This Week’s Links

Easter

Passover

Heinrich Biber – MYSTERY SONATAS

First Hour

Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654), Surrexit Pastor bonus (Good Shepherd is Risen), Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, Collegium 123, A BANQUET OF VOICES: MUSIC FOR MULTIPLE CHOIRS

Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656-1746), Orchestral Suite #1 in C SPRING JOURNAL, L’Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, Michi Gaigg, cpo 777 150, LE JOURNAL DU PRINTEMPS OP.1 SPRING DIARY

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), Hosanna to the Son of David, UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus, John Butt, Centaur 2308, ANTHEMS & INSTRUMENTAL WORKS BY ORLANDO GIBBONS (1583-1625)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Sinfonia from Cantata #42, Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman, Hyperion 22002, BACH: THE FOUR ORCHESTRAL SUITES

John Taverner (c.1490 – 1545), Dum Transisset, Stile Antico, Harmonia Mundi HMU 807555, PASSION & RESURRECTION: MUSIC INSPIRED BY HOLY WEEK

Christopher Simpson (c.1605-1669), The Spring: Fancy, Ayre & Galliard, Sophie Watillon – dessus de viole, Friederike Heumann & Brian Franklin – basses de viole, Matthias Spaeter – theorbo, Luca Guglielmi – organ, Alpha 88, CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON: THE SEASONS, THE MONTHES & OTHER DIVISIONS OF TIME – 1

William Croft (1678-1727), I am the resurrection, The Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, David Skinner, Anita Datta & Rachel Haworth – organ scholars, Obsidian CD714, WILLIAM CROFT BURIAL SERVICE & ANTHEMS

Second Hour

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Resurrection oratorio: two choruses, Magdeburg Chamber Choir & Telemann Chamber Orchestra of Michaelstein, Ludger Remy, cpo 634-2, Die Auferstehung

Heinrich Franz Ignaz von Biber (1644-1704), Rosary Sonata #11 – The Resurrection, Leah Gale Nelson – violin, Daniel Swenberg – theorbo, Dongsok Shin – organ, Lyrichord LEMS 8079, THE SACRED MYSTERIES THE ROSARY SONATAS FOR VIOLIN & CONTINUO

Heinrich Franz Ignaz von Biber (1644-1704), 4 Trumpet Duets, Crispian Steele Perkins – natural trumpet, John Thiessen – natural trumpet, Sony 53365, TRUMPET MUSIC: STEELE-PERKINS, TAFELMUSIK, LAMON

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto #1 in E op.8 SPRING RV269, Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman, Christina Day Martinson – violin, Telarc 80698, THE FOUR SEASONS

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), In Exitu Israel, Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott, Virgin 59326, VIVALDI GLORIA * MAGNIFICAT

Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706), Halleluja! Lobet den Herrn, La Capella Ducale & Musica Fiata, Roland Wilson, cpo 916-2, JOHANN PACHELBEL EASTER CANTATAS

Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706), Canon in D, Cantilena, Adrian Shepherd, Chandos 8319, ENCORE! AN HOUR WITH CANTILENA

Third Hour

Giovanni Gabrieli (1554/7-1612), Canzon in echo on 12 tones for 10 (from Sacrae Symphoniae, 1597), English Chamber Orchestra Brass Ensemble, Donald Fraser, RCA 61541, BAROQUE BRASS

Salomone Rossi (c.1570-1630), Sonata prima Libro IV (1622) & Sonata quinta sopra un aria Francese Libro IV (1622), Rebel, Jorg-Michael Schwarz, Dorian 93184, ROSSI & HIS CIRCLE

Salomone Rossi (c.1570-1630), Balletto & Galliarda Libro II #17, Rebel, Jorg-Michael Schwarz, Dorian 93184, ROSSI & HIS CIRCLE

Salomone Rossi (c.1570-1630), Keter (Kedushah) & Barchu “Praise the Lord, source of blessing …”, New York Baroque, Eric Milnes, Dorian 93210, THE SONGS OF SOLOMON VOL.1: MUSIC FOR THE SABBATH

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), ISRAEL IN EGYPT: selections, Aradia Baroque Ensemble, Kevin Mallon, Naxos 8.570966/7, ISRAEL IN EGYPT

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), SAUL: Act 2: Symphony, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Deutsche Grammophon, 474511, GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: SAUL

Leonara Duarte (1610-c.1678), Sinfonia in 5 parts: No.5 & No.6, octave toni, Fretwork, Harmonia Mundi 907478, BIRDS ON FIRE: JEWISH MUSIC FOR VIOLS

Fourth Hour

Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585), Christ rising again from the dead, Chapelle du Roi (King’s Chapel), Alistair Dixon, Signum 022, THOMAS TALLIS THE COMPLETE WORKS VOL.6,

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Trumpet Concerto in D, Chamber Symphony of New York, Gerard Schwarz, Gerard Schwarz – trumpet, Delos 3002, SOUND OF TRUMPETS

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring BWV147, Simone Dinnerstein – piano, Sony 81742, BACH: A STRANGE BEAUTY

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Easter Oratorio:Sinfonia & Choruses, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman, Erato 23416, BACH / EASTER ORATORIO / MAGNIFICAT

James Oswald (1711-1769), The Lady’s Mantle (Spring) & Crocus (Spring), Broadside Band, Jeremy Barlow, Dorian 80164, AIRS FOR THE SEASONS

Giovanni Antonio Guido (c.1675-after 1728), Concerto #1 SPRING, The Band of Instruments, Roger Hamilton – harpsichord, Caroline Balding – violin, Divine Art dda 25072, GIOVANNI ANTONIO GUIDO * THE FOUR SEASONS

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