This Week’s Links
Sunday Baroque Holiday Gift List
Saint Francis and the history of the creche
The story behind GOOD KING WENCESLAS
First Hour
Traditional, O Tannenbaum, CSSR State Philharmonic (Kosice), Naxos 550301, [amazon_textlink asin=’B0000013OL’ text=’CHRISTMAS GOES BAROQUE’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’06238fd9-e4ca-11e7-a7be-332f42e7613b’]
Traditional (English), Coventry Carol
Traditional German, Quem Pastores Laudavere, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, Hyperion, 66263, [amazon_textlink asin=’B000002ZK4′ text=’CHRISTMAS MUSIC FROM MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE EUROPE’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’32e6c2ee-e4ca-11e7-8eca-e5527686bc9f’]
Heinrich Franz Ignaz von Biber (1644-1704), Rosary Sonata No.3. – The Nativity, Leah Gale Nelson – violin, Daniel Swenberg – theorbo, Dongsok Shin – organ, Lyrichord LEMS 8079, [amazon_textlink asin=’B0050QKF4U’ text=’THE SACRED MYSTERIES THE ROSARY SONATAS FOR VIOLIN & CONTINUO’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’4aa39345-e4ca-11e7-9333-3dffe7c37bb0′]
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Concerto Grosso #8 in g Op.6 CHRISTMAS, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Deutsche Grammophon 429390, [amazon_textlink asin=’B000001GCE’ text=’ALBINONI:ADAGIO PACHELBEL: CANON BACH HANDEL CORELLI VIVALDI PURCELL’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’5b03cc81-e4d2-11e7-b0e7-71cb22415519′]
Michael Praetorius (1571-1621), In Dulci Jubilo, Taverner Consort, Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott, EMI 47633, [amazon_textlink asin=’B000005GO7′ text=’SCHUTZ PRAETORIUS’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’99b301cc-e4d2-11e7-a712-21adf11f0074′]
Traditional (English), Wassail Song, The First Noel, & Good King Wenceslas, Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Sony 7033, [amazon_textlink asin=’B0000024Q6′ text=’FESTIVAL OF CAROLS IN BRASS’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’a31a8a6a-e4d2-11e7-84ef-3f031aab84b6′]
Gaetano Maria Schiassi (1698-1754), Concerto for strings & b.c. in D PASTORALE PER IL SANTISSIMO NATALE DI NOSTRO SIGNOR JESU, Masques, Olivier Fortin, Analekta 9908, [amazon_textlink asin=’B000BK53LA’ text=’NOEL BAROQUE (BAROQUE CHRISTMAS)’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’d91a3d3c-e4d2-11e7-9381-8fb3a5e4a5f2′]
Second Hour
Anonymous English 15th c., This endris night (The other night)
Anonymous English partsong 15th c., Once as I remember, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Philips 462050, [amazon_textlink asin=’B00000A1GK’ text=’ONCE AS I REMEMBER’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’f0e6769e-e4d2-11e7-bb2c-494387f1c241′]
Michel Corrette (1707-1795), Symphonie des noels No. 4 in d, Arion Ensemble (Montreal, Canada), ATMA 2192, [amazon_textlink asin=’B00003GPOV’ text=’CORRETTE: SYMPHONIES DES NOELS;CONCERTOS COMIQUES/ENSEMBLE ARION’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’fc6064ae-e4d2-11e7-b930-7d6cf52e7d01′]
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cantata BWV147: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman, Yo Yo Ma – cello, Sony 60680, [amazon_textlink asin=’B005H1SCMU’ text=’SIMPLY BAROQUE’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’03f416fa-e4d3-11e7-b87a-27693f610cfd’]
Johann Christoph Pez (1664-1716), Concerto Pastorale, Les Violons du Roy (King’s Violins), Bernard Labadie, Dorian 90180, [amazon_textlink asin=’B009470IYS’ text=’A TREASURY OF BAROQUE CHRISTMAS CONCERTI’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’0b3cde00-e4d3-11e7-b26b-95aa84cbc14a’]
John Playford (1623-1686), Greensleeves, David Douglass – violin, Paul O’Dette – lute, Andrew Lawrence King – harp, Harmonia Mundi 907186, [amazon_textlink asin=’B000007MXS’ text=’APOLLOS BANQUET’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’18043235-e4d3-11e7-80c5-754e7e89867a’]
