by George Frideric Handel · CD · EAN 0706301231920
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«Ode for St. Cecilia's Day» is the classical music album by George Frideric Handel, released in 1996 by Teldec Das Alte Werk, on CD.
Handel's ode in honour of St Cecilia, patron saint of music, on the power of harmony and its effects on human emotions. It brings together overture, choruses and arias, with pieces such as «The Trumpet's loud clangor» and «The soft complaining Flute». The recording features Felicity Palmer, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, the Bachchor Stockholm and the Concentus Musicus Wien, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
Catalogue number 0630-12319-2 in the Das Alte Werk series, with a single disc. The cover reproduces «Saint Cecilia with an Angel», from the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
For collectors of Das Alte Werk editions and followers of Nikolaus Harnoncourt's recordings.
