This Week’s Links

Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day Proclamation – Julia Ward Howe

Hilary Hahn Concert for Babies

First Hour

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Largo RV425 from Mandolin Concerto, Andrew Schulman – guitar, Centaur 2049, LULLABIES, REVEILLES (AND SIESTA!)

Leonardo Vinci (1690-1730), Sonata in D, Duo Arparimba, Gudrun Haag – harp, Babette Haag – marimba, Koch Schwan 1582, FROM BAROQUE TO RAG – IMPRESSIONS FOR HARP AND MARIMBA

Anonymous, Conductus:O maria o felix puerpera, Anonymous 4, Harmonia Mundi 907312, LA BELE MARIE: SONGS TO THE VIRGIN FROM 13TH C. FRANCE

Christopher Simpson (c.1605-1669), Winter, The Sirius Viols, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88875 190982, CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON THE FOUR SEASONS

Francesco Barsanti (1690-1772), A Collection of Old Scots Tunes (Excerpts Arr. for 2 Cellos & Harpsichord): No. 25, O Dear Mother, What Shall I Do, Sarah Freiberg – baroque cello, Colleen McGary-Smith – baroque cello, Michael Sponseller – harpsichord, Centaur CRC3973, HAVE CELLOS, WILL TRAVEL

Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), Trios pour le coucher du Roy, Chatham Baroque, Dorian 90272, DANSE ROYALE

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750),, Cantata Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV140 – 3. Duetto ‘Wann kommst Du, mein Heil?’, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Hilary Hahn – violin, Christine Schäfer – soprano, Matthias Goerne – baritone, Deutsche Grammophon B0013832-02, BACH – VOICE AND VIOLIN

Second Hour

Antonia Padoani Bembo (c.1640–c.1720), Psalm #6: ne me fait point seutir, La Donna Musicale, Miho Kamiya – soprano, La 2004, BEMBO PSALMS OF DAVID VOL.1

Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677), La Travagliata (troubled), Audacium Baroque Ensemble, Gabriella di Laccio – soprano, drama musica, donne barocche, DONNE BAROCCHE

Wilhelmine von Bayreuth (1709-1758), Flute Sonata in a, Infusion Baroque, Leaf Music, Virtuosa

Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729), Sonata in d for violin (1707), Les Voix Humaines (Human Voices), Alice Pierot – violon, Christine Payeux – viole de gambe, Alpha 006, ELISABETH JACQUET DE LA GUERRE:LE SOMMEIL D’ULISSE

Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723-1787), Sonata in F for flute & b.c., Emmanuel Pahud – flute, Jonathan Manson – cello, Trevor Pinnock – harpsichord, EMI Classics 84220, THE FLUTE KING

Francesca Caccini (1587-1640), Ciaconna &, Romanesca, Capella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini, Gian Luca Lastraioli, Brilliant Classics 94461, CACCINI: SACRED & SECULAR SONGS

Third Hour

Princess Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova (1743-1810), How Imperfect Is Expression, & Air russe, Oleg Timofeyev – guitar, Anna Bineta Diouf – mezzo soprano, Elena Zhukova – harpsichord, Profil, RUSSIAN WOMEN COMPOSERS OF THE 18TH CENTURY

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Sonata #3 in f, Michala Petri – recorder, David Petri – cello, Hanne Petri – harpsichord, RCA 59112, ARTIST OF THE CENTURY – THE ULTIMATE RECORDER COLLECTION

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Gloria: et in terra pax, Royal Academy of Music, Laurence Cummings, Emma Kirkby – soprano, BIS 1235, HANDEL GLORIA: WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Orchestral Suite #2 in b BWV1067, Shanghai Quartet, Eugenia Zukerman – flute, Anthony Newman – harpsichord, Delos 3173, MUSIC FOR A SUNDAY MORNING

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), MESSIAH: Rejoice Greatly O Daughter of Zion, American Bach Soloists, Jeffrey Thomas, Arianna Zukerman – soprano, Delos 3360, MESSIAH (AUTOGRAPH SCORE – VERSION OF 1741)

Marin Marais (1656-1728), Suite à deux violes en ré mineur (Premier livre, 1686) – Gavotte, Prélude, & Sarabande, A 2 violes esgales, Jonathan Dunford – basse de viole, Sylvia Abramowicz – basse de viole, Thomas Dunford – archilute, Musica Ficta MF8024, MARIN MARAIS SUITES A DEUX VIOLES

Fourth Hour

Martin Codax (c.1230), Quantas sabedes amare (Cantiga de amigo V), come with me, to the sea of Vigo., Montserrat Figueras – voice, Arianna Savall – harp & voice, Ferran Savall – voice, Jordi Savall – vielle, Alia Vox AV 9841, DU TEMPS & DE L’INSTANT

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Trio Sonata in D op.1/12, London Baroque, Harmonia Mundi 901344, CORELLI: TRIO SONATAS/MEDLAM

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Solomon: From the Censer Curling Rise, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Yehudi Menuhin, EMI 65336, BAROQUE HANDEL CHORAL WORKS VOL. 5

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Griselda: Sinfonia, Suite RV718, Les Boreades (Montreal), ATMA 2152, THEATRE MUSICAL

Johann Sebastian Bach (168501750), Partita #3 in a BWV827, Rochelle Sennet – piano, Albany Troy 1910-12, BACH TO BLACK SUITES FOR PIANO VOLUME II

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