Hail, bright Cecilia, Z328 Thou tun'st this world below, the spheres above

~ Recording by Jennifer Smith, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.6Thou tun'st this world5:13Henry PurcellHail! Bright CeciliaHenry Purcell; Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot GardinerAlbum
Erato4509-96554-2
4.6Hail! Bright Cecilia: Thou tun’st this world below5:13Henry PurcellKing Arthur / Music for Queen Mary / Hail! Bright Cecilia / Timon of Athens / Dioclesian / The Indian Queen / The TempestPurcell; John Eliot GardinerAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2007-10-22
Erato, Warner Classics & Jazz2564 69842-0
1.6Hail, bright Cecilia, Z328 Thou tun'st this world below, the spheres above5:13Henry PurcellEdition III: Odes, Anthems, and Ceremonial MusicPurcell; Gardiner, Leonhardt, Tragicomedia, ChanticleerAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2009-05-18
Warner Classics & Jazz2564 69140-7
1.6Hail! Bright Cecilia: Thou tun'st this world below5:13Henry PurcellHail! Bright Cecilia / Music for Queen MaryPurcell; Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot GardinerAlbum + Compilation
Erato08256 4619524 4
23.6“Hail! Bright Cecilia”, Z. 328: “Thou tun’st this world” (Soprano)5:13Henry PurcellThe Complete Recordings on EratoJohn Eliot GardinerAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2023-04-07
Erato

Relationships

producer:Michel Garcin (French producer)
editor and balance engineer:Yolanta Skura
soprano vocals:Jennifer Smith (soprano) (from 1982-02-17 until 1982-02-21)
orchestra:English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (from 1982-02-17 until 1982-02-21)
conductor:Sir John Eliot Gardiner (John Eliot Gardiner) (from 1982-02-17 until 1982-02-21)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1982)
recorded at:Barbican Concert Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1982-02-17 until 1982-02-21)
recording of:“Hail! Bright Cecilia”, Z. 328: VI. “Thou tun’st this world” (from 1982-02-17 until 1982-02-21)

“Hail! Bright Cecilia”, Z. 328: VI. “Thou tun’st this world”

composer:Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
librettist:Nicholas Brady (Irish poet, 1659–1726)
part of:“Hail! Bright Cecilia”, Z. 328 (order: 6)
is the basis for:Bright Cecilia: Variations on a Theme by Purcell