This Week’s Links
Valentine’s Day – superstitions
Awadagin Pratt plays Bach at the White House
First Hour
Johannes Ockeghem (1410/25-1497), Missa Au travail suis: gloria, Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips, Gimell 454935, JOHANNES OCKEGHEM: AU TRAVAIL SUIS – DE PLUS EN PLUS
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Oboe Concerto in a RV461, Bach-Mozart Ensemble Tokyo, Masashi Homma – baroque oboe, Denon 75198, CONCERTI FOR A WIND INSTRUMENT
Alfonso X el Sabio (1221-1284), Quen a Virgen (CSM 103), Dufay Collective, Harmonia Mundi 907390, MUSIC FOR ALFONSO THE WISE
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Brandenburg Concerto #6 in Bb BWV1051, Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado, Danusha Waskiewicz – viola, Deutsche Grammophon 4778908, BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Concerto Grosso #9 in F op.6, Handel and Haydn Society (on authentic instruments), Christopher Hogwood, Avie 2065, HANDEL 6 CONCERTI GROSSI OP.3 & 12 CONCERTI GROSSI OP.6
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Passion Oratorio: selections, Magdeburg Chamber Choir & Telemann Chamber Orchestra of Michaelstein, Ludger Remy, CPO 720, DER TOD JESUS, PASSION ORATORIO TWV 5:6
Second Hour
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764),, La Poule (The Hen), Igor Kipnis – harpsichord, Sony 45524, GREATEST HITS OF THE HARPSICHORD
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in D RV90 DEL GARDELLINO (Goldfinch), Fioritura (Flowering), Steven Zohn – flute, Geoffrey Burgess – oboe, Suzanne De Serres – bassoon, Jennifer Roig-Francoli – violin, Centaur 2784, VIVALDI CONCERTOS * TELEMANN * BOISMORTIER
Thomas Weelkes (c1576-1623), The nightingale, the organ of delight, Quink Vocal Ensemble, Telarc 80328, ENGLISH MADRIGALS
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Organ Concerto #13 in F THE CUCKOO AND THE NIGHTINGALE, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Joshua Rifkin, Peter Hurford – organ, London 414604, HANDEL ORGAN CONCERTOS OP.4
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), Silver Swan, Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, Collegium 105, FLORA GAVE ME FAIREST FLOWERS
Francois Couperin (1668-1733), Le rossignol-en-amour (Nightingale in Love), Frans Bruggen – recorder, Gustav Leonhardt – harpsichord, Teldec / Warner Classics 65836, FRANS BRUGGEN EDITION: FRENCH RECORDER SONATAS
Improvisation, Canarios, Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall, Alia Vox 9820, OSTINATO
Third Hour
Sebastian Duron (1660-1716), Vuelo de amor (Flight of Love), La Grande Chapelle, Lauda LAU003, EL VUELO DE ICARO
Francesco Mancini (1672-1737), Sonata #6 in d AMOROSO, Musica Pacifica, Dorian 93209, CONCERTI DA CAMERA
Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585), If Ye Love Me, Keep My Commandments, Chanticleer, Teldec 96515, OUT OF THIS WORLD
Michele Mascitti (1664-1760), Psyche op.5 #12, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi – violin, Virgin Veritas 45588, ITALIAN VIOLIN SONATAS
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto RV271 L’AMOROSO, Brecon Baroque, Rachel Podger – violin, Channel Classics 40318, VIVALDI – LE QUATTRO STAGIONI
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), La Guirlande: pantomime, air gracieux, tambourins & contredanse, Les Arts Florissants (Flourishing Arts), William Christie, Erato 85774, RAMEAU LA GUIRLANDE ZEPHYRE
Fourth Hour
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in g op.8 #2 RV315 SUMMER, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble, Joshua Bell – violin, Sony 8869711013, VIVALDI: THE FOUR SEASONS
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Mass in b: Sanctus & Osanna, Bach Choir of Bethlehem & Bach Festival Orchestra, Greg Funfgeld, Dorian 90253, J.S. BACH: MASS IN B MINOR
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite in e BWV996: Courante & Bourree, Sharon Isbin – guitar, Erato 8-2564617518-5, BACH FOR GUITAR – LUTE SUITES
Johann Sebastian Bach/A. Pratt, Passacaglia & Fugue in c BWV582, Awadagin Pratt – piano, EMI 56836, AWADAGIN PRATT TRANSFORMATIONS
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Theodora: Venus laughing from the skies & He saw the lovely youth, Les Arts Florissants (Flourishing Arts), William Christie, Erato 43181, HANDEL THEODORA
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764), Sonata, Op.3, #4 in F, Itzhak Perlman – violin, Pinchas Zukerman – violin, RCA 607352, DUOS
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), Sonata in b K.197, Vladimir Horowitz – piano, Sony 48093, DISCOVERED TREASURES
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