Handel Ode for St Cecilia's Day HWV 76 Dunedin Consort John Butt

George Frideric Handel [Georg Friedrich Händel]
Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76
Dunedin Consort conducted by John Butt
Fflur Win, Soprano; Ian Bostridge, Tenor
00:04 Ouverture: Larghetto e staccato—allegro—minuet
06:29 Recitativo (tenor): From harmony, from heavenly harmony
09:33 Chorus: From harmony, from heavenly harmony
13:08 Aria (soprano): What passion cannot music raise and quell!
20:38 Aria (tenor) and Chorus: The trumpet's loud clangour
24:12 March
25:57 Aria (soprano): The soft complaining flute
31:27 Aria (tenor): Sharp violins proclaim their jealous pangs
35:32 Aria (soprano): But oh! What art can teach
41:17 Aria (soprano): Orpheus could lead the savage race
42:54 Recitative (soprano): But bright Cecilia raised the wonder higher
45:57 Grand Chorus with (soprano): As from the power of sacred lays