Parry: Judith / Vann, London Mozart Players

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Chandos
Release Date
March 6, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PARRY, SIR CHARLES HUBERT
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Children'S Chorus, Crouch End Festival Chorus
    • PERFORMER
      Fox, Rudge, Spence, Waddington, London Mozart Players
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 06, 2020
    • UPC
      095115526828
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHSA 5268(2)
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Introduction: Allegro spiritoso

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Performer: William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    2. Act I Scene 1: Hail, Moloch! (Chorus)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    3. Act I Scene 1: Draw near and worship, O my people! (Manasseh)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Performer: Toby Spence, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    4. Act I Scene 1: Have mercy, dread Moloch (Chorus)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    5. Act I Scene 1: Hear ye the word of your god! (High Priest)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Performer: Henry Waddington, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    6. Act I Scene 1: Hail! thou art highly favoured, King! (Chorus, Manasseh)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: Toby Spence, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    7. Act I Scene 1: Bring now the children! (Chorus)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    8. Act I Scene 1: Hearken, O King! (High Priest)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Performer: Henry Waddington, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    9. Act I Scene 1: Hail, Moloch, hail! (Chorus)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    10. Act I Scene 2: O mother, tell us once again (Children, Meshullemeth)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: Kathryn Rudge, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    11. Act I Scene 2: Long since in Egypt's plenteous land (Meshullemeth, Children)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: Kathryn Rudge, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    12. Act I Scene 2: Great Queen, the King calls for his children (Chorus, Meshullemeth, Children)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: Kathryn Rudge, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    13. Act I Scene 2: Lady! thou Queen of Israel! (Judith)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Performer: Sarah Fox, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    14. Act I Scene 3: Moloch! Moloch! give ear! (Chorus, Manasseh)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: Toby Spence, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    15. Act I Scene 3: Stay your hideous mockeries! (Judith)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Performer: Sarah Fox, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    16. Act I Scene 3: Now shall the Lord Jehovah visit you (Judith)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Performer: Sarah Fox, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    17. Act I Scene 3: Who is this that raileth at Moloch? (Chorus)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    18. Act I Scene 3: O King, give ear! (Messenger)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Performer: Henry Waddington, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    19. Act I Scene 3: Fear not, my people (Manasseh)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Performer: Toby Spence, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    20. Act I Finale: The host of Assur is like a swarm of locusts (Chorus)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    21. Act I Finale: Jerusalem was loved of the Lord (Judith)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Performer: Sarah Fox, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    22. Act I Finale: Moloch, Moloch, hear us now (Chorus)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    23. Act I Finale: Fly! Fly! The host of Assur is come on us (Chorus)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    24. Act I Finale: Jerusalem, that was Queen of the nations (Chorus)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    25. Intermezzo: Lento espressivo - I will bear the indignation of God (Manasseh)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Performer: Toby Spence, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    26. Act II Scene 1: Wail! wail! ye solitary people! (Chorus)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    27. Act II Scene 1: The Lord is long-suffering and merciful (Meshullemeth)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Performer: Kathryn Rudge, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    28. Act II Scene 1: Our King is come again from distant lands (Chorus)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    29. Act II Scene 1: Behold, how great is the mercy of our God (Manasseh, Meshullemeth, Judith)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Performer: Toby Spence, Kathryn Rudge, Sarah Fox, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    30. Act II Scene 2: Hear ye the words of the captain of the great King (Messenger)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Performer: Henry Waddington, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    31. Act II Scene 2: Woe, woe! Our city's walls are broken (Chorus)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    32. Act II Scene 2: Let us give thanks unto the Lord our God (Judith)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Performer: Sarah Fox, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    33. Act II Scene 2: I pray Thee, O God of my fathers (Judith)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Performer: Sarah Fox, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    34. Act II Scene 2: The God of our fathers give thee favour (Chorus)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    35. Act II Scene 3: See ye the campfires of the host of Assur (Chorus, Manasseh)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: Toby Spence, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    36. Act II Scene 3: Ho! ye upon the walls! (Judith)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Performer: Sarah Fox, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    37. Act II Scene 3: Arise, O Israel! Smite ye your enemies (Chorus)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    38. Act II Scene 3: God breaketh the battle (Manasseh)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Performer: Toby Spence, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    39. Act II Finale: I will sing unto the Lord (Judith)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Performer: Sarah Fox, William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann

    40. Act II Finale: Put off, O Jerusalem, the garment of thy mourning (Chorus)

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

      Performer: William Whitehead

      Conductor: William Vann


An instant success, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry’s oratorio Judith premiered in Birmingham in August 1888. The work consolidated his reputation as a composer of large-scale orchestral and choral writing. With its vigorous choruses and dramatic solo roles, the work is of persistent quality. Yet somehow, the work has been largely neglected for the last century. On this release, the work is presented by the Crouch End Festival Chorus and the London Mozart Players led by William Vann. Soloists Sarah Fox, Kathryn Rudge, Toby Spence and Henry Waddington round out the recording with enthusiastic performances.

REVIEWS:

Every aspect of this performance sounds like a labour of love. Rudge’s soaring, expressive singing as Meshullemeth gives the piece its real heart, and she’s accompanied with intense sympathy by the conductor William Vann, who avoids any suggestion of bombast or sentimentality, and builds Parry’s great paragraphs so eloquently and with such assurance that you’d think he’d been conducting this music all his life.

– Gramophone

You don’t have to be Parry’s champion Prince Charles to feel a thrill as the soprano Sarah Fox rings out as Judith, the Crouch Enders exult, the tenor Toby Spence sonorously conveys the vacillating king Manasseh and Parry creates sequences of stirring clamour.

– Sunday Times (UK)