Artist: The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Greg Funfgeld
Album: Handel: Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2018
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 49:21
Total Tracks: 15
Total Size: 871 MB

Tracklist:

1-01. The Bach Choir of Bethlehem – I. Overture – Larghetto e staccato (01:43)
1-02. The Bach Choir of Bethlehem – II. Overture – Allegro (02:12)
1-03. The Bach Choir of Bethlehem – III. Overture – Minuets I & II (02:55)
1-04. The Bach Choir of Bethlehem – IV. Recitative ‘From harmony, from heav’nly harmony’ (00:21)
1-05. The Bach Choir of Bethlehem – V. Recitative ‘When nature underneath a heap’ (02:49)
1-06. The Bach Choir of Bethlehem – VI. Chorus ‘From harmony, from heav’nly harmony’ (03:44)
1-07. The Bach Choir of Bethlehem – VII. Aria ‘What passion cannot music raise and quell!’ (06:58)
1-08. The Bach Choir of Bethlehem – VIII. Chorus ‘The trumpet’s loud clangor’ (03:41)
1-09. The Bach Choir of Bethlehem – IX. March (02:04)
1-10. The Bach Choir of Bethlehem – X. Aria ‘The soft complaining flute’ (05:13)
1-11. The Bach Choir of Bethlehem – XI. Aria ‘Sharp violins proclaim’ (04:25)
1-12. The Bach Choir of Bethlehem – XII. Aria ‘But oh, what art can teach’ (03:38)
1-13. The Bach Choir of Bethlehem – XIII. Aria ‘Orpheus could lead the savage race’ (01:46)
1-14. The Bach Choir of Bethlehem – XIV. Recitative ‘But bright Cecilia raised the wonder high’r’ (00:40)
1-15. The Bach Choir of Bethlehem – XV. Aria ‘As from the pow’r of sacred lays’ (07:06)

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Celebrating its 120th birthday in 2018, the Bach Choir of Bethlehem is the oldest Bach choir in the United States, attracing thousands of visitors to Pennsyvania’s annual Bethlehem Bach Festival. The Ode for Saint Cecilia’s Day was composed between September 15 and 24, 1739, and features instrumental pieces, arias, choruses and recitatives. The Choir is joined by Cassandra Lemoine, Benjamin Butterfield, and the Bach Festival Orchestra.