 | from Blow & Draghi: Odes for St Cecilia (CDH55257) 1 Symphony [3'36] 31 minutes 14 seconds 11 tracks2 The glorious day is come, that will for ever be [2'14] 3 The spheres, those instruments divine [5'01] 4 Couch'd by the pleasant Heliconian spring [2'00] 5 At first the trumpet's part [2'41] 6 The battle done, the loud alarms do cease [2'59] 7 Excesses of pleasure now crowd on apace [2'23] 8 Ah Heav'n! what is't I hear? [3'04] 9 Music! celestial Music! what can be [2'47] 10 This that blest king and god-like prophet knew [1'45] 11 And thus by Music's pow'r [2'44] ‘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 Mu ... |