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Philippe Herreweghe & Collegium Vocale Gent - Purcell: Funeral Sentences & Hail! Bright Cecilia (1993)

Philippe Herreweghe & Collegium Vocale Gent - Purcell: Funeral Sentences & Hail! Bright Cecilia (1993)
  • Title: Purcell: Funeral Sentences & Hail! Bright Cecilia
  • Year Of Release: 1993
  • Label: harmonia mundi
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: flac lossless
  • Total Time: 02:20:34
  • Total Size: 566 mb
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Tracklist
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CD1
01. I. Symphony: Maestoso, Canzona: Allegro – Adagio – Allegro – Grave
02. II. Hail! Bright Cecilia
03. III. Hark! hark! Each Tree
04. IV. ‘Tis Nature’s Voice
05. V. Soul of the World!
06. VI. Thou tun’st this World
07. VII. With that sublime Celestial Lay
08. VIII. Wondrous MacHine!
09. IX. The airy Violin
10. X. In vain the Am’rous flute
11. XI. The fife and all the Harmony of War
12. XII. Let these among themselves contest
13. XIII. Hail! Bright Cecilia
14. I. Symphony
15. II. Welcome to all the pleasures
16. III. Here the deities approve
17. IV. While joys celestial
18. V. Then lift up your voices
19. VI. Beauty thou scene of love
20. VII. In a consort of voices

CD2
01. Rejoice in the Lord alway, verse anthem, Z.49
02. Remember not, Lord, our offences, full anthem, Z.50
03. Blow up the trumpet in Sion, full anthem, Z.10
04. Hear my prayer, O Lord, full anthem, Z.15
05. My heart is inditing, Z. 30
06. Funeral Sentences: March Z.860-Man that is born of a woman
07. O Lord God of hosts, full anthem, Z.37
08. Te Deum, verse anthem in D Major, Z.232

Belgian conductor Philippe Herreweghe concurrently studied medicine and psychiatry at the University of Ghent, in addition to studying piano with Marcel Gazelle at the Conservatory in Ghent. During that time, he founded the Collegium Vocale of Ghent (1969). Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Gustav Leonhardt took notice of the young artist and promptly invited him and his newly organized ensemble to collaborate with them in a recording project that would document the entire catalog of J.S. Bach's cantatas. Continuing his education at the conservatory, Herreweghe studied the harpsichord with Johan Huys and organ with Gabriel Verschraegen.

Ambitious, to say the least, Herreweghe formed numerous ensembles that each respectively acted as a performance vehicle for specific genres and periods of composition, resulting in numerous recordings for Harmonia Mundi. His Ensemble Vocale Elysées specialized and concentrated on the work of Bach and his predecessors. The Ensemble La Chapelle Royale (founded with Philippe Beaussant in 1977) focused on music from the French Baroque, as well as vocal scores from the Classical and Romantic eras. The Ensemble Vocale Européen (founded 1989) concentrated on Renaissance polyphony, while the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées (founded 1991), an original instrument ensemble, performed literature from the Classical and Romantic periods. Herreweghe divides his time in thirds and spends one with early music, one with the Romantic repertoire, and the last third with contemporary compositions.

Herreweghe has conducted many prestigious ensembles including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Lyon Opera Orchestra, Concerto Koln, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ensemble Musique Oblique, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's in New York City. Herreweghe assumed the position of music director of the Festival of Saintes in 1982. The conductor, nominated for Musical Personality of the Year (1990), has received many more awards including European Musician of the Year (1991), Cultural Ambassador of Flanders with his Collegium Chorale (1993), Doctor Honoris Causa of the Leuven Catholic University (1997), and the order of Officer of Arts and Letters (1994). Herreweghe assumed the post of music director of the Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra in 1997, and from 2002 has served as its principal conductor.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest champions of culture, Philippe Herreweghe has brought a dignity and integrity to the arts that seems timeless. Confident about his own opinions, Herreweghe programs the repertoire that interests him, and overlooks that which does not. He tirelessly explores the work of Bach, performing many works numerous times, but approaches each effort with a studious dedication and genuine curiosity.



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