Hail, bright Cecilia : ode for St. Cecilia's Day / Purcell -- Alexander's feast, or The power of music in honour of St. Cecilia / Handel -- Missa "Sanctae Caeciliae" / Haydn.
Note
The 2nd work a cantata in honor of St. Cecilia.
Text of the 1st work by Nicholas Brady; text of the 2nd work by John Dryden with additional text by Newburgh Hamilton.
The 1st and 2nd works sung in English, the 3rd in Latin.
Title
Santa Cecilia / Purcell, Handel, Haydn.
Publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : Erato, [2009]
Playing time
005633 013523 010611
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Performer
In the 1st work: Emma Kirkby, soprano ; other soloists ; Taverner Consort Choir & Players ; Andrew Parrott, conductor. In the 2nd work: Helen Donath, soprano ; Robert Tear, tenor ; other soloists ; Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Philip Ledger, conductor. In the 3rd work: Brigitte Fournier, soprano ; Bernarda Fink, alto ; Charles Daniels, tenor ; Marcos Fink, bass ; Choirs & Orchestra of the Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisboa ; Michel Corboz, conductor.
Language
The 1st and 2nd works sung in English, the 3rd in Latin.