Nikolaus Harnoncourt / CMW -Ode For St.Cecilias Day -Warner Classics CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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Ode zum St. C?cilien-Tag HWV 76

01. "Ouvertüre - Rezitativ: Fro harmony, from heav'nly harmony - Accompagnato: When nature underneath a heap"
Ode for St Cecilia's Day HWV76 : II "From Harmony, from heav'nly Harmony" [Chorus]

02. "Chor: From harmony, from heav'nly harmony"
Ode for St Cecilia's Day HWV76 : III "What passion cannot Music raise and quell" [Soprano]

03. "Arie: What passion cannot musi raise and quell!"
Ode for St Cecilia's Day HWV76 : IV "The Trumpet's loud clangor" [Tenor, Chorus]

04. "Arie und Chor: The trumpet's loud clangor"
Ode for St Cecilia's Day HWV76 : V La Marche

05. "La marche"
Ode for St Cecilia's Day HWV76 : VI "The soft complaining Flute" [Soprano]

06. "Arie: The soft complaining flute"
Ode for St Cecilia's Day HWV76 : VII "Sharp Violins proclaim" [Tenor]

07. "Arie: Sharp violins proclaim"
Ode for St Cecilia's Day HWV76 : VIII "But oh! what art can teach..." [Soprano]

08. "Arie: But oh! what art can teach"
Ode for St Cecilia's Day HWV76 : IX "Orpheus could lead the savage race" [Soprano]

09. "Arie: Orpheus could lead the savage race"
Ode for St Cecilia's Day HWV76 : X "But bright Cecilia rais'd the wonder high'r" [Soprano]

10. "Accompagnato: But bright Cecilia rais'd the wonder high'r"
Ode for St Cecilia's Day HWV76 : XI "As from the pow'r of sacred lays" [Chorus]

11. "Chor: As from the pow'r of sacred lays"

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt

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Handel: Ode for St Cecilias Day, G.F. Handel (composer) Palmer / Rolfe Johnson / Concuntus Musicus Wien. It is really remarkable how modern Harnoncourt's account of this celebratory work sounds even today, over thirty years after it's recording. The Concentus Musicus Wien was in the forefront of authentic Baroque performances with neat, sprung rhythms in the more propulsive sections and admirably poised dignity in the reflective passages. Individual instrumental lines emerge clearly and allow one to hear, in particular, Harnoncourt's own expressive cello obbligato accompaniment. Vibrato is minimal but the string tone never wheezes or groans. Dryden's text is enunciated with great precision and clarity by both the Swedish choir and the two superb soloists, Felicity Palmer and the late Anthony Rolfe Johnson.

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2564687095

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