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Hail, bright Cecilia / Purcell. Bright Cecilia : Variations on a theme by Purcell / Colin Matthews ... [and others].
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 23245
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
- Saint Cecilia's Day--Songs and music.
- Saint Cecilia's Day.
- Variations (Orchestra).
- Genre:
- Songs and music.
- Sound recordings.
- Songs.
- Music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Variations on a theme by Purcell.
- Place of Publication:
- [England] : BBC Music Magazine, [2002]
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- stereo
- digital recording
- Participant:
- In the 1st work: Susan Gritton, soprano ; James Bowman, countertenor ; Rogers Covey-Crump, Mark Milhofer, tenor ; Colin Campbell, baritone ; Michael George, bass ; King's Consort ; Robert King, conductor. In the 2nd work: BBC Philharmonic ; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor.
- Notes:
- The 2nd work, a theme with seven variations based on the excerpt "Thou tun'st this world" from Purcell's work, was commissioned by BBC Music Magazine to mark its 10th anniversary. The composers, each of whom contributed one variation, are Colin Matthews (also arranged the theme), Judith Weir, Poul Ruders, David Sawer, Michael Torke, Anthony Payne, and Magnus Lindberg.
- Words (1st work) by Nicholas Brady.
- Recorded Jan. 15, 1995, Birmingham Town Hall (1st work), and Sept. 9-10, 2002, New Broadcasting House, Manchester (2nd work)
- Issued with BBC Music Magazine, v. 11, no. 3 (Nov. 2002)
- Compact disc.
- Digital recordings.
- Program notes by Simon Heighes (1st work) and Helen Wallace and the composers (2nd work), and brief notes on the performers ([8] p. : ill.) inserted in container. Identical notes augmented by the text of the 1st work and suggestions for further listening in BBC Music Magazine, v. 11, no. 3.
- Contains:
- Bright Cecilia.
- OCLC:
- 50926074
- Publisher Number:
- BBC MM223 BBC Music Magazine
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