This Week’s Links
Valentine’s traditions around the world
Wearing your heart on your sleeve
“Weird things you didn’t know about Valentine’s Day”
First Hour
Pernot Vermont (Pierre ‘le jeune’) (c.1495-1558), Hayne et amour (hate and love)
Jacotin [Le Bel?], Si bon amour (…good love), Zephyrus Flutes, Zephyrus ZF001, PIERRE ATTAINGNANT CHANSONS MUSICALES, PARIS 1533
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in Bb for violin & cello RV547, National Arts Center Orchestra of Canada, Pinchas Zukerman – violin, Amanda Forsyth – cello, Analekta AN2 8783, BAROQUE TREASURY
Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina (1525-1594), Song of Songs #16: Surge amica mea (Arise My Love), The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, CORO 16133, PALESTRINA VOLUME 6
Heinrich Franz Ignaz von Biber (1644-1704), Partia #1 in d: excerpt, Rebel, Jorg-Michael Schwarz, Karen-Marie Marmer – violin, Bridge 9213, HARMONIA ARTIFICIOSO-ARIOSA (1696)
Francois Couperin (1668-1733), The Nightingale in Love & Forlane en Rondeau, Schmidt Verdery Duo, Benjamin Verdery – guitar, Rie Schmidt – flute, Newport Classics 60010, REVERIE: FRENCH MUSIC FOR FLUTE
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Brandenburg Concerto #4 in G BWV1049, Concentus Musicus Vienna, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Teldec 75858, J.S. BACH BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS NOS. 1, 2, 4
Second Hour
Nicola Matteis (c.1650-after 1714), Other Airs & Pieces: Aria amoroso, Trio Sonnerie, Teldec 90841, A GIFT OF NATURE
John Blow (1649-1708), Venus & Adonis, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rene Jacobs, Harmonia Mundi 901684, VENUS & ADONIS
Anonymous, Come, Gentle Night (Romeo & Juliet), Ensemble Galilei, Telarc 80556, COME, GENTLE NIGHT: MUSIC OF SHAKESPEARE’S WORLD
Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Dido & Aeneas: Overture, Chorus – GREAT MINDS AGAINST THEMSELVES CONSPIRE, Ritornelle & When I am Laid in Earth (Dido’s Lament), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rene Jacobs, Harmonia Mundi 901683, PURCELL: DIDO & AENEAS / JACOBS,DAWSON,FINLEY, ET AL
Michele Mascitti (1664-1760), Psyche op.5 #12, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi – violin, Virgin Veritas 45588, ITALIAN VIOLIN SONATAS
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), ACIS AND GALATEA: Act 1: duet: HAPPY WE!, Mercury Baroque, Antoine Plante, Ana Treviño-Godfrey – soprano (Galatea), Karim Sulayman – tenor (Acis), Houston Public Radio HPR 00614, ACIS AND GALATEA
Third Hour
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Pygmalion: Sarabande pour la Statue, European Union Baroque Orchestra, Roy Goodman, Naxos 8557490, PLATEE – PIGMALION – DARDANUS BALLET SUITES
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c.1620/23-1680), Sonatina #1, Stuttgart Caprice Ensemble, Matthias Maute – recorder, Sophie Lariviere – recorder, Antes 319149, ARLECCHINO: JOHANN HEINRICH SCHMELZER SONATE E BALLETTI
Louis-Nicolas Clerambault (1676-1764), La Magnifique (trio sonata), Music from Aston Magna, Daniel Stepner – baroque violin, Christopher Krueger – baroque flute, Laura Jeppesen – viola da gamba, John Gibbons – harpsichord, Centaur CRC3169, LOUIS-NICOLAS CLERAMBAULT (1676-1764)
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), Melody & Dance of Blessed Spirits, Michala Petri – recorder, Lars Hannibal – guitar, RCA 59112, ARTIST OF THE CENTURY – THE ULTIMATE RECORDER COLLECTION
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in g RV812, European Union Chamber Players, Julian Lloyd Webber – cello, Jiaxin Lloyd Webber – cello, Naxos 8.573374, VIVALDI CONCERTOS FOR TWO CELLOS
Michel Blavet (1700-1768), Sonata V in D Op.2 #5, Masahiro Arita – flute, Chiyoko Arita – harpsichord, Wieland Kuijken – viola da gamba, Denon 79550, BLAVET: 5 SONATES FOR FLUTE-TRAVERSIERE
Fourth Hour
John Wilbye (1574-1638), Flora gave me fairest flowers
Michael East (c.1580-1648), Quick, quick, away, dispatch!, Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, Collegium 105, FLORA GAVE ME FAIREST FLOWERS
Heinrich Franz Ignaz von Biber (1644-1704), Sonata #4 in D, John Holloway – violin, Aloysia Assenbaum – organ, Lars Ulrik Mortensen – harpsichord, ECM 1791, UNAM CEYLUM (ONE HEAVEN)
Francesco Mancini (1672-1737), Sonata VI in Bb, Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players, Gwyn Roberts – alto recorder, Richard Stone – archlute, Adam Pearl – harpsichord, Lisa Terry – cello, Chandos, CHAN 0801, FRANCESCO MANCINI SOLOS FOR A FLUTE
Martin Codax (c.1230), Quantas sabedes amare (Cantiga de amigo V), Montserrat Figueras – voice, Arianna Savall – harp & voice, Ferran Savall – voice, Jordi Savall – vielle, Alia Vox AV 9841, DU TEMPS & DE L’INSTANT
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Chaconne in G, Alexandre Lagoya – guitar, Ida Presti – guitar, Philips 454030, THE BEST OF HANDEL
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Quadro in g TWV 43:4, Voices of Music, Voices of Music 24, BACH & TELEMANN SONATAS, PRELUDES & FANTASIAS