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Sunday Baroque 2024 Holiday Gift List

William Christie – harpsichord & conductor

Carl Friedrich Abel – composer

Trevor Pinnock – harpsichord & conductor

Michele Kennedy – soprano

Reginald Mobley & NIGRA SUM SED FORMOSA

First Hour

Francois Couperin (1668-1733), Lulli aux Champs Élisés, concertant avec les Ombres liriques. Gravement & Descente d’Apollon qui vient offrir son violon à Lulli, et sa place au Parnasse. Noblement, William Christie – harpsichord, Christophe Rousset – harpsichord, Harmonia Mundi, 901269, L’APOTHEOSE DE LULLY

Marc-Antoine Charpentier, In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 414: I. Praeludium, III. Air de l’Ange (Chœur des Bergers), IV. Ritournelle, Les Arts Florissants (Flourishing Arts), VI. Salve, puerule (un Berger, Chœur), Les Arts Florissants (Flourishing Arts), William Christie, Jill Feldman – soprano, Michel Laplenie – tenor, Harmonia Mundi, 901082, M.A. Charpentier – Pastorale

Elisabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729), Sonate in d for violin and basso continuo, Emmanuel Resche-Caserta – violin, Myriam Rignol – bass viol, Thomas Dunford – archlute, William Christie – harpsichord, Harmonia Mundi, HAF8905379, BILL & FRIENDS

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Hippolyte et Aricie (1733), Les Arts Florissants (Flourishing Arts), William Christie, Erato, 3984-26129, MUSIQUE DE BALLET LES ARTS FLORISSANTS WILLIAM CHRISTIE

Second Hour

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Vespers: Nigra sum et formosa, Dark Horse Consort, Children’s Chorus of Washington, The Thirteen, Matthew Robertson, Michele Kennedy – soprano, Acis, APL53837, VESPRO DELLA BEATA VERGINE CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Overture in the French Style BWV831: suite, Rochelle Sennet – piano, Albany TROY, 1965, BACH TO BLACK VOLUME 3

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Burlesque de Don Quixote, Apollo’s Fire (Cleveland Baroque Orchestra), Jeannette Sorrell, AVIE, AV2520, BACH’S COFFEEHOUSE

Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758), Sinfonia in Bb FWV M:B1, Tempesta di Mare (Sea Tempest), Chandos, 0829, JOHANN FRIEDRICH FASCH (1688-1758) ORCHESTRAL MUSIC VOLUME 4

Jean-Baptiste Senaille (1687-1730), Sonata in d for violin and basso continuo, Theotime Langlois de Swarte – violin, Myriam Rignol – bass viol, Thomas Dunford – archlute, William Christie – harpsichord, Harmonia Mundi, HAF8905379, BILL & FRIENDS

Third Hour

William Byrd (c.1540-1623), Gradualia 1: Tollite portas principes vestras (Lift up your heads, O ye gate) & Ecce virgo concipiet (Behold, a virgin shall conceive), Stile Antico, Harmonia Mundi, 807517, PUER NATUS EST: TUDOR MUSIC FOR ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS

Michael Praetorius (1571-1621), Suite from Terpsichore, Doulce Memoire (Sweet Memory), Dorian, 90262, FOLIE DOUCE (SWEET FOLLY)

Henry Purcell (1659-1695), King Arthur Suite, The English Concert, Alison Balsom – trumpet, EMI Classics, 440329, SOUND THE TRUMPET

Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720-1774), Sonata in A for flute & b.c., Emmanuel Pahud – flute, Jonathan Manson – cello, Trevor Pinnock – harpsichord, EMI Classics, 84220, THE FLUTE KING

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G BWV1048, European Brandenburg Ensemble, Trevor Pinnock, AVIE, 2119, BACH SIX CONCERTOS FOR THE MARGRAVE OF BRANDENBURG

Fourth Hour

Guillaume Dufay (1397?-1474), Alma Redemptoris Mater, Voices of Ascension, Dennis Keene, Delos, 3174, FROM CHANT TO RENAISSANCE

Lucas Ruis de Ribayaz (c.1650-?), Xacaras Por Primer Tono, Chaconas y Marionas, Paradetas, Tarantela, The Harp Consort, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 77340, SPANISH DANCES

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787), Symphony op VII, 6 in Eb major (KV 18), La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider, cpo, 777993, CARL FRIEDRICH ABEL SYMPHONIES OP.7

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Vespers: Dixit Dominus, Dark Horse Consort, Children’s Chorus of Washington, The Thirteen, Matthew Robertson, Acis, APL53837, VESPRO DELLA BEATA VERGINE CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Harpsichord Concerto in f BWV1056, Apollo’s Fire (Cleveland Baroque Orchestra), Jeannette Sorrell, Jeannette Sorrell – harpsichord, AVIE, 2207, BACH: BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS, HARPSICHORD & VIOLIN CONCERTOS

Alessandro Marcello (1669-1747), Recorder (Oboe) Concerto in d S. Z799: II. Adagio, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Lucie Horsch – recorder, Decca, 4870642, The Frans Brüggen Project

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