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Compact Disc CDH55257

£6.99

Recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, on 15–17 November 1994
Recording Engineer
ANTONY HOWELL
Recording Producer
ARTHUR JOHNSON
Executive Producers
JOANNA GAMBLE
NICK FLOWER
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, 2007
Originally issued on Hyperion CDA66770

Duration: 71'43
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Front illustration: St Cecilia by Carlo Dolci (1616–1686)

GIOVANNI BATTISTA DRAGHI (d1708)
JOHN BLOW (1649-1708)

Odes to Saint Cecilia

Soloists
THE PARLEY OF INSTRUMENTS
THE PLAYFORD CONSORT
PETER HOLMAN, RICHARD WISTREICH directors

Contents:

    Giovanni Battista Draghi (c1640–1708)

    From harmony, from heav’nly harmony 1687  [40'06]

  1. Symphony  [5'05]
  2. From harmony, from heav’nly harmony  SUZIE LE BLANC, MICHAEL CHANCE, JOSEPH CORNWELL, RICHARD WISTREICH, THE PLAYFORD CONSORT [2'12]
  3. When Nature underneath a heap  SUZIE LE BLANC, MICHAEL CHANCE, JOSEPH CORNWELL, RICHARD WISTREICH, THE PLAYFORD CONSORT [6'39]
  4. What passion cannot Musick raise and quell!  MICHAEL CHANCE [3'27]
  5. The trumpet’s loud clangor  MICHAEL CHANCE, RICHARD WISTREICH, THE PLAYFORD CONSORT [3'21]
  6. The soft complaining flute  MICHAEL CHANCE [4'12]
  7. Sharp violins proclaim  MICHAEL CHANCE, RICHARD WISTREICH [4'01]
  8. But oh! what art can teach  MICHAEL CHANCE, JOSEPH CORNWELL, RICHARD WISTREICH [2'47]
  9. Orpheus cou’d lead the savage race  RICHARD WISTREICH [3'17]
  10. As from the pow’r of sacred lays  SUZIE LE BLANC, MICHAEL CHANCE, JOSEPH CORNWELL, RICHARD WISTREICH, THE PLAYFORD CONSORT [4'57]

     
    John Blow (1649–1708)

    The glorious day is come 1691  [31'21]

  11. Symphony  [3'36]
  12. The glorious day is come, that will for ever be  MICHAEL CHANCE, THE PLAYFORD CONSORT [2'14]
  13. The spheres, those instruments divine  MICHAEL CHANCE, JOSEPH CORNWELL, THE PLAYFORD CONSORT [5'01]
  14. Couch’d by the pleasant Heliconian spring  JOSEPH CORNWELL, JOZIC KOC [2'00]
  15. And first the trumpet’s part  JOSEPH CORNWELL, THE PLAYFORD CONSORT [2'41]
  16. The battle done, the loud alarms do cease  MICHAEL CHANCE [2'59]
  17. Excesses of pleasure now crowd on apace  SUZIE LE BLANC, THE PLAYFORD CONSORT [2'23]
  18. Ah Heav’n! what is’t I hear?  MICHAEL CHANCE, JOSEPH CORNWELL [3'04]
  19. Music! celestial Music! what can be  JOZIC KOC [2'47]
  20. This that blest king and god-like prophet knew  SUZIE LE BLANC, MICHAEL CHANCE, JOSEPH CORNWELL, JOZIC KOC [1'45]
  21. And thus by Music’s pow’r  THE PLAYFORD CONSORT [2'44]
Complete Booklet

Sleeve Notes in English

'As ever, the disc is a revelation ... Once heard this infectious music is not easily forgotten, which is a tribute to the enthusiasm and conviction of the performances' (Classic CD)

'Peter Holman's flair for drama illuminates the evocative settings of these lesser-known composers. Both conducting and sound quality capture the nuances of textures, registers and sonorities' (BBC Music Magazine)

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