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Sunday Baroque Holiday Gift List

First Hour

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite #4 in Eb BWV1010: allemande, Yo Yo Ma – cello, Sony 190758 54652, O-YO MA – SIX EVOLUTIONS

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Zadok the Priest Coronation Anthem, Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner, Philips 454030, THE BEST OF HANDEL

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in C for 2 trumpets, strings and b.c. RV537, Les Violons du Roy (The King’s Violins), Mathieu Lussier, Benjamin Raymond – trumpet, Marianne Boies – trumpet, ATMA ACD2 2602, VIVALDI

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Suite in a for alto recorder & b.c. TWV55: a2, Berlin Baroque Soloists, Rainer Kussmaul, Michala Petri – recorders (alto & sopranino), RCA 57130, MICHALA PETRI PLAYS BACH & TELEMANN

Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729), Sonata #1 in g, Infusion Baroque, Leaf Music LM246, VIRTUOSA

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cantata 147: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Choir of New College, Oxford, Edward Higginbottom, Erato 14634, AGNUS DEI

Second Hour

Marco Uccellini (1603-1680), Aria sopra (La Bergamasca) in D, Ensemble Mirable, Magnatune, INFLUENZA ITALIANA

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594), Missa Papae Marcelli: Sanctus & Benedictus, New York Polyphony, Andrew Fuchs – tenor, Jonathan Woody – bass-baritone, BIS 2203, ROMA AETERNA

Francois Couperin (1668-1733), Les Barricades Mysterieuses (Mysterious Barricades) & Le Reveille-Matin (The Alarm Clock), Mariko Terashi – piano, Athene 23207, MARIKO TERASHI – SEIXAS – COUPERIN – RAMEAU

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Harp Concerto #6 in Bb op.4, Paillard Chamber Orchestra, Jean-Francois Paillard, Lily Laskine – harp, RCA 600262, GO FOR BAROQUE, VOL. ONE

Henry Purcell (1659-1695), ABDELAZER: Rondeau, English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Newman, Wynton Marsalis – trumpet, Sony 66244, WYNTON MARSALIS – IN GABRIEL’S GARDEN

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Orchestral Suite #3 in D BWV1068, National Arts Center Orchestra of Canada, Pinchas Zukerman, Analekta AN2 8783, BAROQUE TREASURY

Third Hour

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Mass in b: BWV232: Benedictus, qui venit in nomine Domini, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Nelson, Kathleen Battle – soprano, Itzhak Perlman – violin, Deutsche Grammophon 429737, THE BACH ALBUM

Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751), Oboe Concerto #2 in d Op.9, Guildhall String Ensemble, Robert Salter, Malcolm Messiter – oboe, RCA 60224, BAROQUE OBOE CONCERTOS

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Brandenburg Concerto #5 in D BWV1050, St. Lawrence String Quartet, Awadagin Pratt – piano, Demarre McGill – flute, Stephen Tramontazzi – bass, EMI 57227, AWADAGIN PRATT AND THE ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET PLAY BACH

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Lute Concerto in D RV93, Il Giardino Armonico (Harmonic Garden), Luca Pianca – lute, Teldec 91852, CONCERTI DA CAMERA

Thomas Morley (c.1557-1602), My Bonny Lass She Smileth & Now is the Month of Maying, Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, Collegium 105, FLORA GAVE ME FAIREST FLOWERS

Fourth Hour

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), French Suite #5 BWV816: Sarabande, Lara Downes – piano, Tritone 59140, 13 WAYS OF LOOKING AT THE GOLDBERG – BACH REIMAGINED

Alessandro Marcello (1669-1747), Concerto for Oboe in d, Il Giardino Armonico (Harmonic Garden), Giovanni Antonini, Paolo Grazzi – oboe, Teldec 8573-85557, MUSICA BAROCCA

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Violin Partita #1: bourree BWV1002, Ann Hobson Pilot – harp, Boston Rec 1002, ANN HOBSON PILOT

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto for 2 mandolins in G RV532, Camerata Bern, Thomas Furi, Göran Söllscher – guitar, Göran Söllscher – guitar, Deutsche Grammophon 439516, MAD ABOUT VIVALDI

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), ACIS AND GALATEA: Act 1: duet: HAPPY WE!, Mercury Baroque, Antoine Plante, Ana Treviño-Godfrey – soprano (Galatea), Karim Sulayman – tenor (Acis), Houston Public Radio HPR 00614, ACIS AND GALATEA

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Water Music Suite #1 in G, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall, Alia Vox 9860, HAENDEL WATER MUSIC, MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS

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