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Ode For St Cecilia's Day / L'Allegro Ed Il Penseroso

Georg Friedrich Händel, Elsie Morison, Jacqueline Delman, Elizabeth Harwood, April Cantelo, Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Ian Partridge, Hervey Alan, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, David Willcocks

Label: Decca
Catalog number: 460 287-2
Released: 1999
Country: Europe
Format: Compilation
Barcode: 028946028728

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This recording brings together two significant vocal works centered on the intersection of music and poetry. By featuring a choral ensemble paired with a variety of distinguished soloists, this collection offers a nuanced interpretation of these classic compositions.

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Ode For St Cecilia's Day / L'Allegro Ed Il Penseroso has 43 tracks.

L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato (Pastoral Ode), Oratorio, Hwv 55
Part I
1-11. Recitative: Hence, Loathed Melancholy1:50
1-22. Recitative: Hence, Vain Deluding Joys1:00
1-33: Air: Come, Thou Goddess Fair And Free1:45
1-44. Air: Come Rather, Goddess, Sage And Holy3:46
1-55. Air And Chorus: Haste Thee, Nymph2:47
1-66. Air And Chorus: Come, And Trip It As You Go2:36
1-7.17. Recitative: Come, Pensive Nun2:52
1-7.28. Air: Come, But Keep Thy Wonted State
1-8.19. Recitative: There; Held In Holy Passion Still5:01
1-8.2Chorus: Join With Thee Calm Peace And Quiet
1-9.110. Recitative: Hence, Loathed Melancholy!4:28
1-9.211. Air: Mirth, Admit Me Of Thy Crew
1-10.112. Recitative: First And Chief, On Golden Wing8:54
1-10.213. Sweet Bird, That Shun'st The Noise Of Folly
1-11.114. Recitative: If I Give Thee Honour Due2:35
1-11.215. Air: Mirth, Admit Me Of Thy Crew
1-1216. Air: Oft, On A Plat Of Rising Ground3:00
1-1317. Air: Far From All Resort Of Mirth4:28
1-14.118. Recitative: If I Give Thee Honour Due2:07
1-14.219. Air: Let Me Wander Not Unseen
1-1522. Air And Chorus: Or Let The Merry Bells Ring Round3:43
Part II
1-16.123. Recitative: Hence, Vain Deluding Joys5:50
1-16.224. Air: Sometimes Let Gorgeous Tragedy
1-17.126. Recitative: Thus, Night, Oft See Me4:08
1-17.227. Solo And Chorus: Populous Cities Please Me Then
1-1828. Air: There Let Hymen Oft Appear2:50
1-19.129. Recitative: Me, When The Sun Begins To Fling4:02
1-19.230. Air: Hide Me From Day's Garish Eye
1-2031. Air: I'll To The Well-trod Stage Anon2:05
1-2132. Air: And Ever, Against Eating Cares3:55
2-120. Air: Straight Mine Eye Hath Caught New Pleasures2:06
2-2.121. Recitative: Mountains, On Whose Barren Breast4:01
2-2.220: Air: Straight Mine Eye Hath Caught, Etc.
2-3.135. Recitative: But Let My Due Fet Never Fail4:30
2-3.236. Solo And Chorus: There Let The Pealing Organ Blow
2-4.137. Air: May At Last My Weary Age7:20
2-4.238. Chorus: These Pleasures, Melancholy, Give
2-533. Air: Orpheus Himself May Heave His Head2:57
2-634. Air And Chorus: These Delights If Thou Canst Give3:37
2-7Overture4:21

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This 1999 Decca release compiles two of Handel's celebrated English choral works, combining his setting of John Dryden's 'Ode for St. Cecilia's Day' with the pastoral cantata 'L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato'. These recordings, conducted by David Willcocks and featuring the King's College Choir of Cambridge, draw upon the rich tradition of mid-20th-century British Handel performance, which favored clear diction, precise choral textures, and an earnest, scholarly approach to the Baroque repertoire.

The recording serves as a definitive document of the King's College Choir's historical collaboration with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and a notable roster of soloists including Peter Pears and Helen Watts. Released within the Decca 'Double Decca' series, the collection was curated to provide listeners with a comprehensive look at the composer's secular English vocal music, maintaining a legacy of interpretation that defined the mid-century revival of Handel's dramatic works.

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