Where’er You Walk

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A compilation from various Decca release, from the 1960s to 1980s.

Annotation last modified on 2012-10-01 12:02 UTC.

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
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1Where'er you walk (Semele)
tenor vocals:
Kenneth McKellar (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Semele, HWV 58: Act II, no. 45. "Where'er You Walk" (Jupiter)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1743)
librettist:
William Congreve
part of:
Semele, HWV 58: Act II
Georg Friedrich Händel4:05
2Silent Worship (Ptolemy)
tenor vocals:
Kenneth McKellar (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Silent Worship
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger and translator:
Sir Arthur Somervell (composer)
Georg Friedrich Händel2:43
3Deeper and deeper still ... Waft her, angels (Jephtha)
tenor vocals:
Kenneth McKellar (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
medley including a recording of:
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 28. Accompagnato "Deeper and deeper still, thy goodness" (Jephtha)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
librettist:
Thomas Morell
part of:
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II
medley including a recording of:
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III, no. 32. Air "Waft her, angels, through the skies" (Jephtha)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
librettist:
Thomas Morell
part of:
Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III
Georg Friedrich Händel8:40
4Thanks to my brethren ... How vain is man (Judas Maccabaeus)
tenor vocals:
Kenneth McKellar (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
medley including a recording of:
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act II, no. 37: "Thanks to my brethren" (Judas Maccabaeus)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1746)
librettist:
Thomas Morell
part of:
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act II
medley including a recording of:
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act II, no. 38: Aria "How vain is man who boasts in fight" (Judas Maccabaeus)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1746)
librettist:
Thomas Morell
part of:
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act II
Georg Friedrich Händel7:22
5My arms! ... Sound an alarm (Judas Maccabaeus)
tenor vocals:
Kenneth McKellar (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
medley including a recording of:
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act II, no. 44: "My arms! against this Gorgias will I go" (Judas Maccabaeus)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1746)
librettist:
Thomas Morell
part of:
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act II
medley including a recording of:
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act II, no. 45: Air "Sound an alarm!" (Judas Maccabaeus)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1746)
librettist:
Thomas Morell
part of:
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act II
Georg Friedrich Händel4:03
6Love in her eyes sits playing (Acis and Galatea)
tenor vocals:
Kenneth McKellar (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 7. Aria "Love in her eyes sits playing" (Acis)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I
Georg Friedrich Händel6:38
7I rage, I melt, I burn ... O ruddier than the cherry (Acis and Galatea)
bass vocals:
Owen Brannigan (operatic bass)
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
medley including a recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 11. Recitativo accompagnato "I rage, I melt, I burn!" (Polyphemus)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II
medley including a recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 12. Aria "O ruddier than the cherry" (Polyphemus)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II
Georg Friedrich Händel5:12
8Ombra mai fu (Xerxes)
tenor vocals:
Kenneth McKellar (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I. Recitativo “Frondi tenere” / Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1737-12-26 until 1738-01-09)
part of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I
Georg Friedrich Händel4:35
9Menuet (Berenice)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
partial recording of:
Berenice, HWV 38: Overture
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Berenice, HWV 38
Georg Friedrich Händel4:13
10Comfort ye my people ... Every valley (Messiah)
tenor vocals:
Kenneth McKellar (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 2. Recitativo “Comfort Ye” (Tenor)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 3. Air “Ev’ry Valley” (Tenor)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
Georg Friedrich Händel7:29
11I know that my Redeemer liveth (Messiah)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Marilyn Horne (American operatic mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Vienna Cantata Orchestra
conductor:
Henry Lewis (conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 45. Air “I Know That my Redeemer Liveth” (Soprano)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III
Georg Friedrich Händel7:44
12Angels guard thee (Jocelyn)
tenor vocals:
Kenneth McKellar (tenor)
orchestra:
Peter Knight & His Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Knight (British arranger, conductor and composer)
recording of:
Jocelyn, op. 100: Acte II. Berceuse “Cachés dans cet asile”
composer:
Benjamin Godard (French violinist and composer, 1849-1895) (on 1888-02-25)
librettist:
Victor Capoul and Paul-Armand Silvestre
part of:
Jocelyn, op. 100: Acte II
Benjamin Godard5:02
13The Holy City
organ:
Alexander Anderson (organist)
choir vocals:
Paisley Abbey Choir
tenor vocals:
Kenneth McKellar (tenor)
conductor:
George McPhee
recording of:
The Holy City
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly
composer:
Stephen Adams
Stephen Adams4:27
14Jerusalem
engineer:
