Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus musicus Wien - Handel: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 212 Mb | Total time: 49:32 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Teldec | # 0630-12319-2 | Recorded: 1977
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 212 Mb | Total time: 49:32 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Teldec | # 0630-12319-2 | Recorded: 1977
This is one of Handel's most inspired and invigorating works. Relatively short (50 minutes), it is an ode to music itself, with arias and choruses in praise of the attributes of various instruments, from the "trumpet's loud clangor" to the "soft complaining flute", of course featuring solos for those players. It also has one of Handel's most rousing final choruses, depicting the end of the world, when "music shall untune the sky".