Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76 by George Frideric Handel, Cantata, composed 1739. 137 recordings in this catalogue, from 1987 to 2018.
Movements
I. Overture
II. Recitative / Accompagnato "From harmony from heav'nly harmony" (tenor)
III. Chorus "From harmony, from heav'nly harmony"
IV. Aria "What passion cannot music raise and quell" (soprano)
V. Aria and Chorus "The trumpet's loud clangor" (tenor)
VII. Aria "The soft complaining flute" (soprano)
VIII. Aria "Sharp violins proclaim" (tenor)
IX. Aria "But oh! What art can teach" (soprano)
X. Aria "Orpheus could lead the savage race" (soprano)
XI. Accompagnato "But bright Cecilia" (soprano)
XII. Soprano and Chorus "As from the pow'r and sacred lays"
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