Ode on St. Cecilia's Day

Album by Henry Purcell & English Chamber Orchestra & Charles Mackerras

Ode on St. Cecilia's Day is a choral ode by English composer Henry Purcell, composed in 1692. The work uses Baroque choral and orchestral forces and moves between solo and ensemble sections, and it comes late in Purcell's career within the English Baroque tradition.

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  1. 1.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day: Overture - Canzona
    11:49
  2. 2.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day: "Hail! Bright Cecilia"
    0:29
  3. 3.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day: "Hail! Bright Cecilia"
    3:27
  4. 4.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day: "Hark, Each Tree"
    4:54
  5. 5.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day: "Tis Nature's Voice"
    3:44
  6. 6.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day: "Soul Of The World"
    2:56
  7. 7.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day: "Thou Tun'st This World"
    3:37
  8. 8.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day: "With That Sublime Celestial Lay"
    2:52
  9. 9.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day: "Wondrous Machine"
    3:21
  10. 10.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day: "The Airy Violin"
    1:36
  11. 11.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day: "In Vain The Am'rous Flute"
    5:42
  12. 12.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day: "The Fife And All The Harmony Of War"
    3:07
  13. 13.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day: "Let These Among Themselves Contest"
    3:15
  14. 14.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day: "Hail! Bright Cecilia"
    2:09
  15. 15.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day: "With Rapture Of Delight"
    0:56
  16. 16.
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day: "Hail! Bright Cecilia"
    1:16

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