This Week’s Links
African American History Month
Association for the Study of African American Life and History
Dainty Fine Bird – Orlando Gibbons
Il Penseroso – George Frideric Handel
First Hour
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Mass in b: BWV232: Benedictus, qui venit in nomine Domini, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Nelson, Kathleen Battle – soprano, Itzhak Perlman – violin, Deutsche Grammophon 429737, THE BACH ALBUM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Concerto in D for 3 trumpets TWV54:D4, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard, Wynton Marsalis – trumpets, Sony 42478, BAROQUE & CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR TRUMPETS
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Violin Sonata #3: largo, Ann Hobson Pilot – harp, Boston Rec, 1002, ANN HOBSON PILOT
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in g for 2 cellos RV531, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Bobby McFerrin, Bobby McFerrin – voice, Peter Howard – cello, Sony 64600, PAPER MUSIC
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), Sonata in A K.39, Andre Watts – piano, Sony 68455, GREATEST HITS BAROQUE PIANO
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Brandenburg Concerto #5 in D BWV1050, St. Lawrence String Quartet, Awadagin Pratt – piano, Stephen Tramontazzi – bass, EMI 57227, AWADAGIN PRATT AND THE ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET PLAY BACH
Second Hour
William Williams (?1675-1701), Sonata #6 in F – IN IMITATION OF BIRDS: excerpt, The Parnassian Ensemble, Sophie Middleditch & Helen Hooker – recorders, Joseph Crouch – cello, David Pollock – harpsichord, Avie 2094, A NOBLE ENTERTAINMENT: MUSIC FROM QUEEN ANNE’S LONDON
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Flute Concerto #3 in D Op 10 RV428 The Goldfinch (Il Gardellino), I Musici, Aurele Nicolet – flute, Philips 420188, VIVALDI: 6 FLUTE CONCERTOS OP. 10
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), Dainty fine bird, Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, Collegium 105, FLORA GAVE ME FAIREST FLOWERS
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), IL PENSEROSO: Sweet Bird, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner, Jean Pierre Rampal – flute, Kathleen Battle – soprano, Sony 53106, IN CONCERT: KATHLEEN BATTLE & JEAN-PIERRE RAMPAL
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c.1620/23-1680), Cuckoo Sonata, Romanesca, Harmonia Mundi 907143, SCHMELZER VIOLIN SONATAS
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Organ Concerto #13 in F THE CUCKOO AND THE NIGHTINGALE, Concerto Amsterdam, Jaap Schroder, Daniel Chorzempa – organ, Philips 454030, THE BEST OF HANDEL
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Le Rappel des Oiseaux, Odair Assad – guitar, Sergio Assad – guitar, Nonesuch 79292, RAMEAU,SCARLATTI,COUPERIN,BACH
Third Hour
Francois Couperin (1668-1733), Pieces de Clavecin: allegresse, London Brass, Teldec 18665, LONDON BRASS BAROQUE
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Sonata in D op.1 #13 HWV371 AUTHENTIC, Andrew Manze – violin, Richard Egarr – harpsichord, Harmonia Mundi 907259, GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL COMPLETE VIOLIN SONATAS MANZE/EGARR
William Croft (1678-1727), The Funeral,or Grief-a-la-Mode 1702, London Oboe Band, Paul Goodwin, Harmonia Mundi 907181, PLAYHOUSE AIRS: 18TH C. ENGLISH THEATRE MUSIC
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764), Concerto in A op.7 #6 for violin, Arion Ensemble (Montreal, Canada), Monica Huggett, Monica Huggett – violin, ATMA ACD2 2143, JEAN-MARIE LECLAIR CONCERTOS
Fourth Hour
Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764), Concerto in G op.3 #9: largo, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon, Giuliano Carmignola – violin, Deutsche Grammophon 3849-02, CONCERTO VENEZIANO (VENETIAN CONCERTO)
Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741), Ouverture a 4 #6, Clemencic Consort, Rene Clemencic, OEHMS 556, CONCENTUS MUSICO-INSTRUMENTALIS
King Frederick II of Prussia (1712-1786), Sonata in b for flute & b.c., Emmanuel Pahud – flute, Jonathan Manson – cello, Trevor Pinnock – harpsichord, EMI Classics 84220, THE FLUTE KING
Ernst Gottlieb Baron (1696-1760), Suite in B-Flat Major – Allemande, Courente, Menuet & Bourée, John Schneiderman – lutes, VGo Recordings VG1008, BAROQUE LUTE DUETS
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in C for violin, cello, organ, strings and continuo RV554a, La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler – violin & director, Adrian Chandler – violin, Sarah McMahon – cello, Robert Howarth – organ, AVIE 2063, MUSIC FOR THE CHAPEL OF THE PIETA