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Sumptuous musical feasts! Two Odes composed for the Feast Day of Saint Cecilia in 1683 and 1692; two very different was of treating the glorification of an art form in which Purcell was the master. Welcome to all the pleasures calls for a relatively small formation and seems to have been concieved entirely in the Italian style (if not for Italian use). Eight years later, Hail! bright Caecilia turned out to be a fabulous hymn to music, as rich and varied as the act of an opera - a veritable Baroque fireworks which is among Purcell's greatest achievements. |
| Disc No:HMX 2981643 | |
| Price: Sek. 166 | |
| Name: Henry Purcell Hail! bright Caecilia! | |
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| Composer | Opus | Music | Key | Performer |
| Purcell, Henry | Welcome to all the pleasures | Collegium Vocale - Philippe Herreweghe Susan Hamilton, soprano Siri Thornhill, soprano Robin Blaze, countertenor Martin van der Zeijst, countertenor Mark Padmore, tenor Jonathan Arnold, bass Jonathan Brown, bass Peter Harvey, bass | ||
| Purcell, Henry | Hail! bright Caecilia! |