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Hail! bright Cecilia Z328
1 Symphony [9'27]
2 Hail! bright Cecilia, Hail! [4'11]
3 Hark, each Tree its silence breaks [4'13]
4 ‘Tis Nature’s Voice
thro’ all the moving Wood [4'03]
5 Soul of the World! [2'41]
6 Thou tun’st this World below, the Spheres above [3'15]
7 With that sublime Celestial Lay [3'10]
8 Wond’rous Machine! [2'44]
9 The Airy Violin [1'28];10 In vain the Am’rous Flute and soft Guitar [5'53]
11 The Fife and all the Harmony of War [3'07]
12 Let these amongst themselves contest [3'25]
13 Hail! bright Cecilia, Hail to thee! [4'11]
Birthday Ode for the Duke of Gloucester, 1695 Who can from joy refrain? Z342
14 Overture [4'27]
15 Who can from joy refrain? [5'12]
16 A Prince of glorious race descended [3'34]
17 The Father brave as e’er was Dane [1'29]
18 The Graces in his Mother shine [2'00]
19 Sound the Trumpet and beat the warlike Drum [2'29]
20 If now he burns with noble flame [5'31]

The last, and greatest, of Purcell’s four Odes to St Cecilia, Hail! bright Cecilia was composed to a text by Nicholas Brady in 1692 in honour of the feast day of Saint Cecilia, patron saint of musicians. It is a celebratory work comprising of masterful instrumental sections, majestic choruses, and varied solos, duets and trios. Written in 1695, Who can from joy refrain? was composed as an ode celebrating the Duke of Gloucester’s sixth birthday. Both these works reveal the unparalleled richness of the composer’s musical invention and explain why, more than three hundred years later, Henry

Purcell is still regarded as one of Britain’s finest composers. The King’s Consort and a distinguished line-up of soloists perform this glorious music, originally issued as Volume 2 in The Complete Odes & Welcome Songs series, with a high measure of perfection and flawless technique.

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