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Saint Cecilia – patron saint of music and musicians
John Dryden – A SONG FOR SAINT CECILIA
First Hour
Antonio Bertali (1605-1669), Sonata a 8 in C, Freiburg Baroque Consort, Carus 83.303, TAUSEND GULDEN: SONATAS FROM THE HABSBURG COURT
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), Le Malade Imaginaire H.495 (1673): suite, Tempesta di Mare, Chaconne CHAN 0810, COMEDIE ET TRAGEDIE VOLUME TWO
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745), Hipocondrie a 7 Concertanti in A, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77339, ZELENKA, PISENDEL CONCERTI ET AL.
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), Chaconne L’AMOUR MEDECIN (Love Docto), Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall, Alia Vox 9811, LA BARCHA D’AMORE 1563-1685
Adam Falckenhagen (1697-1754), Concerto IV in G, John Schneiderman – baroque lute, Jeffrey Cohan – baroque flute, William Skeen – baroque cello, Hanssler Classic HC15048, AN EVENING WITH WILHEMINE
Second Hour
Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Hail Bright Cecilia: CHORUS, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski, Naive 5183, TO SAINT CECILIA
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Lute Suite in e, BWV996: prelude, sarabande, courante, bourree, & gigue, Yolanda Kondonassis – harp, Telarc 80403, A NEW BAROQUE
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Song for St. Cecilia’s Day: overture, The Trumpet’s loud clangour (tenor air & chorus), & La Marche, Ludus Baroque, Richard Neville-Towle, Delphian, DCD34110, HANDEL SONG FOR SAINT CECILIA’S DAY
Maurice Greene (1696-1755), Overture to ST. CECILIA, Baroque Band, Garry Clarke, David Schrader – harpsichord, Cedille 90000 152, MAURICE GREENE OVERTURES
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Concerto Grosso in C Alexander’s Feast, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Philips 454030, THE BEST OF HANDEL
Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina (c.1525-1594), Cantantibus Organis (for St. Cecilia), Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O’Donnell, Hyperion 67099, PALESTRINA
Third Hour
Johann Christian Schieferdecker (1679-1732), Musical Concert #9 in g: II. Courante, III. Sarabande, & IV. Aria, Hamburger Ratsmusik, Carus 83.398, GEISTLICHE KONZERTE
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Cello Sonata #5 in e RV40, Anthony Pleeth – cello, Suki Towb – cello, Robert Woolley – organ, ASV 201, ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741) THE COMPLETE CELLO SONATAS
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Organ Concerto #3 in g HWV291, Sonnerie, Monica Huggett – dir & violin, Matthew Halls – organ, AVIE 2055, HANDEL SIX ORGAN CONCERTOS OP.4
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707), Sonata #3 in g BuxWV261 op.2, John Holloway – violin, Jaap ter Linden – viola da gamba, Lars Ulrik Mortensen – harpsichord, Naxos 557249, DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE COMPLETE CHAMBER MUSIC- 7 TRIO SONATAS OP.2
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Concerto in d for Oboe TWV51:d2 (incomplete), Berlin Baroque Soloists, Rainer Kussmaul, Albrecht Mayer – oboe, Deutsche Grammophon/Archiv 4775923, SINFONIA MELODICA
Fourth Hour
Giovanni Paolo Cima (c.1570-1630), Sonata in D, Frans Bruggen – recorder, Anner Bylsma – cello, Gustav Leonhardt – organ, Teldec / Warner Classics 65836, FRANS BRUGGEN EDITION
Anonymous (arr. Piffaro), Goddesses
Thomas Weelkes (c.1575-1623), Cease sorrowes now
Robert Jones (fl.1597-1615), I come, sweet birds
Anonymous early 17th c., Rossignol
Thomas Bateson (c.1570/75-1630), The nightingale, Piffaro Renaissance Band, Navona Records NV5823, WAYTES: ENGLISH MUSIC FOR A RENAISSANCE BAND
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Overture (Suite) in D TWV 55 D15, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Muller-Bruhl, Naxos 554244, DARMSTADT OVERTURES
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), SUSANNA: Righteous Heaven beholds their guile, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Nicholas McGegan, Harmonia Mundi 907701, “SIGNATURE”
Giovanni Antonio Terzi (fl.1580-1600) & Diego Ortiz (c.1510-c.1570), Susanne un jour (Terzi)-Ricercada settima (Ortiz), Rolf Lislevand, ECM New Series 2088, DIMINUITO