Playlists
Playlist 2022-12-25
This Week’s Links
Sunday Baroque Holiday Gift List
The Hymns and Carols of Christmas
First Hour
O Tannenbaum, CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra, Naxos 550301, CHRISTMAS GOES BAROQUE
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), Noels for Instruments: Ô créateur, Vous qui désirez sans fin, & Joseph est bien marié, Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire, Ricercar RIC338, MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER: POUR UN REPOSOIR, NOELS SUR LES INSTRUMENTS & SONATE A HUIT
c.1450 Seldon MS, Nowell sing we, both all and some & Nowell, nowell: Out of your sleep, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, CORO 16027, CHRISTUS NATUS EST: AN EARLY ENGLISH CHRISTMAS
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Concerto Grosso #8 in g Op.6 CHRISTMAS, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Deutsche Grammophon 429390, ALBINONI:ADAGIOPACHELBEL:CANON BACHHANDELCORELLIVIVALDI*PURCELL
Traditional Irish, Good people all (Wexford Carol), Anonymous 4, Harmonia Mundi 907325, WOLCUM YULE CELTIC AND BRITISH SONGS AND CAROLS
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), L’Inverno (Winter) op.8 #4, Apollo’s Fire, Jeannette Sorrell, Francisco Fullana – violin, AVIE AV2485, THE FOUR SEASONS LE QUATTRO STAGIONI, OP.8
John Playford (1623-1686), Drive the cold winter away (jig), Les Witches, Alpha 502, NOBODY’S JIG: MR PLAYFORD’S ENGLISH DANCING MASTER
Second Hour
15th c. English carol, Lullay, lullow, I saw a swete semly syght
Traditional, Coventry Carol (lully, lulla …), New York Polyphony, Geoffrey Dunstan Williams – countertenor, Geoffrey Silver – tenor, Craig Philips – bass-baritone, Scott Dispensa – baritone, AVIE 2141, I SING THE BIRTH
Michel Richard Delalande (1657-1726), Simphonies des Noels pour instruments, Masques, Olivier Fortin, Analekta 9908, NOEL BAROQUE (BAROQUE CHRISTMAS)
16th c. French melody, Ding Dong! Merrily on High, Musica Sacra, Richard Westenburg, Deutsche Grammophon 429732, CHRISTMAS CAROLS: MUSICA SACRA
Giovanni Antonio Guido (c.1675-after 1728), Concerto #4 WINTER, The Band of Instruments, Roger Hamilton – harpsichord, Caroline Balding – violin, Divine Art dda 25072, GIOVANNI ANTONIO GUIDO * THE FOUR SEASONS
15th c German melody, arr GH Palmer, There stood in heaven a linden tree
English traditional, (arr. H. Walford Davies), The Holly and the Ivy, Choir of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston, Christopher Herrick – organ, Deutsche Grammophon 445572, CHRISTMAS CAROLS
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto RV270 IL RIPOSO PER IL S.S. NATALE, Brecon Baroque, Rachel Podger – violin, Channel Classics 40318, VIVALDI – LE QUATTRO STAGIONI
Esteban Salas y Castro (1725-1803), Tu, mi Dios, entre pajas (Cantada de Navidad), Agave Baroque, Reginald Mobley – countertenor, Acis APL20445, AMERICAN ORIGINALS – A NEW WORLD, A NEW CANON
Third Hour
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Messiah: For unto us a Child is Born, Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott, EMI 64927, HANDEL * MESSIAH
Heinrich Franz Ignaz von Biber (1644-1704), Rosary Sonata No.3. – The Nativity, Leah Gale Nelson – violin, Daniel Swenberg – theorbo, Dongsok Shin – organ, Lyrichord LEMS 8079, THE SACRED MYSTERIES THE ROSARY SONATAS FOR VIOLIN & CONTINUO
Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709), Concert a Quatro in Forma di Pastorale op.8 #6 CHRISTMAS, La Pieta, Angele Dubeau – violin, Analekta AN2 8730, NOEL
Michael Praetorius (1571-1621), In Dulci Jubilo, Taverner Consort, Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott, EMI 47633, SCHUTZ * PRAETORIUS
Anonymous, Greensleeves to a Ground (arr. Olivier Fourés), Daniel Hope – violin, Stefan Maass – lute, Stephan Rath – theorbo, Deutsche Grammophon B0013993-02, AIR – A BAROQUE JOURNEY
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Christmas Oratorio BWV248: Part 1 “Jauchtzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage” [Choir], aria (alto): Bereite dich, Zion, & choral: Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein!, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Michel Corboz, aria (basso): Grosser Herr und starker Konig, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Michel Corboz, Carolyn Watkinson – alto, Michel Brodard – bass, Erato Apex, 2564 68621-7, WEIHNACHTS-ORATORIUM
Traditional English, On Christmas Night (Sussex Carol), Apollo’s Fire (Cleveland Baroque Orchestra), Jeannette Sorrell, Sandra Simon – soprano, Koch 7582, NOELS & CAROLS FROM THE OLDE WORLD
Fourth Hour
James Oswald (1711-1769), The Laurel (Winter), Mindy Rosenfeld – flute, Ronn McFarlane – lute, Dorian Sono Luminus DSL-92169, NINE NOTES THAT SHOOK THE WORLD
Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585), Missa Puer natus est nobis: Gloria, Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips, Gimell 454934, JOHANNES OCKEGHEM: AU TRAVAIL SUIS – DE PLUS EN PLUS
Traditional English, I saw three ships, Anonymous 4, Harmonia Mundi 907325, WOLCUM YULE CELTIC AND BRITISH SONGS AND CAROLS
Giuseppe Sammartini (1695-1750), Concerto Grosso in g op.5 #6 CHRISTMAS, Les Violons du Roy (King’s Violins), Bernard Labadie, Dorian 90180, A TREASURY OF BAROQUE CHRISTMAS CONCERTI
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), GLORIA RV589:gloria in excelsis deo, Taverner Consort & Players, Andrew Parrott, Virgin 59326, VIVALDI GLORIA * MAGNIFICAT
Christopher Simpson (c.1605-1669), The Seasons: Winter, 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
St. Jean de Brebeuf (1593-1649), Iesous ahatonhia (Huron carol), Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch, Enea Sorini – voice, Alpha NOEL BAROQUE
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