This Week’s Links

Twins Days – Twinsburg, OH (August 7-9, 2026)

National Water Quality Month (August)

Peter & Zoltan Katona – guitars

Guher & Suher Pekinel – pianos

Christina and Michelle Naughton – pianos

Castor and Pollux story

Twins in Science

Music in the Court of King Frederick the Great

First Hour

John Dowland (1563-1626), Lachrimae Amantis (A lover’s tears), John Holloway – violin, Monika Baer – violin, Renate Steinmann – violin, Susanna Hefti – viola, Martin Zeller – bass violin, ECM New Series, 2189, PAVANS AND FANTASIES FROM THE AGE OF DOWLAND

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Violin Concerto in Eb,Op8 #5 Sea Tempest, Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze, Andrew Manze – violin, Harmonia Mundi, 907230, CONCERT FOR THE PRINCE OF POLAND

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Water Music Suite #2 in D: hornpipe, Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman, Telarc, 80594, HANDEL MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS & WATER MUSIC

Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri (1690-1764), Concerto #12 in G Tempesta di Mare, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 77352, ZAVATERI CONCERTI DA CHIESA E DA CAMERA

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Overture in F ALSTER TWV55:F11: excerpt tracks 1-2,4-6,8-9, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon, Analekta, FL 2 3138, TELEMANN ORCHESTRAL SUITES

Second Hour

Francois Couperin (1668-1733), 12th Ordre: Les Jumeles (The Twins), Elisabetta Guglielmin – harpsichord, OnClassical, F.COUPERIN – PRELUDES & MISCELLANEOUS WORKS

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), Sonata in e ALLEGRO K.115 & Toccata in d ALLEGRO K.141, Zoltan Katona – guitar, Peter Katona – guitar, Channel Classics, 14298, KATONA TWINS

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cantata BWV106: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus): Sonatina, Christina Naughton – piano, Michelle Naughton – piano, Christina Naughton – piano, Michelle Naughton – piano, Warner Classics, 2564601136, VISIONS

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Castor & Pollux: Instrumental suite, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen, Philips, 426714, SUITE FROM CASTOR & POLLUX

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Concerto for 3 Pianos in d BWV1063, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Howard Griffiths, Suher & Guher Pekinel – pianos, Warner, 61950, J.S.BACH KEYBOARD CONCERTOS BWV1060,1061,1062,1063

Third Hour

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), Flute Sonata in D Wq. 83: I. Allegro un poco, Gary Cooper – harpsichord, Claire Guimond – baroque flute, Jaap ter Linden – baroque cello, EarlyMusic, 7762, FROM BACH TO MOZART: FOLLOWING THE PATH OF THE TRIO SONATA

Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773), Concerto in G #29, Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman, Rachel Brown – flute, Hyperion, 669247, JOHANN QUANTZ FLUTE CONCERTOS

Carl Heinrich Graun (1704-1759), Tra le procelle assorto (from Cleopatra e Cesare), Concerto K ln, Luca Quintavalle, Jeanine De Bique – soprano, Berlin Classics, B09CRY7QH5, MIRRORS

Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783), Sinfonia in F, Op.3, #5, Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel, Deutsche Grammophon, 453435, JOHANN ADOLF HASSE: SALVE REGINA, ETC.

Franz Benda (1709-1786), Sonata in c Lee 3.137 for viola & b.c., Georgina McKay Lodge – viola, David Schulenberg – harpsichord, Eva Lymenstull – cello, Brilliant Classics, 96289, JOHANN GOTTLIEB GRAUN CHAMBER MUSIC FROM THE COURT OF FREDERICK THE GREAT

King Frederick the Great (1712-1786), Symphony #2 in G, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Richard Auldon Clark, Helicon, HE1003, CHAMBER MUSIC OF FREDERICK THE GREAT

Fourth Hour

Antonio de Cabezon (1510-1566), Pur un Plaisir & Prenez pitie, Doulce Memoire (Sweet Memory), Denis Raisin Dadre, Ricercar, RIC 335, OBRAS DE MUSICA

Juan Bautista Cabanilles (1644-1712), Batalla Imperial, Tiento Ileno, & Passacalles IV, Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall, Alia Vox, 9801, CABANILLES.BATTALAS,TIENTOS&PASACALLES.HESPERION XX,JORDI SAVALL

Alessandro Marcello (1669-1747), Trumpet Concerto in c (orig. oboe), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Maurice Andre – trumpet, EMI, 7691522, MAURICE ANDRE, CONCERTOS FOR TRUMPET

Santiago de Murcia (1673-1739), Sonata in C: selections, Richard Savino – guitar, Koch, 7445, DANZA Y DIFERENCIAS

Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710), Suite in e, Chatham Baroque, Julie Andrijeski – violin, Dorian, 90284, ESPANOLETA

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