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Sunday Baroque Holiday Gift List
First Hour
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Les Indes galantes, Air pour les esclaves affricains & Les Sauvages, Luc Beausejour – piano, Analekta AN 2 9128, BAROQUE SESSION ON PIANO
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
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c.1620/23-1680), Balletto: LA PASTORELLA, Stuttgart Caprice Ensemble, Antes 319149, ARLECCHINO: JOHANN HEINRICH SCHMELZER SONATE E BALLETTI
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Les Fetes de Polymnie (1745): suite, Tempesta di Mare, Chaconne CHAN 0810, COMEDIE ET TRAGEDIE VOLUME TWO
Anonymous (S.German mid-16th c.), Praeter rerum seriem (Christmas), Jacob Heringman – lute, DGlobMobil 0006, JOSQUIN DES PREZ (16TH C. LUTE SETTINGS)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), English Suite #3 in g BWV808, Anne-Marie McDermott – piano, Global Music Network 112, BACH
Second Hour
Traditional (English), The Boar’s Head Carol
Jacob Gallus aka Jakob Handl (1550-1591), Resonet in Laudibus (Joseph Lieber)
Traditional, Gaudete!, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, Hyperion 66263, CHRISTMAS MUSIC FROM MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE EUROPE
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1526-1594), Giovanni Bassano (c.1558-1617), Pulchra es amica mea
Giovanni Bassano (1561-1617), Fantasia
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621), Yeux qui guidez mon ame
John Dowland (1563-1626), Galliard (sleep wayward thoughts)
Charles Tessier (1550-c.1610), Si le penser de mon ame, The Attaingnant Consort, Ramee 1206, LE PARLER ET LE SILENCE
Anonymous 16th c. Czech, Poslan jest od Boha andel (Sent Down by God is an Angel), The Rose Ensemble, Rose 00003, SLAVIC HOLIDAY – LEGENDS FROM ANCIENT CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND POLAND
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Concerto in c for oboe and violin BWV1060, National Arts Center Orchestra of Canada, Charles Hamann – oboe, Pinchas Zukerman – violin, Analekta AN2 8783, BAROQUE TREASURY
Chant, Veni, veni Emmanuel (O Come Emanuel), Taverner Choir (women’s voices), Andrew Parrott, EMI 490809, THE CAROL ALBUM: SEVEN CENTURIES OF CHRISTMAS MUSIC
Adam Falckenhagen (1697-1754), Concerto I in E, John Schneiderman – baroque lute, Jeffrey Cohan – baroque flute, William Skeen – baroque cello, Hanssler Classic HC15048, AN EVENING WITH WILHEMINE
Third Hour
Anonymous, There is no rose, The Hilliard Ensemble, ECM New Series 2408, TRANSEAMUS: ENGLISH CAROLS AND MOTETS
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Pur ti Miro “I behold You …”, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Michael Stern, Joshua Bell – violin, Sony 87894, JOSHUA BELL ROMANCE OF THE VIOLIN
Richard Pygott (1485-1549), Quid petis, O fili? (What seekest thou, O my son?), The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, CORO 16027, CHRISTUS NATUS EST: AN EARLY ENGLISH CHRISTMAS
Georg Muffat (1653-1704), Suite in d, Noble Youth (Nobilis Juventus), Armonico Tributo Austria, Lorenz Duftschmid, cpo 999635, GEORG MUFFAT NOBILIS JUVENTUS SUITES & CONCERTOS
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV659, Murray Perahia – piano, Sony 66511, SONGS WITHOUT WORDS
Anonymous, Lully Lulle, Ayreheart, Brian Kay – voice, Sono Luminus DSL-92203, BARLEY MOON
Francesco Saverio Geminiani (1687-1762), Sonata 1 in A Op.5, The Four Nations Ensemble, Loretta O’Sullivan – cello, Andrew Appel – harpsichord, Beiliang Zhu – continuo cello, Orchid Classics 100049, GEMINIANI SONATAS FOR CELLO OP.5
Fourth Hour
Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599), Canite tuba (Sound the trumpet), His Majestie’s Clerkes, Anne Heider, Centaur 2168, NEWS OF GREAT JOY
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in Bb for 2 violins RV527, Gli Incogniti, Giuliano Carmignola – violin, Amandine Beyer – violin, Harmonia Mundi HMC 902249, ANTONIO VIVALDI CONCERTI PER DUE VIOLINI
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, John Bullard – banjo, Bullard Music JB100, THE PERFECT SOUTHERN ART
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750),, Cantata #36: Swing joyfully aloft.., Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Deutsche Grammophon 463588, CANTATAS FOR THE 1st SUNDAY IN ADVENT
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706), Canon and Gigue in D, Voices of Music, Katherine Kyme – baroque violin, Carla Moore – baroque violin, Cynthia Freivogel – baroque violin, Voices of Music, CONCERTO BAROCCO
Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Rejoice in the Lord alway BELL ANTHEM, Chanticleer & Capriccio Stravagante, Joseph Jennings & Skip Sempe, Teldec Classics 60290, CHANTICLEER EVENING PRAYER PURCELL
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Concerto in a for alto recorder, viola da gamba, strings and basso continuo TWV52:a1, Ensemble Cordevento, Erik Bosgraaf – recorder, Robert Smith – viola da gamba, Brilliant Classics 95249, G. PH. TELEMANN – THE DOUBLE CONCERTOS WITH RECORDER