This Week’s Links
Early Music America – FESTIVALS
First Hour
Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585), Audivi vocem de caelo (I heard a voice from heaven), Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom, Erato 44657, IN EXCELSIS
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Zoroastre: Air des Esprits infernau I & II, menuets I & II, & Entree des Indiens et Indiennes, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen, Glossa 921106, JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU ORCHESTRAL SUITES
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), Dance of the spectres & the furies, Il Giardino Armonico (Harmonic Garden), Giovanni Antonini, Naive 30399, LA CASA DEL DIAVOLO
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Suite from l’Orfeo, Canadian Brass, Opening Day ODR7380, ECHO – GLORY OF GABRIELI
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), Entree d’Apollon (Triomphe du Amor), Andrew Lawrence King – harp, Harmonia Mundi 907335, CHOREGRAPHIE: MUSIC FOR LOUIS XIV’S DANCING MASTERS
Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770), Sonata in g op.1 #4 DEVIL’S TRILL, Joshua Bell – violin, John Constable – harpsichord, Sony 8869711013, VIVALDI: THE FOUR SEASONS
Anonymous, Ecce Mitto Angelum, The Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman, Hyperion CDA68170, MUSIC FOR THE 100 YEARS’ WAR
Second Hour
Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630), The Fountains of Israel: When Jacob had Finished, Ensemble Vocal Europeen (European Vocal Ensemble), Philippe Herreweghe, Harmonia Mundi 901574, SCHEIN. ISRAELIS BRUNNLEIN
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Trio Sonata in g (“Lund”) RV 81, Paul Goodwin – baroque oboe, Gail Hennessey- baroque oboe, Frances Eustace – baroque bassoon, John Toll – harpsichord, Harmonia Mundi 907104, VIVALDI:OBOE SONATAS
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), Les Nopces de Vilage: suite, London Oboe Band, Paul Goodwin, Harmonia Mundi HML 5908535.36, LA MUSIQUE DE WATTEAU: THE MUSIC LESSON
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite #2 in d BWV1008: prelude, allemande & gigue, Matt Haimovitz – cello, Pentatone 5186 555, THE CELLO SUITES ACCORDING TO ANNA MAGDALENA
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Sonata in g BWV1020, Brasil Guitar Duo, Marina Piccinini – flute, AVIE 2196, BACH FLUTE SONATAS
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto for 2 Violins in D RV513, Aston Magna, Albert Fuller, Jaap Schroeder – violin, Stanley Ritchie – violin, Nonesuch 79056, VIVALDI CONCERTOS FOR TWO VIOLINS
Second Hour
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (attrib. Christian Petzold), Anna Magdalena Notebook: minuets 1 & 2, Michael Parloff – flute, Gerald Ranck – harpsichord, ESS.A.Y 1027, THE FLUTE ALBUM
Traditional, L’Homme Arme, Calliope, Nonesuch 79039, CALLIOPE * DANCES A RENAISSANCE REVEL
Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina (1525-1594), Missa L’Homme Arme: Sanctus & Benedictus, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, CORO 16133, PALESTRINA VOLUME 6
Leonardo Leo (1694-1744), Cello Concerto, Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon, Anner Bylsma – cello, ATMA 2126, LEONARDO LEO SIX CELLO CONCERTOS
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cantata BWV115: aria BETE ABE AUCH DABEI, Daniel Hope – violin, Anna Lucia Richter – soprano, Claudio Bohórquez – cello, Naoki Kitaya – organ, Deutsche Grammophon 4796922, DANIEL HOPE FOR SEASONS
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Concerto Grosso #6 in g op.6, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown, Philips 410049/50/51, HANDEL 12 CONCERTI GROSSI, OP.6
Fourth Hour
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Allemande, Tzimon Barto – piano, Ondine, 1067, A BASKET OF WILD STRAWBERRIES
Andrea Caporale (c.1700-46), Sonata #6 in G, Guy Fishman – baroque cello, Sarah Freiberg – baroque cello, John Gibbons – harpsichord, Centaur 2812, ANDREA CAPORALE COMPLETE SONATAS FOR CELLO & B.C.
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in D RV93 (orig for lute), Venice Baroque Orchestra, Avi Avital – mandolin, Deutsche Grammophon B0022627, AVI AVITAL VIVALDI
Diego Ortiz (c.1510-1570), Passamezzo antico Zarabanda, Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall, Alia Vox 9820, OSTINATO
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Violin Concerto in d BWV1052, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Elizabeth Wallfisch – violin, Virgin Veritas 45095, J.S. BACH VIOLIN AND OBOE CONCERTOS