Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne

Album by George Frideric Handel & Hélène Guilmette & Andreas Scholl & Andreas Wolf & Vocalconsort Berlin & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Marcus Creed

Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne is a 1713 ode by the Baroque composer George Frideric Handel. Scored for choir, vocal soloists and a Baroque orchestra, it combines ceremonial grandeur and theatrical expressiveness through contrapuntal choral passages, lyrical arias and colourful orchestration, illustrating Handel's activity in London and his development as a composer of public ceremonial and dramatic vocal music.
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  1. 1.
    Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: I. "Eternal source of light divine"
    3:01
  2. 2.
    Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: II. "The day that gave great Anna birth"
    2:37
  3. 3.
    Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: III. "Let all the winged race"
    2:36
  4. 4.
    Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: IV. "Let flocks and herds"
    2:29
  5. 5.
    Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: V. "Let rolling streams"
    2:47
  6. 6.
    Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: VI. "Kind health descends"
    4:58
  7. 7.
    Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: VII. "The day that gave great Anna birth"
    1:45
  8. 8.
    Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: VIII. "Let envy then conceal her head"
    1:57
  9. 9.
    Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: IX. "United nations shall combine"
    3:07
  10. 10.
    Dixit Dominus: I. "Dixit Dominus"
    5:11
  11. 11.
    Dixit Dominus: II. "Virgam Virtuis"
    3:10
  12. 12.
    Dixit Dominus: III. "Tecum Principium"
    3:05
  13. 13.
    Dixit Dominus: IV. "Juravit Dominus"
    2:17
  14. 14.
    Dixit Dominus: V. "Tu Es Sacredos"
    1:35
  15. 15.
    Dixit Dominus: VI. "Dominus"
    6:18
  16. 16.
    Dixit Dominus: VII. "De Torrente"
    3:32
  17. 17.
    Dixit Dominus: VIII. "Gloria Patri"
    5:50

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