 | from Handel: An Ode for St Cecilia’s Day (CDA67463) 1 Larghetto, e staccato [1'31] 48 minutes 38 seconds 15 tracks2 Allegro [2'00] 3 Minuet [1'14] 4 From harmony, from heav'nly harmony [0'26] 5 When Nature underneath a heap [2'53] 6 From harmony, from heav'nly harmony [3'35] 7 What passion cannot Music raise and quell! [7'20] 8 The trumpet's loud clangour [3'40] 9 March [1'53] 10 The soft complaining flute [5'09] 11 Sharp violins proclaim [3'58] 12 But oh! What art can teach [4'46] 13 Orpheus could lead the savage race [1'49] 14 But bright Cecilia rais'd the wonder [0'50] 15 As from the pow'r of sacred lays [7'34] ‘This is a mouth-watering performance of Handel's colourfully gorgeous ode … the recording is in a class of its own when it comes to the seemingly effortless, beautiful singing of Carolyn Sampson ... ‘This new recording finds Robert King and his splendid King's Consort on top form and in Carolyn Sampson he has surely found one of the most exquisite voices for this repertoire’ (Gramophone) ‘Director Robert King allows the beauty to be revealed on its own terms: the shape, phrasing and pacing all flow effortlessly. Added to this, the exquisite beauty of soprano Carolyn Sampson and the mu ... |