This Week’s Links

Mexican Music in the Baroque Era

May Day

Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731-1765) – composer

What did Bach sound like to Bach?

Acoustics: Echo

Mahan Esfahani – harpsichord (Suzanne’s interview)

Ignacio Parreiras Neves (1730-1794)

Miguel Perez de Zavala (fl. 1690)

Ignacio de Jerusalem (c.1710-1769)

Manuel de Zumaya (c.1678-1755)

First Hour

Ignacio Parreiras Neves (1730-1794), Salve Regina, Musique des lumieres, Jean-Christophe Frisch, K617, 617113, NEGRO SPIRITUALS AU BRESIL BAROQUE

Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731-1765), Lessons for the Harpsichord, Op. 2 #5: Minuet in A, David Wright – harpsichord, drama musica, donne barocche, DONNE BAROCCHE

Signr. Pagh aka Johann Michael Bach (1745-1820), Sonata & Fantaisie in g, Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel, Deutsche Grammophon, 471150, BACHIANA MUSIC BY THE BACH FAMILY

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Concerto in E for Violin BWV1042, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane, Hilary Hahn – violin, Deutsche Grammophon, B0000986, HILARY HAHN BACH CONCERTOS

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Acis and Galatea: Suite, Les Boreades (Montreal), ATMA, 2152, THEATRE MUSICAL

Second Hour

William Byrd (c.1540-1623), This sweet and merry month of May
Thomas Morley (c.1557-1602), Now is the Month of Maying, Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, Collegium, 105, FLORA GAVE ME FAIREST FLOWERS

Christopher Simpson (c.1605-1669), Fantasia #5 in a: May (from The Monthes), Sophie Watillon – dessus de viole, Friederike Heumann & Brian Franklin – basses de viole, Matthias Spaeter – theorbo, Luca Guglielmi-organ, Alpha, 88, C. SIMPSON:THE SEASONS,THE MONTHES & OTHER DIVISIONS OF TIME – 1

Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709), Sonata in D, Academy of Ancient Music, Pavlo Beznosiuk, Alison Balsom – trumpet, Warner Classics, 925116, JUBILO

Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770), Violin Concerto in A D.96, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon, Giuliano Carmignola – violin, Deutsche Grammophon, 3849-02, CONCERTO VENEZIANO (VENETIAN CONCERTO)

Juan Esquivel (c.1560-c.1624), Surge propera amica mea, ORA Singers, Suzi Digby, Harmonia Mundi, 807489, DESIRES – A SONG OF SONGS COLLECTION

John Playford (1623-1686), Stanes Morris, Shepherd’s Holiday (Labor in Vain), Hey to the camp, Schottisch Tanz, & Wallom green, Les Witches, Alpha, 502, NOBODY’S JIG: MR PLAYFORD’S ENGLISH DANCING MASTER

Fray Antonio Martin y Coll (b.?-c.1734), Huerto ameno de varias flores music, Nuria Llopis Areny – harp (arpa de dos ordenes), Verso, 2004, ECOS DE CIFRAS: 17TH & 18TH C. SPANISH HARP MUSIC

Third Hour

Giovanni Valentini (c.1582-1649), Echo a 3 in g & Canzona a 6 in g, Elliot Figg – organ, Acronym, Olde Focus Recordings, FCR904, ODDITIES & TRIFLES

French Overture in b BWV831: Gigue & Echo, Mahan Esfahani – harpsichord, Hyperion, CDA68336, BACH ITALIAN CONCERTO FRENCH OVERTURE

Biagio Marini (1594-1663), Sonata in Ecco with 3 violins #44 Op.8, John Holloway – violin, Stanley Ritchie – violin, Andrew Manze – violin, Harmonia Mundi, 7907091, PACHELBEL CANON & OTHER 17TH C.MUSIC FOR 3 VIOLINS

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in A for 4 violins RV 552 PER ECO IN LONTANA, Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze – violin, Andrew Manze – violin, William Thorpe – Violin, Iona Davies – Violin, Peter Lissauer – Violin, William Thorpe – Violin, Iona Davies – Violin, Peter Lissauer – Violin, Harmonia Mundi, 907230, CONCERT FOR THE PRINCE OF POLAND

Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654), Echo, Canadian Brass, Opening Day, ODR7380, ECHO – GLORY OF GABRIELI
Giovanni Gabrieli (1554/7-1612), Canzon in double echo, Canadian Brass, Opening Day, ODR7380, ECHO – GLORY OF GABRIELI

August Kuhnel (1645-c.1700), Sonatina VI in echo in C, Consort Les Voix Humaines, ATMA, ACD2 2644, AUGUST KUHNEL SEI SONATE O PARTITE

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Christmas oratorio: Cantata 4: aria Flösst, mein Heiland flösst dein Namen, Bach Choir of Bethlehem & Bach Festival Orchestra, Greg Funfgeld, Tamara Mathews – soprano, Mary Watt – oboe, Dorian, 93183 I/II, CHRISTMAS ORATORIO BWV 248

Fourth Hour

Miguel Perez de Zavala (fl. 1690), Diferencias sobre marizapalos, Andrew Lawrence King – harp, Harmonia Mundi, 907293, MISSA MEXICANA

Ignacio de Jerusalem (c.1710-1769), Polychoral Mass: Qui tollis peccata mundi, Credo, & Sanctus, Chanticleer, Joseph Jennings, Teldec, 96353, MEXICAN BAROQUE

Juan Mathias (c.1735-1779), Villancico: Quien sale aqueste dia disfracado, Camerata Renacentista de Caracas, Isabel Palacios, Dorian, 93199, BAROQUE MUSIC OF LATIN AMERICA

Manuel de Zumaya (c.1678-1755), Hieremiae Prophetae Lamentationes, Chanticleer, Joseph Jennings, Teldec, 96353, MEXICAN BAROQUE

Anonymous, Mexican, Violin Sonatas Nos. 26-27 – Cantabile – Allegro, El Mundo, Adam LaMotte – violin, Naxos, 8574295, ARCHIVO DE GUATEMALA

Francisco Lopez Capillas (c.1615-1673), Ego enim accepi a Domino (~For I have received of the Lord), Piffaro Renaissance Band, Navona Records, NV5875, PIFFARO LOS MINISTRILES IN THE NEW WORLD

Robert de Visee (c.1650-1732), Suite in F# (1682) ‘accord nouveau’, Krishnasol Jimenez – guitar, Brilliant Classics, 94435, ROBERT DE VISEE C.1650-1732

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