Handel: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day - CD

George Frideric Handel

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76 (1739)

 

1. Overture

00:03:35

 

2. Interlude

00:01:23

 

3. Recitative: From harmony, from heav'nly harmony

00:03:20

 

4. Chorus: From harmony

00:03:27

 

5. Air: What passion cannot Music raise

00:08:19

 

6. Air and chorus: The trumpet's loud clangour

00:03:25

 

7. March

00:02:02

 

8. Air: The soft complaining flute

00:05:08

 

9. Air: Sharp violins proclaim

00:04:10

 

10. Air: But oh! what art can teach

00:04:15

 

11. Air: Orpheus could lead the savage race

00:01:46

 

12. Recitative: But bright Cecilia

00:00:42

 

13. Air and chorus: As from the powers of sacred lays

00:07:11