Simon Eadon (classical music engineer)
producer:
Chris Hazell
organ:
Timothy Byram-Wigfield (organist) (in 1990-06)
choir vocals:
Waynflete Singers (in 1990-06) and Winchester Cathedral Choir (in 1990-06)
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (in 1990-06)
conductor:
David Hill (organist and conductor) (in 1990-06)
recording of:
Jerusalem (orchestrated by Elgar) (in 1990-06)
orchestrator:
Edward Elgar (composer)
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker)
composer:
Hubert Parry (English composer)
orchestration of:
Jerusalem (anthem by Hubert Parry)
Sir Hubert Parry2:45
▼ CD 2
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1Agnus Dei
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Kurt Herbert Adler (conductor)
recording of:
Agnus Dei
composer:
Georges Bizet (composer)
arranger:
Ernest Guiraud
is based on:
L’Arlésienne Suite no. 2: II. Intermezzo (for piano, Bizet)
Georges Bizet3:48
2Panis Angelicus
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
soprano vocals:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976)
conductor:
Anton Guadagno (conductor)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
recording of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12 : V. Panis Angelicus
lyricist:
St. Thomas Aquinas
composer:
César Franck (Belgian-born French composer) (in 1860)
part of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12
César Franck3:52
3Hear My Prayer ... O for the wings of a Dove
soprano vocals:
Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Hear My Prayer
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (until 1844)
librettist:
William Bartholomew
premiered at:
Crosby Hall (Bishopsgate, London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1845-01-08)
translated version of:
Hör mein Bitten (Hymne für Sopranstimme, Chor und Orgel)
Felix Mendelssohn11:58
4O divine Redeemer
soprano vocals:
Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Repentir (“O Divine Redeemer”)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
Charles‐François Gounod6:57
5Judex (Mors et Vita)
orchestra:
Richard Hickox Orchestra
conductor:
Richard Hickox (conductor)
recording of:
Mors et Vita: Pars secunda "Judicium": Judex: 4. Sedenti in Throno
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
part of:
Mors et Vita: Pars secunda "Judicium"
Charles‐François Gounod4:35
6Ave Maria
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
soprano vocals:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976)
conductor:
Anton Guadagno (conductor)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Charles‐François Gounod2:47
7Jesu, joy of man's desiring (Cantata, BWV 147)
producer:
Harley Usill
organ:
Peter White (English organist) (in 1958-10)
choir vocals:
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge (in 1958-10)
conductor:
George Guest (organist and conductor) (in 1958-10)
recorded at:
Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1958-10)
recording of:
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (in 1958-10)
orchestrator:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
lyricist:
Robert Bridges (poet)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
translated version of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
Johann Sebastian Bach7:28
8Fantasia in G, BWV 572
organ:
Gillian Weir (organist)
recording of:
Fantasia G-Dur, BWV 572 “Pièce d’Orgue”
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 572)
Johann Sebastian Bach9:10
9Schlafe, mein Liebster (Christmas Oratorio)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Marilyn Horne (American operatic mezzo-soprano) (in 1967-10)
orchestra:
Vienna Cantata Orchestra (in 1967-10)
conductor:
Henry Lewis (conductor) (in 1967-10)
recording of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil II, XIX. Aria (Alto) „Schlafe, mein Liebster“ (in 1967-10)
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany (on 1734-12-26)
composed in:
Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany (from 1734 until 1735)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 ("Christmas Oratorio")
Johann Sebastian Bach9:57
10Bist du bei mir (arr. Smith)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Marilyn Horne (American operatic mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Vienna Cantata Orchestra
conductor:
Henry Lewis (conductor)
recording of:
Aria, BWV 508 “Bist du bei mir” (previously attributed to Bach)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (composer)
previously attributed to:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 508)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:28
11Erbarme dich mein Gott (St Matthew Passion)
violin:
Alfred Staar (Austrian violinist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Marilyn Horne (American operatic mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Vienna Cantata Orchestra
conductor:
Henry Lewis (conductor)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II, XXXIX. Aria (Alto) "Erbarme dich, mein Gott" (in 1967-10)
orchestrator:
Ton Koopman (conductor, organist and harpsichordist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II
Johann Sebastian Bach7:25
12Zion hört die Wächter singen (Cantata, BWV 140)
choir vocals:
Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben (in 1984-02)
tenor vocals:
Gösta Winbergh (tenor)
orchestra:
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester (in 1984-02)
conductor:
Karl Münchinger (German conductor) (in 1984-02)
recorded at:
Evangelisches Schloßkirche (Schloss Ludwigsburg) in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (in 1984-02)
recording of:
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: IV. Choral (Tenor) “Zion hört die Wächter singen” (from 1984-02-01 until 1984-02-04)
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany (on 1731-11-25)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1731)
is based on:
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
part of:
Kantate, BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"
Johann Sebastian Bach4:01