Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia, Welcome To All The Pleasures - Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe – Odes À Sainte Cécile / Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe / Harmonia Mundi Audio CD 1998 /

Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia, Welcome To All The Pleasures - Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe – Odes À Sainte Cécile / Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe / Harmonia Mundi Audio CD 1998 / HMC901643 UPC 794881416929   Henry Purcell (/ˈpɜːrsəl/, rare: /pərˈsɛl/ c. 10 September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer of Baroque music. Purcell's musical style was uniquely English, although it incorporated Italian and French elements. Generally considered among the greatest English opera composers, Purcell is often linked with John Dunstaple and William Byrd as England's most important early music composers. No later native-born English composer approached his fame until Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, William Walton and Benjamin Britten in the 20th century.   Label: Harmonia Mundi France – HMC901643 Format: CD, Album Country: Europe Released:    1998 Genre: Classical Style: Baroque           Tracklist:     Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z 328     1   I. Symphony. Maestoso - Canzona. Allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Grave 9:43   2   II. Hail! Bright Cecilia 3:47   3   III. Hark! Hark! Each Tree 4:10   4   IV. 'Tis Nature's Voice 4:20   5   V. Soul Of The World! 2:20   6   VI. Thou Tun'st This World 5:14   7   VII. With That Sublime Celestial Lay 3:15   8   VIII. Wondrous Machine! 2:27   9   IX. The Airy Violin 1:38   10   X. In Vain The Am'rous Flute 6:09   11   XI. The Fife And All The Harmony Of War 3:18   12   XII. Let These Among Themselves Contest 3:10   13   XIII. Hail! Bright Cecilia 4:41         Welcome To All The Pleasures, Z 339     14   I. Symphony 3:42   15   II. Welcome To All The Pleasures 1:49   16   III. Here The Deities Approve 4:36   17   IV. While Joys Celestial 1:48   18   V. Then Lift Up Your Voices 2:09   19   VI. Beauty Thou Scene Of Love 3:15   20   VII. In A Consort Of Voices 1:13         Alto Vocals – Beat Duddeck, Betty Van Den Berghe, Martin Van Der Zeijst Bass Flute – Baldrick Deerenberg Bass Vocals – Bart Vandewege, Frits Vanhulle, Paul Van Den Berghe, Pieter Coene, Robert Van Der Vinne Bassoon – Jean-Louis Fiat Cello – Ageet Zweistra, Harm-Jan Schwitters Conductor – Philippe Herreweghe Contrabass – Margaret Urquhart Ensemble – Collegium Vocale Lute – Brian Feehan Oboe – Christian Moreaux, Taka Kitazato Organ – Herman Stinders Recorder – Bart Coen, Koen Dieltiens Soloist, Bass Vocals – Jonathan Arnold (tracks: 2, 7, 12, 15), Jonathan Brown (8) (tracks: 12), Peter Harvey (tracks: 1, 8, 18) Soloist, Countertenor Vocals – Martin Van Der Zeijst, Robin Blaze Soloist, Soprano Vocals – Siri Thornhill, Susan Hamilton (2) Soloist, Tenor Vocals – Mark Padmore Soprano Vocals – Dominique Verkinderen, Edwige Cardoen, Siri Thornhill, Susan Hamilton (2) Tenor Vocals – Gerhard Hölzle, Markus Schuck, Warren Trevelyan-Jones Timbales – Françoise Rivalland Trumpet – Susan Williams (2), William Wroth Viola – Jean-Luc Thonnerieux, Nadine Davin Violin – Adrian Chamorro, Andreas Preuss, Attilio Motzo, Corrado Masoni, Roberto Anedda, Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen, Thérèse Kipfer, Virginie Descharmes