Haydn and his English Friends [c18](Hyperion EO48)[FLAC][twistle]

Haydn and his English Friends [c18](Hyperion EO48.)[FLAC][twistle]

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haydn
John Stafford Smith (1750-1836) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stafford_Smith
Charles Burney (1726-1814) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Burney
Samuel Webbe (1740-1816) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Webbe
William Shield (1748-1829) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shield
Johann Arnold Dahmen (1766-c1808.)
John Foster (1762-1822)

From the CD blurb :
There is one group of [Haydn's] London works that is still virtually unknown: the six English psalm settings Haydn wrote in 1794 for Improved Psalmody, a collection of parish church music published shortly after by the Rev William Dechair Tattershall (1752-1829). This recording brings together the first recording of Haydn's English psalms with music by his circle of friends and admirers in England


An interesting CD, with a couple of gems. The style lies somewhere between congregational hymns (albeit sung rather better!) and drawing-room music, accompanied by fortepiano or small instrumental ensemble. And Haydn was clearly more accomplished than his friends ... :)

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ENGLISH ORPHEUS 48

Haydn and his English Friends (Hyperion)
Psalmody / Parley of Instruments / Holman (cond)

1. Haydn - What art expresses - 4:21
2. Haydn - Blest be the name of Jacob's God - 3:27
3. Haydn - Maker of all be thou my guard - 2:52
4. Haydn - O let me in th' accepted hour - 4:00
5. Smith - Horrible is the end of th' unrighteous generation - 11:58
6. Burney - Tell us, O women - 3:00
7. Haydn - String Quartet in C Op76 no3 - The Emperor's Hymn - 5:24
8. Haydn (arr Gardiner) - Give to God our thankful songs - 5:01
9. Webbe sr - Where Lord shall i my refuge see? - 3:13
10. Shield - My God, my king, with joyful view - 2:14
11. Dahmen - Hear my prayer O Lord - 3:36
12. Dahmen - O thou that dwelles in the highest heavens - 3:11
13. Dahmen - Ye winged inhabitants of the grove - 3:53
14. Haydn - Long life shall Israel's king behold - 3:16
15. Haydn - How oft, instinct with warmth divine - 3:07
16. Haydn - The Lord, th'almighty monarch, spake - 3:00
17. Foster of High Green - The God of Gods, the Lord, hath call'd - 3:38

Tracks: 17
Total Time: 69:11
Release: 2000

Steamed previews of all tracks and purchase information at :
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/al.asp?al=CDA67150

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