Purcell: Royal Odes & Welcome Songs / Guillon, Le Banquet Céleste

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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Henry Purcell
    • PERFORMER
      Damien Guillon, Le Banquet Celeste
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 11, 2022
    • UPC
      3760014197802
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA780
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Symphony

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    2. From those Serene and Rapturous Joys

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Benoît Arnould

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    3. Behold th'indulgent Prince is Come

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    4. Welcome Home

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    5. Not with an Helmet or a glitt'ring Spear

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Céline Scheen, Suzanne Jerosme

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    6. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    7. Welcome as Soft Refreshing Show'rs

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Nicolas Brooymans

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    8. Welcome Home

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    9. Welcome, More Welcome does He Come

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Zachary Wilder

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    10. Nor does the Sun more Comfort Bring

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Zachary Wilder, Benoît Arnould

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    11. With Trumpets and Shouts We Receive the World's Wonder

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Nicholas Scott

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    12. Symphony

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    13. Fly, bold rebellion

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Zachary Wilder, Damien Guillon, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Benoît Arnould

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    14. The plot is displayed

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Nicolas Brooymans

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    15. Then with heart and with voice

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    16. Rivers from their channels turn'd

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Damien Guillon

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    17. For majesty moves

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    18. If then we've found

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Benoît Arnould

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    19. But kings, like the sun

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    20. But Heaven has now dispelled those fears

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Céline Scheen, Suzanne Jerosme, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    21. Come then, change your notes

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Nicholas Scott, Benoît Arnould

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    22. But with heart and with voice

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    23. Be welcome then, great Sir

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Damien Guillon

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    24. Welcome to all those wishes fulfill'd

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    25. Why, why are all the Muses mute?

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Nicholas Scott

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    26. Symphony

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    27. When should each soul exalted be

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Nicholas Scott

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    28. But when for Caesar's welcome we prepare?

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    29. Britain, thou now art great, are great indeed!

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    30. Look up, and to our Isle returning see

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Zachary Wilder, Nicolas Brooymans

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    31. Great Caesar's reign with conquest did begin

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    32. Accur'sd rebellion reared his head

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Nicolas Brooymans

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    33. So Jove, scarce settled in his sky

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Céline Scheen, Suzanne Jerosme

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    34. Caesar for milder virtues honour'd more

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Nicholas Scott, Benoît Arnould

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    35. The many-headed beast is quelled at home

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Zachary Wilder

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    36. In the equal balance laid

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Nicolas Brooymans

      Conductor: Damien Guillon

    37. The glory of earth and the darling of Heaven!

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste

      Performer: Damien Guillon

      Conductor: Damien Guillon


There are 24 Odes and Welcome Songs composed by Purcell between 1680 and 1695: 4 celebrate St Cecilia, 6 are to welcome royalty, 3 celebrate King James II’s birthday and 6 celebrate that of Queen Mary (from 1684 to 1694). The others were written for specific events – royal wedding, Yorkshire festival, Duke of Gloucester’s birthday, hundredth anniversary of Dublin’s Trinity College, etc. For these occasions, Purcell composed incredibly imaginative music of amazing quality – often keeping his most beautiful pieces for less remarkable texts, most of the time conventionally obsequious when it came to royalty. According to the registers, the number of singers and musicians were surprisingly small during special events. Purcell’s most elaborate Odes (namely Come Ye sons of Art and Hail! bright Cecilia) seem to have been designed for about twelve instruments and four singers, for solos and choruses. The Banquet Céleste chose a chamber music-like spirit for these extremely expressive and musical works.