William Boyce (1711-1779) • The Secular Masque - 4 Ode Overtures CD

William Boyce (1711-1779) • The Secular Masque - 4 Ode Overtures CD

The Secular Masque
1. Ouvertüre: Presto allegro
2. Vivace
3. Minuet
4. Chronos mend thy pace
5. Weary of my weight
6. Ha! Well hast thou done
7. 'Tis better to laugh than to cry
8. Since Momus comes to laugh below
9. With horns and with hounds
10. With shouting and hooting
11. Then our age was in it's prime
12. Then our age was in it's prime
13. Inspire the vocal brass
14. Plenty, peace and pleasure fly
15. Plenty, peace and pleasure fly
16. Sound the trumpet, beat the drum
17. Sound the trumpet, beat the drum
18. Thy sword within the Scabbard keep
19. The fools are only thinner
20. Calms appear, when storms are past
21. Take her
22. The world was then so light
23. But since the Queen of Pleasure left the ground
24. All of a piece throughout
25. All of a piece throughout
King's Ode for the New Ýear
26. Vivace
27. Spiritoso
28. Allegro ma non troppo
Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (Lockman)
29. Largo
30. Allegro
Birthday Ode for George III
31. Larghetto
32. Allegro assai
33. Moderato ma non troppo
34. Allegro


Judith Howarth, Kathleen Kuhlmann, Charles Daniels, Timothy Robinson et al. Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom,  The Hanover Band, Graham Lea-Cox 

ASV Records
Total Time 71:31