To Saint Cecilia: Purcell, Handel, Haydn / Marc Minkowski

2 CD + 136-page book set
Available worldwide in November 2009.

PURCELL: "Hail, Bright Cecilia"
HANDEL: "A Song for Saint Cecilia's Day"
HAYDN: "Cäcilienmesse"
3 works dedicated to Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music. Those 3 works had never been gathered together in the same recording.

Lucy CROWE (soprano)
Nathalie STUTZMANN (alto)
Anders J. DAHLIN (tenor)
Richard CROFT (tenor)
Luca TITTOTO (bass)

LES MUSICIENS DU LOUVRE-GRENOBLE
(choir & orchestra)

Marc MINKOWSKI.

This video trailer was made of excerpts of the 88-minute film directed by Philippe Béziat: "Musiques pour Sainte Cécile".
This film was broadcast on Arte on November 1st, 2009.
Producer: Camera Lucida.

The booklet includes paintings by Rafaello, Sir Peter Paul Rubens, De Vuez, Sir Peter Lely, Cortona, Domenichino...

In 2009, this program has been performed live at Salle Pleyel (Paris), MC2 (Grenoble), Barbican Centre (London), Salzburg Festspiele.

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• cäcilienmesse
• handel
• haydn
• crowe
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• dahlin
• croft
• tittoto
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[olialto7]

Richard Croft is grabbing his ear again...

[singsungify]

@choirchub Nonsense. Clear vowels can be made at most registers, especially by male voices.

[andaluza8588]

increible!

[choirchub]

@lambojo1994 - the singer was undoubtedly modifying the closed "a" vowel of "flames" to "ah" so as to sing the word in his upper register. it's a very common trick among singers. Higher pitches require higher tension on the vocal chords, and closed vowels in the upper register add more but unnecessary tension. In the battle between maintaining a beautiful singing tone and maintaining absolutely pure vowels for sake of textual clarity, any singer will go for beautiful tone first.

[aethergoogle]

Beautiful voices; sumptuous tones from the orchestra; young, intelligent, radiant faces. What a wonderful feast! Must obtain a recording.

[mannvishnu]

Ah! comme c'est si vivant cette musique sous la baguette de Minkowski!! Vraiment ce sont touours des valeurs sûres avec lui...

[bearlauch]

ah! wie oft habe ich dies CD gehört, und wie oft habe ich Tränen gahabt.

i love Marc Minkowski! i thank you for you musical gift for us.

[acmoila]

De qui est le second opus, et de quelle mouvement s'agit-il?

[principae122]

@lambojo1994 this is a very old english from the 17. century! Sometimes it´s sounds strange!!

[ralb15]

22 novembre 2009, fête de leur sainte patronne : Bonne Sainte-Cécile à tous les musiciens !