This Week’s Links
Felix Mendelssohn: Reviving the works of J.S. Bach
St. Matthew Passion – Essential Bach recommended recordings
First Hour
Marbrianus de Orto (c.1460-c.1529), Lamentations of Prophet Jeremiah: 3, Huelgas Ensemble, Pal Van Nevel, Harmonia Mundi 901682, LAMENTATIONS OF THE RENAISSANCE
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in A for 2 violins RV519 from L’ESTRO ARMONICO, Berlin Philharmonic, Nigel Kennedy – violin, Daniel Stabrawa – violin 2, EMI 57859, NIGEL KENNEDY VIVALDI II
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725), Sinfonia Il Giardino di rose, Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone, Decca 470650, IL GIARDINO DI ROSE SINFONIE & HARPSICHORD CONCERTOS
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Sonata #2 BWV1003, Paul Galbraith – 8-string guitar, Delos 3232, JS BACH: SONATAS & PARTITAS
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Lascia ch’io pianga from RINALDO, Louise Pellerin – oboe, Dom Andre Laberge – organ, CBC Records MVCD 1157, HAENDEL
Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina (c.1525-1594), Stabat Mater a 8, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, CORO 16106, GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA VOL.3
Antonio Caldara (1670-1736), Sinfonia nº12 ‘La passione di Gesu Signor nostro, Ensemble Caprice, Matthias Maute, ATMA Classique ACD2 2347, ALLA TURCA: MUSIC BY FUX, CALDARA AND BADIA
Second Hour
Chorale (arr.by Adam Gilbert), Der Grabentanz (The Grave Dance)
Anonymous, Pange linguia gloriosi, Piffaro Renaissance Band, Dorian 90292, STADTPFEIFFER: MUSIC OF RENAISSANCE GERMANY
Heinrich Franz Ignaz von Biber (1644-1704), Mystery Sonata #7 THE SCOURGING OF JESUS, Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman, Christina Day Martinson – violin, LINN CKD501, HEINRICH BIBER THE MYSTERY SONATAS
Antonio Lotti (1667-1740), Crucifixus a 8, Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Graham Ross, Harmonia Mundi 907616, STABAT MATER DOLOROSA
Johann Gottlieb Janitsch (1708-c.1762/63), Sonata da camera op.4 #21 (Passion Quartet), Tempesta di Mare & Chamber Players, Gwyn Roberts – flute, Karina Schmitz & Daniela Giulia Pierson – violas, Chandos CHAN 0820, JOHANN GOTTLIEB JANITSCH REDISCOVERIES FROM THE SARA LEVY COLLECTION
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), St Matthew Passion BWV244 (1727 version): Part 1. Chorus. Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen! (Come daughters …), & Part 2 – alto aria Erbarme dich, Mein Gott, Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr, Sarah Connolly – alto, AAM Records AAM004, JS BACH ST MATTHEW PASSION
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Flute Sonata in Eb BWV1031: allegro (1), Philippa Davies – flute, Maggie Cole – harpsichord, AVIE 2101, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH FLUTE SONATAS
Third Hour
Antonio Caldara (1670-1736), Crucifixus, Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, Wayne Marshall – chamber organ, Collegium 123, A BANQUET OF VOICES: MUSIC FOR MULTIPLE CHOIRS
John Dowland (1563-1626), Passionate Melancholy (Suite), Andrew Lawrence King – harp, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77504, HIS MAJESTY’S HARPER
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Prelude #1 in C (Wtc Bk. 1), Lang Lang – piano, Deutsche Grammophon 4797528, LANG LANG PIANO BOOK
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Violin Concerto #2 in E BWV1042, Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin, Isabelle Faust – violin, Harmonia Mundi HMM902335/56, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH VIOLIN CONCERTOS
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Oboe d’Amore Concerto in G TWV G3, Toronto Chamber Orchestra, Kevin Mallon, Thomas Stacy – oboe d’amore, Naxos 8.570735, CONCERTOS FOR OBOE D’AMORE
Fourth Hour
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Sinfonia in b RV169 Santo Sepolcro, Les Violons du Roy (King’s Violins), Bernard Labadie, Dorian 90255, CONCERTI FOR STRINGS
Johann Fischer (1646-1717), Choral “Herzlich tut mich verlangen,”, Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel, Deutsche Grammophon 459619, MUSICA BALTICA
Johann Georg Pisendel (1687-1755), Concerto in G for 2 flutes, 2 horns, 2 violins & viola, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried con der Goltz – violin & leader, Carus 83.301, PISENDEL: CONCERTI CON VARII STRUMENTI
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cantata BWV182: Sonata, coro HIMMELSKONIG, SEI WILKOMMEN, chorale JESU, DEINE PASSION, & Chorus (conclusion) SO LASSET UNS GEHEN IN SALEM DER FREUDEN!, Amici Voices, Hyperion CDA68275, BACH BWV106, BWV182, BWV229
Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741), Sonata al Santo Sepolcro K.376, Ensemble Caprice, Matthias Maute, Matthias Maute – recorder, Sophie Lariviere – recorder, ATMA Classique ACD2 2347, ALLA TURCA: MUSIC BY FUX, CALDARA AND BADIA
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Concerto Grosso #8 in c op.6, Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze, Harmonia Mundi 907228/9, TWELVE GRAND CONCERTOS IN SEVEN PARTS
Orlande de Lasso (c.1532/30-1594), In Monte Oliveti (On the Mount of Olives), Stile Antico, Harmonia Mundi HMU 807555, PASSION & RESURRECTION: MUSIC INSPIRED BY HOLY WEEK
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