Purcell: Celebrate this festival, Z321

This page lists our only recording of Celebrate this festival, Z321, by Henry Purcell (1659-95) on CD.

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Purcell: Complete Odes & Welcome Songs

Label:

Hyperion

Catalogue No:

CDS44031/8

Discs:

8

Release date:

1st Nov 2010

Barcode:

0034571140315

Medium:

CD
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Purcell: Complete Odes & Welcome Songs


Purcell:

Arise, my Muse, Z320

for Queen Mary's birthday 1690

Welcome to all the pleasures (from Ode for St Cecilia's Day 1683), Z339

Now does the glorious day appear (from Come ye sons of Art, Z323)

Hail! Bright Cecilia (Ode for St Cecilia's Day 1692), Z328

Who can from joy refrain?, Z342

Fly, bold rebellion (Welcome Ode for Charles II, 1683)

Sound the trumpet, beat the drum, Z335

Celebrate this festival, Z321

Ye tuneful Muses (Welcome Song for James II, 1686)

Celestial Music did the gods inspire (for Mr Maidwell's School, 1689)

From hardy climes and dangerous toils of war (for the wedding of Prince George and Princess Anne, 1683)

Welcome, welcome, glorious morn, Z338

Great parent, hail to thee (for the Centenary of Trinity College, Dublin, 1694)

The summer's absence unconcerned we bear, Z337

Love's goddess sure was blind, Z331

Raise, raise the voice (for St Cecilia's Day, c1685)

From those serene and rapturous joys (Welcome Song for Charles II, 1684)

Of old, when heroes thought it base (The Yorkshire Feast Song, 1690)

Swifter, Isis, swifter flow (Welcome Song for Charles II, 1681)

What, what shall be done in behalf of the man? (Welcome Song for the Duke of York, 1682)

Come ye sons of art (Ode for Queen Mary's birthday, 1694), Z 323

Welcome, vicegerent of the mighty king, Z340

Why, why are all the Muses mute?, Z343


CD - 8 discs

$59.25

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Well, strictly speaking this is not a new release, but as the original issue of this important and unique set has been out of stock for almost two years we think a reminder is called for.

The need to create new artwork caused the hiatus in repressing, but it also gave us the opportunity to re-think the packaging, and the set is now contained within a slim clamshell box with cardboard inner sleeves (rather than the original large box containing eight standard jewel cases with individual booklets for each disc). There is now one substantial and fully updated 72-page booklet which contains all the texts and a trilingual note.

This is the only complete recording of Purcell’s Odes and Welcome Songs and, as such, one of the treasures of the Hyperion catalogue—it makes a very welcome return.

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