Hyperion Records | Blow/Draghi: Odes for St Cecilia

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CDH55257
(Originally issued on CDA66770)
Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

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Recording details: November 1994
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Arthur Johnson
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: April 2007
Total duration: 71 minutes 12 seconds
Available for download on iTunes: Yes

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'As ever, the disc is a revelation ... Once heard this infectious music is not easily forgotten, which is a tribute to the enthusiasm and conviction of the performances' (Classic CD)

'Peter Holman's flair for drama illuminates the evocative settings of these lesser-known composers. Both conducting and sound quality capture the nuances of textures, registers and sonorities' (BBC Music Magazine)

The English Orpheus

Blow/Draghi: Odes for St Cecilia

The Parley of Instruments, The Playford Consort, Peter Holman (conductor)

		From harmony, from heav'nly harmony Giovanni Battista Draghi (c1640-1708)
1		Movement 01: Symphony [5:05]
2		Movement 02: From harmony, from heav'nly harmony [2:12] Michael Chance (countertenor), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Richard Wistreich (bass), Suzie Le Blanc (soprano), Richard Wistreich (conductor)
3		Movement 03: When nature underneath a heap [6:39] Richard Wistreich (bass), Suzie Le Blanc (soprano), Michael Chance (countertenor), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Richard Wistreich (conductor)
4		Movement 04: What passion cannot Musick raise and quell! [3:27] Michael Chance (countertenor)
5		Movement 05: The trumpet's loud clangor [3:21] Michael Chance (countertenor), Richard Wistreich (bass), Richard Wistreich (conductor)
6		Movement 06: The soft complaining flute [4:12] Michael Chance (countertenor)
7		Movement 07: Sharp violins proclaim [4:01] Michael Chance (countertenor), Richard Wistreich (bass)
8		Movement 08: But oh! what art can teach [2:47] Michael Chance (countertenor), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Richard Wistreich (bass)
9		Movement 09: Orpheus cou'd lead the savage race [3:17] Richard Wistreich (bass)
10		Movement 10: As from the pow'r of sacred lays [4:57] Suzie Le Blanc (soprano), Michael Chance (countertenor), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Richard Wistreich (bass), Richard Wistreich (conductor)
		The glorious day is come John Blow (1649-1708)
11		Movement 01: Symphony [3:36]
12		Movement 02: The glorious day is come, that will for ever be [2:14] Michael Chance (countertenor), Richard Wistreich (conductor)
13		Movement 03: The spheres, those instruments divine [5:01] Michael Chance (countertenor), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Richard Wistreich (conductor)
14		Movement 04: Couch'd by the pleasant Heliconian spring [2:00] Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Jozic Koc (baritone)
15		Movement 05: At first the trumpet's part [2:41] Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Richard Wistreich (conductor)
16		Movement 06: The battle done, the loud alarms do cease [2:59] Michael Chance (countertenor)
17		Movement 07: Excesses of pleasure now crowd on apace [2:23] Suzie Le Blanc (soprano), Richard Wistreich (conductor)
18		Movement 08: Ah Heav'n! what is't I hear? [3:04] Michael Chance (countertenor), Joseph Cornwell (tenor)
19		Movement 09: Music! celestial Music! what can be [2:47] Jozic Koc (baritone)
20		Movement 10: This that blest king and god-like prophet knew [1:45] Suzie Le Blanc (soprano), Michael Chance (countertenor), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Jozic Koc (baritone)
21		Movement 11: And thus by Music's pow'r [2:44] Richard Wistreich (conductor)