Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) • Ode for St. Cecilia's Day CD
Ode for St. Cecilia's Day • Ode for St. Cecilia's Day • Cäcilienode • Ode à Sainte Cécile1a Overture, Larghetto E Staccato - Allegro; Menuet
1b Recitative (Tenor) "From Harmony, From Heav'nly Harmony"
1c Accompagnato, Larghetto E Piano (Tenor) "When Nature Underneath A Heap" 8:45
2 Chorus, Allegro "From Harmony, From Heav'nly Harmony" 3:51
3 Aria, Adagio-Andante (Soprano) "What Passion Cannot Music Raise And Quell!" 8:39
4 Aria (Tenor) - Chorus "The Trumpets Loud Clangor Excites Us To Arms" 3:53
5 March 1:47
6 Aria, Andante (Soprano) "The Soft Complaining Flute" 4:39
7 Aria, Allegro (Tenor) "Sharp Violins Proclaim" 4:30
8 Aria, Larghetto E Mezzo Piano (Soprano) "But Oh! What Art Can Teach" 4:00
9 Aria, Alla Hornpipe (Soprano) "Orpheus Could Lead The Savage Race" 1:47
10 Accompagnato, Largo (Soprano) "But Bright Cecilia Rais'd The Wonder High'r" 0:35
11 Chorus, Grave - Un Poco Più Allegro "As From The Pow'r Of Sacred Lays" 6:59
Soprano: Felicity Palmer • Tenor: Anthony Rolfe Johnson • Bassoon: Milan Turkovic, Otto Fleischmann • Bachchor Stockholm • Chorus Master: Anders Öhrwall • Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt • Concentus Musicus Wien • Flute: Leopold Stastny • Harpsichord: Johann Sonnleitner, Herbert Tachezi • Oboe: Jürg Schaeftlein, Paul Hailperin • Theorbo: Toyohiko Satoh • Timpani: Kurt Hammer • Trumpet: Hermann Schober, Richard Rudolf • Viola: Josef de Sordi, Kurt Theiner • Violin: Alice Harnoncourt, Alison Bury, Anita Mitterer, Christin Buchner, Gerold Klaus, Ingrid Seifert, Micaela Comberti, Peter Schoberwalter, Richard Motz, Veronika Schmidt, Walter Pfeiffer, Wilhelm Mergl • Violoncello: Friedrich Hiller, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Wouter Möller • Violone: Eduard Hruza
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