This Week’s Links
Musical Heritage of the Lutheran Church
Carlo Gesualdo – musicians and murderer
13 Strangest Composer Deaths in Classical Music
First Hour
Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654), Ludi Musici: Courant XXXII, Galliard VII, & Galliard XXIV, Les Sacqueboutiers, Ambroisie 9996, SAMUEL SCHEIDT LUDI MUSICI BOOK 1
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cantata BWV80:Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, Und wenn die Welt voll Teufel war, & Das Wort sie sollen lassen stahn, English Baroque Soloists & Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Soli Deo Gloria 110, BACH CANTATAS VOL.10: POTSDAM/WITTENBERG
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Meine Seele erhebet …BWV648, Amsterdam Baroque, Ton Koopman, Yo Yo Ma – cello, Sony 60681, SIMPLY BAROQUE 2
Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630), Canzon from Venuskranzlein, Brisk Recorder Quartet Amsterdam, Globe 5214, GERMAN CONSORT MUSIC OF THE 17TH CENTURY
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Concerto in D for horn TWV51:D8, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown, Hermann Baumann – horn 1, Philips 412226, TELEMANN HORN CONCERTOS
Michael Praetorius (1571-1621), Suite from Terpsichore, Doulce Memoire (Sweet Memory), Dorian 90262, FOLIE DOUCE (SWEET FOLLY)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Mass in g BWV 235: Kyrie & Gloria, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, CORO COR16115, JS BACH: LUTHERAN MASSES VOL.1
Second Hour
Carlo Gesualdo (c.1566-1613), Alma d’amore rubelle & O Vos Omnes (O all ye that pass by the way), Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes, zig zag ZZT319, TRIBULATIONEM
Robert Parsons (c.1530-?1572), Ut re mi fa sol la, Phantasm, Laurence Dreyfus – treble viol & director, Wendy Gillespie – treble & tenor viols, Jonathan Manson – tenor viol, Markku Luolajan-Mikkola – bass viol, AVIE 2054, FOUR TEMPERAMENTS
Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682), Sinfonia in d, Trio Settecento, Rachel Barton Pine – violin, John Mark Rozendaal – cello, David Schrader – harpsichord, Cedille 099, AN ITALIAN SOJOURN
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764), Sonata #2 in e Book 4, Convivium, Elizabeth Wallfisch – violin, Richard Tunnicliffe – cello, Paul Nicholson – harpsichord, Hyperion 67068, LECLAIR SONATAS FROM QUATRIEME LIVRE DE SONATAS
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), Ballet de Xerxes: suite, Aradia Baroque Ensemble, Kevin Mallon, Naxos 554003, BALLET MUSIC FOR THE SUN KING
Third Hour
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cantata BWV51: Aria (Soprano): Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!, (Bethlehem) Bach Festival Orchestra, Greg Funfgeld, Ann Monoyios – soprano, Dorian 90306, THE ASCENSION ORATORIO AND TWO FESTIVE CANTATAS
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
Francois Couperin (1668-1733), Troisieme Ordre: L’Imperiale: Sonade, Rondeau, Sarabande, & Allemande, Juilliard Baroque, Naxos 573347/48, FRANCOIS COUPERIN LES NATIONS
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Suite in G THE NATIONS TWV55:G4 “Nations anciens et modernes”, Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage, Chandos 0593, TELEMANN MUSIC OF THE NATIONS
Fourth Hour
Jean-Joseph Cassanea de Mondonville (1711-1772), Grand Motet: DOMINUS REGNAVIT: chorus: Dominus regnavit (The Lord Reigns), Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, Ivars Taurins, Tafelmusik Media TMK1029, BEST OF FRENCH BAROQUE
John Jenkins (1592-1678), Lyra consort in G, Parley of Instruments Renaissance Violin Consort, Peter Holman, Hyperion 66604, ENGLISH ORPHEUS VOL.11: LATE CONSORT MUSIC BY JOHN JENKINS
Francesco Maria Veracini (1690-1768), Sonata in d op.2 #12 for violin and continuo, Brecon Baroque, Rachel Podger – violin, Rachel Podger – violin, Channel Classics CCS SA 39217, GRANDISSIMA GRAVITA
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), Sonata in in d “Gavota” K.64 & Sonata in A K.429, Angela Hewitt – piano, Hyperion CDA68184, DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770), Devil’s Trill Sonata, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Christian Curnyn, Nicola Benedetti, Decca B0016412-02, ITALIA