Ode for St Cecilia's Day
Album by George Frideric Handel & Dunedin Consort & John Butt & Ian Bostridge & Carolyn Sampson & Chór Polskiego Radia w Krakowie
Ode for St Cecilia's Day is an ode by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1739. Scored for soloists, chorus and orchestra, it exemplifies Handel's mature Baroque style through vivid contrasts between recitative, aria and choral writing and varied orchestral colour, and it occupies a place among his secular choral compositions of the late 1730s.
First released: 12th October 2018

Tracklist
- 1.Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: I. Overture: Larghetto e staccato1:40
- 2.Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: II. Overture: Allegro1:57
- 3.Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: III. Overture: Minuet2:49
- 4.Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: IV. Recitative: From Harmony, from Heav’nly Harmony0:25
- 5.Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: V. Accompagnato: When Nature Underneath a Heap2:53
- 6.Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: VI. Chorus: From Harmony, from Heav’nly Harmony3:27
- 7.Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: VII. Aria: What Passion Cannot Music Raise and Quell!7:30
- 8.Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: VIII. Aria and Chorus: The Trumpet’s Loud Clangour3:37
- 9.Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: IX. March1:47
- 10.Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: X. Aria: The Soft Complaining Flute5:12
- 11.Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: XI. Aria: Sharp Violins Proclaim3:56
- 12.Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: XII. Aria: But Oh! What Art Can Teach5:29
- 13.Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: XIII. Aria: Orpheus Could Lead the Savage Race1:35
- 14.Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: XIV. Accompagnato: But Bright Cecilia Rais’d the Wonder0:45
- 15.Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: XV. Solo and Chorus: As from the Pow’r of Sacred Lays7:28
- 16.Concerto Grosso in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 4: I. Larghetto affettuoso2:32
- 17.Concerto Grosso in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 4: II. Allegro2:57
- 18.Concerto Grosso in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 4: III. Largo e piano2:13
- 19.Concerto Grosso in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 4: IV. Allegro2:52