Credits:

The Choir of the Chapel Royal, St. James’s Palace Chapel Royal Musicians

Description:

This collection of sacred works, performed in the historic Chapel of St. Jamess Palace, stands out among Handels compositions for its nobility and can be described as orthodox music that carries on the tradition of predecessors such as Purcell. Recorded at the Chapel of St. Jamess Palace, this CD can truly be called an authentic recording.This recording features the rediscovery, restoration, and performance of choral works that Handel wrote for the Royal Chapel Choir and which were performed thereworks that are exquisitely beautiful yet virtually unknown, and which have likely not been performed since their premiere at that chapel. Handels English church musicamong the most impressive works of Baroque musicspans his entire career in London, from the first anthems he composed shortly after his arrival in London to the works of his very