Friday 29 November 2019

Handel - L'Allegro ed il Penseroso. Ode for St Cecilia's Day (David Willcocks) [2CD]


Decca 1999 [1961, 1968] | EAC LOG FLAC+CUE |
2CDs + booklet | 785MB
 



G.F. Handel:


L'ALLEGRO ED IL PENSEROSO, oratorio, HWV 55


performed by

Elsie Morison, Jacqueline Delman, Elizabeth Harwood, sopranos

Helen Watts, contralto

Peter Pears, tenor

Hervey Alan, bass


The St Anthony Singers

Philomusica of London

(on modern instruments)

Recording: Decca Studio No.1, West Hampstead, London, 1960
T: 98'32''
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ODE (Song) FOR ST CECILIA'S DAY, HWV 76


performed by

April Cantelo, soprano

Ian Partridge, tenor


The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields

(on modern instruments)

Recording: Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, 1967
T: 52'08''
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Sir David Willcocks, dir.