PURCELL

 

Hail, Bright Cecilia

 

Gabrieli Consort and Players / Paul McCreesh

 

1          Symphony 9’42

2          Hail! bright Cecilia, Hail! 4’02

3          Hark, each Tree its silence breaks 3’47

4          ‘Tis Nature’s Voice; thro’ all the 3’47

moving Wood

5          Soul of the World! 2’07

6          Thou tun’st this World below, the 2’07

Spheres above

7          With that sublime Celestial Lay 2’39

8          Wond’rous Machine! 2’20

9          The Airy Violin 1’24

10         In vain the Am’rous Flute 6’31

and soft Guitar

11         The Fife and all the Harmony of War 3’07

12         Let these amongst themselves contest 2’31

13         Hail! bright Cecilia, Hail to thee! 3’41

14         My beloved spake Z28 9’34

15         O sing unto the Lord 11’16

 

Susan Hemington - Jones soprano

Timothy Wilson - counter-tenor

Mark le Brocq, Charles Daniels, Julian Podger - tenors

Charles Pott, Christopher Purves, Peter Harvey - basses

Gabrieli Players

Gabrieli Consort

Chorus master Florian Deuter

Paul McCreesh

 

Brilliant Classics 94068