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Handel: Ode for St Cecilia's Day
Handel: Ode for St Cecilia's Day
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- Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: I. Overture: Larghetto e staccatoComposer(s) George Frideric HandelArtist(s) John Butt Dunedin Consort
Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: I. Overture: Larghetto e staccato
01:40$2.30 - Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: II. Overture: AllegroComposer(s) George Frideric HandelArtist(s) John Butt Dunedin Consort
Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: II. Overture: Allegro
01:57$2.30 - Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: III. Overture: MinuetComposer(s) George Frideric HandelArtist(s) John Butt Dunedin Consort
Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: III. Overture: Minuet
02:47$2.30 - Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: IV. Recitative: From Harmony, from Heav’nly HarmonyComposer(s) George Frideric HandelArtist(s) John Butt Ian Bostridge Dunedin Consort
Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: IV. Recitative: From Harmony, from Heav’nly Harmony
00:25$2.30 - Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: V. Accompagnato: When Nature Underneath a HeapComposer(s) George Frideric HandelArtist(s) John Butt Ian Bostridge Dunedin Consort
Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: V. Accompagnato: When Nature Underneath a Heap
02:53$2.30 - Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: VI. Chorus: From Harmony, from Heav’nly HarmonyComposer(s) George Frideric HandelArtist(s) John Butt Dunedin Consort Polish Radio Choir
Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: VI. Chorus: From Harmony, from Heav’nly Harmony
03:28$2.30 - Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: VII. Aria: What Passion Cannot Music Raise and Quell!Composer(s) George Frideric HandelArtist(s) John Butt Carolyn Sampson Dunedin Consort
Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: VII. Aria: What Passion Cannot Music Raise and Quell!
07:30$3.40 - Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: VIII. Aria and Chorus: The Trumpet’s Loud ClangourComposer(s) George Frideric HandelArtist(s) John Butt Ian Bostridge Dunedin Consort Polish Radio Choir
Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: VIII. Aria and Chorus: The Trumpet’s Loud Clangour
03:37$2.30 - Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: IX. MarchComposer(s) George Frideric HandelArtist(s) John Butt Dunedin Consort
Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: IX. March
01:47$2.30 - Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: X. Aria: The Soft Complaining FluteComposer(s) George Frideric HandelArtist(s) John Butt Carolyn Sampson Dunedin Consort
Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: X. Aria: The Soft Complaining Flute
05:12$2.30 - Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: XI. Aria: Sharp Violins ProclaimComposer(s) George Frideric HandelArtist(s) John Butt Ian Bostridge Dunedin Consort
Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: XI. Aria: Sharp Violins Proclaim
03:56$2.30 - Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: XII. Aria: But Oh! What Art Can TeachComposer(s) George Frideric HandelArtist(s) John Butt Carolyn Sampson Dunedin Consort
Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: XII. Aria: But Oh! What Art Can Teach
05:30$2.30 - Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: XIII. Aria: Orpheus Could Lead the Savage RaceComposer(s) George Frideric HandelArtist(s) John Butt Carolyn Sampson Dunedin Consort
Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: XIII. Aria: Orpheus Could Lead the Savage Race
01:35$2.30 - Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: XIV. Accompagnato: But Bright Cecilia Rais’d the WonderComposer(s) George Frideric HandelArtist(s) John Butt Carolyn Sampson Dunedin Consort
Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: XIV. Accompagnato: But Bright Cecilia Rais’d the Wonder
00:46$2.30 - Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: XV. Solo and Chorus: As from the Pow’r of Sacred LaysComposer(s) George Frideric HandelArtist(s) John Butt Carolyn Sampson Dunedin Consort Polish Radio Choir
Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: XV. Solo and Chorus: As from the Pow’r of Sacred Lays
07:20$3.40 - Concerto Grosso in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 4: I. Larghetto affettuosoComposer(s) George Frideric HandelArtist(s) John Butt Dunedin Consort
Concerto Grosso in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 4: I. Larghetto affettuoso
02:33$2.30 - Concerto Grosso in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 4: II. AllegroComposer(s) George Frideric HandelArtist(s) John Butt Dunedin Consort
Concerto Grosso in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 4: II. Allegro
02:58$2.30 - Concerto Grosso in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 4: III. Largo e pianoComposer(s) George Frideric HandelArtist(s) John Butt Dunedin Consort
Concerto Grosso in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 4: III. Largo e piano
02:13$2.30 - Concerto Grosso in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 4: IV. AllegroComposer(s) George Frideric HandelArtist(s) John Butt Dunedin Consort
Concerto Grosso in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 4: IV. Allegro
02:53$2.30
Total running time: 61 minutes.
Album information
Recorded during this year's Misteria Paschalia Festival in Poland, Dunedin Consort's performance of Handel’s Ode for St Cecilia’s Day sees them joined for the first time by tenor Ian Bostridge and soprano Carolyn Sampson.
Bostridge demonstrates the technical mastery and vocal precision that has seen him win many of the major international record prizes in his twenty-five year career. Highly sought-after for her refined Baroque sensibilities and pure intonation, Sampson's lyric soprano is ideally suited to Handel.
Led by John Butt, with singers from the Polish Radio Choir, this rich and colourful tribute to music's patron saint is the latest in their much-lauded Handel discography, which includes Messiah, Acis & Galatea and Esther, each recording having won widespread acclaim.
The recording is completed by Handel's Concerto Grosso in A minor Op. 6 No. 4, in which Dunedin Consort's exceptional instrumentalists take centre stage.
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Reviews
Top 20 Recordings of 2019: "... stellar soloists, vivacious playing, richly-toned singing, and clarity and warmth of recorded sound. "
Choir & Organ
'...two superlative singers, the soprano Carolyn Sampson and the tenor Ian Bostridge, who are, how could it be otherwise, almost perfect. And the orchestra, as always, is splendid.'
Scherzo
La Clef: 'This new version easily reaches the top three alongside Trevor Pinnock and Marc Minkowski.'
ResMusica
Recommended: 'An outstanding performance crammed with vitality and colour...which I find both inspiring and compelling. The tenor Ian Bostridge sounds magnificent...the soprano Carolyn Sampson makes a significant impression, too.'
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