HENRY PURCELL
Hail! bright Cecilia (1692)

Gillian Fisher, Tessa Bonner soprano
James Bowman countertenor
Rogers Covey-Crump high tenor
John Mark Ainsley tenor
Michael George, Simon Keenlyside bass
The Choir of New College Oxford
The King's Consort
directed by Robert King

Hyperion CDA 66349

Reviews

"An imaginative programme of infrequently performed music by a great composer is always welcome, and this one should make a wide appeal."

The Gramophone


HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695)

HAIL! BRIGHT CECILIA  (1692)

1     Symphony
2     Hail! bright Cecilia
3     Hark, each tree
4     'Tis Nature's voice
5     Soul of the world
6     Thou tun'st this world
7     With that sublime celestial lay
8     Wondrous machine
9     The airy violin
10   In vain the am'rous flute
11   The fife and all the harmony of war
12   Let these among themselves contest
13   Hail! bright Cecilia

WHO CAN FROM JOY REFRAIN?   (1695)
Ode for the birthday of the Duke of Gloucester

14   Overture
15   Who can from joy refrain?
16   A Prince of glorious race
17   The Father brave
18   The Graces in his Mother shine
19   Sound the trumpet
20   Chaconne : If now he burns with noble flame :

Then Thames shall be Queen of Tyber