This Week’s Links

Japanese Culture Day – November 3

Halloween

Rafael Antonio Castellanos – composer

Bach TOCCATA AND FUGUE IN D MINOR BWV 565

Kazuyoshi Akiyama – conductor

Masahiro Arita – flute

Giuseppe Tartini – DEVIL’S TRILL SONATA

First Hour

John Playford (1623-1686), A Mask no.6, Les Witches, Alpha 502, NOBODY’S JIG: MR PLAYFORD’S ENGLISH DANCING MASTER

Rafael Antonio Castellanos (c.1725–1791), Al demonio – Si perfecciona el Altísimo, El Mundo, Jennifer Ellis Kampani – soprano, Nell Snaidas – soprano, Ryland Angel – tenor, Naxos 8574295, ARCHIVO DE GUATEMALA

Robert Johnson (c.1583-c.1633), Prince’s Masque, The Merry Clerk, & Comedian’s Masque
Anonymous, The Bee
Nicholas Lanier (1588-1666), Symphonia & The House Measure
John Adson (c.1587-1640), The Devil’s Dance, Fine Arts Brass Ensemble, Nimbus 5546, MUSIC FROM THE ENGLISH COURTS

Andrea Falconieri (1585/6-1656), Battaglia de Barabaso yerno de Satanas & Bayle de los dichos diabolos, Fitzwilliam Ensemble, Astree 8551, ANDREA FALCONIERI FANTAISIES, DANSES, VILLANELLE, ARIE

Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770), Sonata in g op.1 #4 DEVIL’S TRILL, Joshua Bell – violin, John Constable – harpsichord, Sony 8869711013, VIVALDI: THE FOUR SEASONS

Princess Anna Amalia, Flute Sonata in F, Infusion Baroque, Leaf Music LM246, VIRTUOSA

Henry Purcell (1659-1695), The Fairy Queen – Suite of Musicks and Dances: Act 5 – Prelude, Chaconne and Chorus, The English Concert, Alison Balsom – trumpet, EMI Classics 440329, SOUND THE TRUMPET

Second Hour

Alfonso Ferrabosco (1543-1588), Pavan a 5 & Sur la Rousee (Fantasia a 6), Phantasm, Laurence Dreyfus – treble viol & director, Wendy Gillespie – treble & tenor viols, Jonathan Manson – tenor viol, Markku Luolajan-Mikkola – bass viol, AVIE 2054, FOUR TEMPERAMENTS

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Toccata & Fugue in d BWV 565, Marie-Claire Alain – organ, Erato 88004, BACH – TOCCATA & FUGUE – PASSACAILLE – M.C. ALAIN

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Goldberg Variations BWV988: aria, Lara Downes – piano, Tritone 59140, 13 WAYS OF LOOKING AT THE GOLDBERG – BACH REIMAGINED

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Flute Concerto #2 in g LA NOTTE, I Musici, Severino Gazzelloni – flute, Philips 454256, COMPLETE FLUTE CONCERTOS

Francois Couperin (1668-1733), Book 4: Vingt-Unieme Ordre: La Harpee & Book 4: 25th Ordre: Les Ombres Errantes, Angela Hewitt – piano, Hyperion 67480, COUPERIN KEYBOARD MUSIC – II

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), Don Juan: Ballet Music, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Bruno Weil, Sony 53119, GLUCK: DON JUAN, SEMIRAMIS, TAFELMUSIK BRUNO WEIL

Third Hour

John Christopher Smith (1712-1795), Suite from THE ENCHANTER: excerpt, Capella Savaria Baroque Orchestra, Mary Terey-Smith, Dorian 93251, SYRENS, ENCHANTERS AND FAIRIES * CAPELLA SAVARIA/M. TEREY-SMITH

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), La Descente d’Orphee aux Enfers: suite, Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé, Harmonia Mundi HMM902279, CHARPENTIER – LA DESCENTE D’ORPHEE AUX ENFERS

Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764), Concerto in g op.10 #6 for violin, strings and b.c. c.1743, Orchestre des Folies Francoises, Patrick Cohën-Akenine – violin, Patrick Cohen-Akenine – violin, Alpha 083, LE TOMBEAU

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Overture Burlesque TWV55:b8, Apollo’s Fire (Cleveland Baroque Orchestra), Jeannette Sorrell, Koch International 7576, DON QUIXOTE: CONCERTOS AND SUITES BY TELEMANN

William Byrd (c.1540-1623), Justorum animae, Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, Collegium 502, STILLNESS AND SWEET HARMONY

Fourth Hour

Giovanni Gabrieli (1554/7-1612), Canzon X, Canadian Brass, Boston Symphony Orchestra Brass, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Sony 44931, ANTIPHONAL MUSIC

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), L’Entretien des Muses (Meeting with Muses) & Les Niais de Sologne (The Fools of Sologne), Mariko Terashi – piano, Athene 23207, MARIKO TERASHI – SEIXAS – COUPERIN – RAMEAU

Robert de Visee (1650-1725), Courante & Gigue, Carpe Diem CD-16296, TOYOHIKO SATOH – DE VISEE

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Overture (Suite) #1 in C BWV1066, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki, BIS 1431, JS BACH 4 ORCHESTRAL SUITES BWV1066-1069

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Flute Concerto #6, Bach-Mozart Ensemble Tokyo, Masahiro Arita – flute, Denon 9288, BACH-MOZART ENSEMBLE TOKYO

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