As pants the hart 'Chandos Anthem No 6a', HWV251b (Handel)
from Handel: Chandos Anthems Nos 5a, 6a & 8 (CDA67926)
1 Sonata: Larghetto – Allegro [3'32]
2 As pants the hart for cooling streams [3'09]
3 Tears are my daily food [3'13]
4 Now when I think thereupon [1'28]
5 In the voice of praise and thanksgiving [1'45]
6 Why so full of grief, O my soul? [4'04]
7 Put thy trust in God [2'49]
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