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Marc Minkowski - To Saint Cecilia (2009)

Marc Minkowski - To Saint Cecilia (2009)
  • Title: To Saint Cecilia
  • Year Of Release: 2009
  • Label: naïve classique
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks)
  • Total Time: 2:32:46
  • Total Size: 680 MB
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Tracklist:

Disc 1

01. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328: I. Symphony
02. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328: II. Hail! Bright Cecilia! (Recitative)
03. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328: III. Hark, Each Tree (Duo)
04. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328: IV. Tis Nature's Voice (Air)
05. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328: V. Soul of the World (Chœur)
06. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328: VI. Thou Tun'st this World (Soprano et chœur)
07. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328: VII. With That Sublime Celestial Lay (Trio)
08. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328: VIII. Wondrous Machine (Air)
09. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328: IX. The Airy Violin (Air)
10. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328: X. In Vain the Am'rous Flute (Duet)
11. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328: XI. The Fife and All the Harmony of War (Air)
12. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328: XII. Let These Amongst Themselves Contest (Duo)
13. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328: XIII. Hail! Bright Cecilia! (Chœurs)
14. Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: I. Overture
15. Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: II, Pt. 1. From Harmony (Recitative)
16. Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: II, Pt. 2. When Nature (Recitative)
17. Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: III. From Harmony, from Heavenly Harmony (Chorus)
18. Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: IV. What Passion Cannot Music Raise and Quell (Aria)
19. Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: V. The Trumpet's Loud Clangour (Aria and Chorus)
20. Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: VI. March

Disc 2

01. Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: VII. The Soft Complaining Flute (Aria)
02. Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: VIII. Sharp Violins Proclaim their Jealous Pangs (Aria)
03. Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: IX. But Oh! What Art Can Teach (Aria)
04. Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: X. Orpheus could Lead the Savage Race (Aria)
05. Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: XI. But Bright Cecilia Raised the Wonder Higher (Recitative)
06. Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: XII. As from the Power of Sacred Lays (Solo and Chorus)
07. Mass in C Major, Hob. XXII:5: I. Kyrie I
08. Mass in C Major, Hob. XXII:5: II. Christe
09. Mass in C Major, Hob. XXII:5: III. Kyrie II
10. Mass in C Major, Hob. XXII:5: IV. Gloria in excelsis Deo
11. Mass in C Major, Hob. XXII:5: V. Laudamus te
12. Mass in C Major, Hob. XXII:5: VI. Gratias agimus tibi
13. Mass in C Major, Hob. XXII:5: VII. Domine Deus
14. Mass in C Major, Hob. XXII:5: VIII. Qui tollis peccata mundi
15. Mass in C Major, Hob. XXII:5: IX. Quoniam tu solus sanctus
16. Mass in C Major, Hob. XXII:5: X. Cum sancto spiritu
17. Mass in C Major, Hob. XXII:5: XI. In gloria dei patris
18. Mass in C Major, Hob. XXII:5: XII. Et incarnatus est
19. Mass in C Major, Hob. XXII:5: XIII. Et resurrexit

This two-disc set of Baroque and Classical choral music has everything going for it: brilliant programming, splendid packaging, and superlative performances. The program consists of three first-class works dedicated to the patron saint of music, Henry Purcell's Hail, Bright Cecilia, Handel's A Song for St. Cecilia, and Haydn's St. Cecilia Mass. The packaging consists of glorious reproductions of paintings of the saint by a variety of old masters, plus extensive notes and complete texts. Best of all are the performances; led by Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble deliver accounts that rival and often surpass previous recorded efforts. Though the orchestra is nearly chamber-sized, Minkowski elicits full-bodied playing that makes a joyful and very polished noise unto the Lord, or, in this case, St. Cecilia. Minkowski's small chorus turns in performances of refined elegance and tremendous power, and his vocal soloists are just as fine, with Lucy Crowe's soaring soprano being a stand-out. Recorded in startlingly immediate sound, this set is a perfect example of how classical music should be presented on disc. ~ James Leonard


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