Hail! bright Cecilia (1692) / Who can from joy refrain? (1695)

Album by Henry Purcell & Choir of New College Oxford & The King’s Consort & Robert King

This release is a pairing of two odes by English composer Henry Purcell, composed in 1692 and 1695. Musically, they exemplify English Baroque vocal and choral writing, with expressive solo lines, imitative choral textures and continuo-driven instrumental accompaniment, and they occupy a late place in Purcell's output where his ceremonial and theatrical idioms converge.
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  1. 1.
    Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": I. Symphony
    9:27
  2. 2.
    Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": II. (Soloists and Chorus) "Hail! bright Cecilia"
    4:10
  3. 3.
    Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": III. Aria (Alto, Bass) "Hark, each Tree its silence breaks"
    4:14
  4. 4.
    Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": IV. Aria (Alto) "'Tis Nature's Voice"
    4:03
  5. 5.
    Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": V. Chorus "Soul of the World"
    2:44
  6. 6.
    Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": VI. Aria (Soprano) "Thou tun'st this World below"
    3:13
  7. 7.
    Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": VII. Aria (Alto, Tenor, Bass) "With that sublime Celestial Lay"
    3:11
  8. 8.
    Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": VIII. Aria (Bass) "Wond'rous Machine!"
    2:45
  9. 9.
    Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": IX. Aria (High Tenor) "The Airy Violin"
    1:28
  10. 10.
    Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": X. Aria (Alto, Tenor) "In vain the Am'rous Flute"
    5:56
  11. 11.
    Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": XI. Aria (Tenor) "The Fife and all the Harmony of War"
    3:08
  12. 12.
    Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": XII. Aria (Basses I-II) "Let these amongst themselves contest"
    3:25
  13. 13.
    Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": XIII. (Soloists and Chorus) "Hail! bright Cecilia"
    4:22
  14. 14.
    Ode, Z 342 "Who can from joy refrain": I. Overture
    4:27
  15. 15.
    Ode, Z 342 "Who can from joy refrain": II. Aria (Alto) "Who can from joy refrain"
    5:12
  16. 16.
    Ode, Z 342 "Who can from joy refrain": III. Aria (High Tenor) "A Prince of glorious race"
    3:34
  17. 17.
    Ode, Z 342 "Who can from joy refrain": IV. Aria (Bass) "The Father brave as e'er was Dane"
    1:29
  18. 18.
    Ode, Z 342 "Who can from joy refrain": V. Aria (Soprano) "The Graces in his Mother shine"
    2:00
  19. 19.
    Ode, Z 342 "Who can from joy refrain": VI. Aria (Tenor) "Sound the Trumpet"
    2:29
  20. 20.
    Ode, Z 342 "Who can from joy refrain": VII. Aria (Sopranos I-II) "If now he burns with noble flame"
    5:31

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