Henry Purcell: “Hail! Bright Cecilia” Z.328 / Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Nicolas Jenkins, Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Marc Minkowski, Lucy Crowe, Anders J. Dahlin, David Bates, Neil Baker, Luca Tittoto, Richard Croft

Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Nicolas Jenkins, Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Marc Minkowski

Lucy Crowe, soprano Anders J. Dahlin, tenor David Bates, countertenor Neil Baker, baritone Luca Tittoto, bass Richard Croft, tenor

I. Symphony [00:00]

II. Hail! Bright Cecilia [9:50]

III. Hark! hark! each tree [13:52]

IV. ‘Tis Nature’s voice [17:39]

V. Soul of the world [22:07]

VI. Thou tun’st this world [24:15]

VII. With that sublime celestial lay [29:26]

VII. Wondrous machine! [32:16]

IX. The airy violin [34:26]

X. In vain the am’rous flute [35:44]

XI. The fife and all the harmony of war [42:21]

XII. Let these among themselves contest [45:14]

XIII. Hail! Bright Cecilia, hail to thee [47:37]

Painting: Santa Cecilia by Carlo Dolci, 1670.