This Week’s Links
Claudio Monteverdi – portrait by Bernardo Strozzi
Orazio Gentileschi’s painting THE LUTE PLAYER
Robert Browning’s A TOCCATA OF GALUPPI’S
Leonardo da Vinci’s PORTRAIT OF A MUSICIAN
Thomas Gainsborough’s portrait of Carl Friedrich Abel
First Hour
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Castor & Pollux, Les Talens Lyriques (Lyrical Gifts), Christophe Rousset, L’Oiseau Lyre 455293, RAMEAU OVERTURES
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Vespers:Hymnus Ave maris stella, Tragicomedia & Concerto Palatino, Stephen Stubbs, ATMA ACD22304/5, MONTEVERDI * VESPRO DELLA BEATA VERGINE
John Jenkins (1592-1678), Lyra consort in C THE SIX BELLS, Parley of Instruments Renaissance Violin Consort, Peter Holman, Hyperion 66604, ENGLISH ORPHEUS VOL.11:LATE CONSORT MUSIC BY JOHN JENKINS
Sebastian Duron (1660-1716), A batallar estrellas (battle stars), Al Ayre Español, Eduardo Lopez Banzo, Harmonia Mundi HMI987053, AL AYRE ESPANOL A BATALLAR ESTRELLAS (TO BATTLE STARS)
Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751), Oboe Concerto #2 in d op.9, Harmony of Nations Baroque Orchestra, Alfredo Bernardini – oboe, RaumKlang 2704, LES CARACTERES DE LA DANSE
Georg Muffat (1653-1704), Concerto Grosso #12: Lucky Stars-Ciacona Propitia Sydera, Musica Aeterna, Peter Zajicek, Naxos 555743, GEORG MUFFAT NOBILIS JUVENTUS SUITES & CONCERTOS
Second Hour
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Chi vol che m’innarmori (1640/41), Ensemble Caprice, Matthias Maute, Analekta AN29132, CHACONNE- VOICES OF ETERNITY
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Goldberg Variations: aria, Variatio 15, 16 & 17, Andras Schiff – piano, ECM 1825, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH GOLDBERG VARIATIONS BWV988
Francesca Caccini (1587-1640), Lasciatemi qui solo, El Mundo, Sono Luminus 92195, WHAT ARTEMISIA HEARD
Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785), Sonata in G for flute, oboe & b.c., Parnassus Ensemble, Accent 47806, PARNASSUS ENSEMBLE
Josquin Despres (c.1450/55-1521), Missa Pange lingua: Sanctus & Benedictus, Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips, Gimell 206, THE TALLIS SCHOLARS SING JOSQUIN
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787), Sinfonia in Bb op.17 #2, Il Fondamento, Paul Dombrecht, Passacaille 903, CARL FRIEDRICH ABEL OUVERTURES & SINFONIAS
Third Hour
Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Sonata #10 in A, Pavlo Beznosiuk – violin, Rachel Podger – violin, Christophe Coin (Bass Viola da gamba), Christopher Hogwood (Chamber Organ), L’Oiseau Lyre 444449, SONATAS OF THREE PARTS, 1683, Z790-801
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in g for violin, 2 recorders, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings and b.c. RV577, Les Violons du Roy (The King’s Violins), Mathieu Lussier, Pascale Giguere – violin, Sophie Lariviere & Caroline Tremblay – recorders, Marjorie Tremblay & Kirsten Zander – oboes, Julie Harguindey – bassoon, ATMA ACD2 2602, VIVALDI
Francois Couperin (1668-1733), Book 3:13th Ordre:Les Rozeaux (Reeds), Angela Hewitt – piano, Hyperion 67520, FRANCOIS COUPERIN KEYBOARD MUSIC VOL.3
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Concerto in A for oboe d’amore, strings & b.c. BWV1055, Camerata Bern, Erich Hobarth, Heinz Holliger – oboe d’amore, ECM New Series 2229, ICH HATTE VIEL BEKUMMERNIS: KONZERTE UND SINFONIEN FUR OBOE
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Overture to Jephtha, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, CORO 16066, HANDEL CORONATION ANTHEMS
Francesco Maria Veracini (1690-1768), Sonata #7 in d op.2, Trio Settecento, Rachel Barton Pine – baroque violin (Nicola Gagliano 1770), John Mark Rozendaal – cello, David Schrader – harpsichord, Cedille 90000 155, VERACINI COMPLETE SONATE ACCADEMICHE
Fourth Hour
Johann Mattheson (1681-1764), Sonata #8 in b: adagio & allemande, Trio Corelli, Elisabeth Zeuthen Schneider – baroque violin, Viggo Mangor – archlute, Ulrik Spang-Hanssen – continuo organ, ClassicO CLASSCD496, MATTHESON: DER BRAUCHBARE VIRTUOSO (1720)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Suite from the opera RODRIGO HWV5, Arion Ensemble (Montreal, Canada), Barthold Kuijken, ATMA ACD2 2257, SUITES CONCERTANTES
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Concerto #6 in F BWV1057, Retrospect Ensemble, Matthew Halls – harpsichord & director, Matthew Halls – harpsichord, LINN Records CKD 410, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH HARPSICHORD CONCERTOS
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707), Sonata #2 in G BuxWV 253, John Holloway – violin, Jaap ter Linden – viola da gamba, Lars Ulrik Mortensen – harpsichord, Naxos 8.557248, BUXTEHUDE SEVEN SONATAS OP.1
Johann Christian Schieferdecker (1679-1732), Concerts musicaux: premier concert, Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin (Academy for Ancient Music), Harmonia Mundi 901852, OUVERTUREN: MUSIC FOR THE HAMBURG OPERA