessed Are All They That Fear the Lord (Live)

4:24

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For his Occasional Oratorio, composed in 1746 in an age of personal and political upheaval, Handel made generous use of much of his own earlier material, and this resulted in something quite close to an anthology: a choice collection of his most beautiful and most famous pieces – a 'Best Of', as it were. The Messiah librettist Charles Jennens complained loudly that the oratorio was "a triumph for a victory not yet gain'd", and that its libretto, by a certain Newburgh Hamilton, was an "inconceivable jumble of John Milton and Edmund Spenser". Nevertheless, the Occasional Oratorio offers the modern listener magnificent and largely familiar melodies, highly virtuosic Baroque arias, moving choruses and, above all, a magnificent Late Baroque sound that, in this extremely compact score, is quite unique. Audiences at the time probably considered this to be 'Handel at his best', and today's public doubtlessly shares that opinion. This virtuoso and colourful interpretation, recorded recently on February 11, 2017 in the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residenz, was an exemplary success, delighting the audience and the trade press alike. Howard Arman conducted the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, the Akademie für Alte Music Berlin with its historically informed performance practice, and a line-up of highly talented English soloists. This concert recording is also the world's first recording of the Occasional Oratorio according to the historically researched and edited score of the Neue Hallische Handel edition.

Reviews

Awards Issue 2017

Julia Doyle sings with quicksilver suppleness…Peter Harvey’s diction, vocal suavity and persuasive authority are all spot-on. Ben Johnson’s perfect enunciation, husky timbre and fulsome projection remind me of Robert Tear. The Bavarian Radio Choir always have plenty of discipline and articulacy, with only rare hints of Teutonic vowels. They sing with robust muscle in the bellicose music.

September 2017

Conductor Howard Arman uses fairly modest forces, with the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks comprising of 43 singers. Performing with an elevated quality, the choir delivers full-toned singing in a constantly rewarding performance marked by a compelling unity and unaffected expression in the text.

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