Ode for St. Cecilia's Day 1692

Album by Henry Purcell & Gabrieli Consort & Players & Paul McCreesh

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day is an ode by English composer Henry Purcell, composed in 1692. The work is a Baroque choral composition that combines soloists, chorus and orchestra with expressive harmonic writing and instrumental colour, and it sits near the end of Purcell's career as one of his ceremonial vocal pieces.
First released: 2nd September 2002

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    "Hail, bright Cecilia!", Z. 328 "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day": Symphony Introduction. Canzona - Adagio - Canzona - Adagio - Allegro - Grave - Allegro
    8:42
  2. 2.
    "Hail, bright Cecilia!", Z. 328 "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day": "Hail, bright Cecilia!"
    4:02
  3. 3.
    "Hail, bright Cecilia!", Z. 328 "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day": "Hark, hark, each tree its silence breaks"
    3:46
  4. 4.
    "Hail, bright Cecilia!", Z. 328 "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day": "'Tis Nature's voice"
    3:46
  5. 5.
    "Hail, bright Cecilia!", Z. 328 "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day": "Soul of the world"
    2:07
  6. 6.
    "Hail, bright Cecilia!", Z. 328 "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day": "Thou tun'st this world below, the spheres above"
    4:38
  7. 7.
    "Hail, bright Cecilia!", Z. 328 "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day": "With that sublime celestial lay"
    2:38
  8. 8.
    "Hail, bright Cecilia!", Z. 328 "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day": "Wondrous machine!"
    2:19
  9. 9.
    "Hail, bright Cecilia!", Z. 328 "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day": "The airy violin"
    1:24
  10. 10.
    "Hail, bright Cecilia!", Z. 328 "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day": "In vain the am'rous flute and soft guitar"
    6:30
  11. 11.
    "Hail, bright Cecilia!", Z. 328 "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day": "The fife, and all the harmony of war"
    3:07
  12. 12.
    "Hail, bright Cecilia!", Z. 328 "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day": "Let these amongst themselves contest"
    2:31
  13. 13.
    "Hail, bright Cecilia!", Z. 328 "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day": "Hail, bright Cecilia, hail to thee!"
    3:50
  14. 14.
    "My beloved spake", Z. 28
    9:40
  15. 15.
    "O sing unto the Lord", Z. 44
    11:16

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