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Sunday Baroque Holiday Gift List
Heinrich Biber Mystery Sonatas
First Hour
Jacob Gallus aka Jakob Handl (1550-1591), Canite tuba
Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612), Verbum caro factum est, The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park, Hyperion CDA68299, CHRISTMAS
Gottfried Finger (c.1655-1730), Chaconne in G a 5 (violin solo, strings and b.c.) & Sonata in C a 6 (2 trumpets, timpani, strings and b.c.), The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson, Ramee, RAM1802, MUSIC FOR EUROPEAN COURTS AND CONCERTS
William Byrd (c.1540-1623), Rorate caeli desuper (Gradualia 1, 1605), Stile Antico, Harmonia Mundi 807517, PUER NATUS EST: TUDOR MUSIC FOR ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS
Giuseppe Sammartini (1695-1750), Concerto Grosso in g op.5 #6 CHRISTMAS, Les Violons du Roy (King’s Violins), Bernard Labadie, Dorian, 90180, A TREASURY OF BAROQUE CHRISTMAS CONCERTI
Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764), Concerto Grosso #8 in f op.1 CHRISTMAS, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz, Harmonia Mundi, 901889, PIETRO LOCATELLI CONCERTI GROSSI OP.1
Heinrich Franz Ignaz von Biber (1644-1704), Rosary Sonata #3: The Nativity, Pavlo Beznosiuk – violin, Paula Chateauneuf – archlute, Richard Tunnicliffe – viola da gamba, AVIE, AV0038, BIBER: THE ROSARY SONATAS
Second Hour
Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772), Noel provencal, Rene Saorgin – organ, Harmonia Mundi HMX2978223, NOEL – CHRISTMAS – WEIHNACHTEN
Michel Richard Delalande (1657-1726), Simphonies des Noels, Masques, Olivier Fortin, Analekta 9908, NOEL BAROQUE (BAROQUE CHRISTMAS)
Salomone Rossi (c.1570-1630), Mizmor l’toda (A psalm of praise), New York Baroque, Eric Milnes, Dorian 93220, SONGS OF SOLOMON: VOL. 2 HOLIDAY & FESTIVAL MUSIC
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Judas Maccabaeus: selections, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, U.C.Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Nicholas McGegan, David Thomas – bass, Harmonia Mundi 907077.78, HANDEL: JUDAS MACCABAEUS
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Concerto a Due Cori #3 in F HWV 334, Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon, Sony 63073, HANDEL
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cantata #63: closing chorus, Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Deutsche Grammophon 463589, BACH CHRISTMAS CANTATAS
Third Hour
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite #1 in G BWV1007: courante & gigue, Yo Yo Ma – cello, Sony 190758 54652, YO-YO MA – SIX EVOLUTIONS
German, 14th c. harmony, Bartholomew Gesius, 1601, In dulci jubilo, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, CORO 16085, A TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS CAROL COLLECTION VOL.II
Traditional (16th c. French), Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella
Traditional (English), The First Noel, Wassail Song, & We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Sony 7033, FESTIVAL OF CAROLS IN BRASS
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), Noels for Instruments, Les Violons du Roy (King’s Violins), Bernard Labadie, Dorian 90180, A TREASURY OF BAROQUE CHRISTMAS CONCERTI
Robert Cowper (c.1474-1535), Gloria in excelsis Deo, Monteverdi Choir (soloists from), John Eliot Gardiner, Philips 462050, ONCE AS I REMEMBER …
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Concerto Grosso #8 in g Op.6 CHRISTMAS, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Deutsche Grammophon 429390, ALBINONI:ADAGIO*PACHELBEL:CANON BACH*HANDEL*CORELLI*VIVALDI*PURCELL
James Oswald (1711-1769), Snow Drop (Winter), Broadside Band, Jeremy Barlow, Janet See – flute, Dorian 80164, AIRS FOR THE SEASONS
Fourth Hour
16th century English, Coventry Carol
16th c. French melody, Ding Dong! Merrily on High, Musica Sacra, Richard Westenburg, Deutsche Grammophon 429732, CHRISTMAS CAROLS: MUSICA SACRA
Anonymous, Greensleeves to a Ground, Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall, Alia Vox 9820, OSTINATO
Traditional, The Holly and the Ivy, Tewkesbury Abbey Choir, Andrew Sackett, Sunday Baroque X2011, SUNDAY BAROQUE – MUSICAL GIFTS
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750, Overture #4 in d BWV1069, Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Naive OP30578, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH – COMPLETE OUVERTURES FOR ORCHESTRA
Traditional Cornish, Can wassel (Wassail Song)
Traditional Irish, Air:La fuar geimhreadh (instrument)
Traditional English, I saw three ships, Andrew Lawrence-King – Irish harp, Anonymous 4, Harmonia Mundi 907325, WOLCUM YULE CELTIC AND BRITISH SONGS AND CAROLS