Traditional French, Il est ne, le divin Enfant
Traditional French, Marche des rois (L’arlesienne)
Traditional, Ding! Dong! Merrily on high, Taverner Consort, Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott, EMI, 490809, [amazon_textlink asin=’B000002RR4′ text=’THE CAROL ALBUM: SEVEN CENTURIES OF CHRISTMAS MUSIC’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’2b3d75df-e4d3-11e7-9686-4373390ac4c3′]
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in e RV270 Il Riposo Natale, Academia Montis Regalis, Enrico Onofri – violin (muted), Naive 30417, [amazon_textlink asin=’B000E6G7CA’ text=’CONCERTI PER VIOLINO VOL. 1 LA CACCIA’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’b004db29-e4d3-11e7-aa2d-6714719a4b2a’]
Third Hour
Giovanni Gabrieli (1554/7-1612), CHRISTMAS Motet: Salvator noster a 15, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Deutsche Grammophon 4775762, [amazon_textlink asin=’B000AR7FU6′ text=’THE BAROQUE CHRISTMAS ALBUM’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’b6c16765-e4d3-11e7-8c6c-2908034aa6f4′]
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in f “WINTER” op. 8 no. 4 RV 297, Zürcher Kammerorchester, Daniel Hope – violin, Deutsche Grammophon 4796922, [amazon_textlink asin=’B01MQG7H3S’ text=’DANIEL HOPE FOR SEASONS’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’bd86a60e-e4d3-11e7-b419-519bfa7fbf5d’]
Traditional Irish, Air:La fuar geimhreadh (instrument), Andrew Lawrence-King – Irish harp, Harmonia Mundi 907325, [amazon_textlink asin=’B0000AZKK4′ text=’WOLCUM YULE CELTIC AND BRITISH SONGS AND CAROLS’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’c59136d5-e4d3-11e7-bb23-f3c41bde5c74′]
Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764), Concerto Grosso #8 in f op.1 CHRISTMAS, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz, Harmonia Mundi 901889, [amazon_textlink asin=’B01K8NS2M6′ text=’PIETRO LOCATELLI CONCERTI GROSSI OP.1′ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’05fe8faf-e4d7-11e7-ac26-93b8f17ede10′]
Anonymous English Carol 15th c., There is no rose of such virtu
German Traditional (late 15th c?), Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming (Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen), Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Philips 462050, [amazon_textlink asin=’B00000A1GK’ text=’ONCE AS I REMEMBER …’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’cf3eef4d-e4d3-11e7-b4e8-b956be84e265′]
Giovanni Antonio Guido (c.1675-after 1728), Concerto #4 WINTER, The Band of Instruments, Roger Hamilton – harpsichord, Caroline Balding – violin, Divine Art dda 25072, [amazon_textlink asin=’B00AQZU9XW’ text=’GUIDO THE FOUR SEASONS’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’2585ba62-e4d4-11e7-a0d7-6bb78305ecad’]
Fourth Hour
Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina (c.1525-1594), Two 5-pt motets:rorate coeli & canite tuba, Voices of Ascension, Dennis Keene, Delos 3210, [amazon_textlink asin=’B00000J86H’ text=’PRINCE OF MUSIC: GIOVANNI PALESTRINA’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’2c7a6d42-e4d4-11e7-817f-d1835dc80b87′]
Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709), Concert a Quatro in Forma di Pastorale op.8 #6 CHRISTMAS, La Pieta, Angele Dubeau – violin, Analekta AN2 8730, [amazon_textlink asin=’B017IWFHG4′ text=’NOEL’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’3aca5e35-e4d4-11e7-80e1-7341708c04f0′]
Traditional English, I saw three ships, Anonymous 4, Harmonia Mundi 907325, [amazon_textlink asin=’B0000AZKK4′ text=’WOLCUM YULE CELTIC AND BRITISH SONGS AND CAROLS’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’431e7b23-e4d4-11e7-8352-6f3ea1ae3e3b’]
Anonymous 17th c., A Scots Lilt (instrumental), Andrew Lawrence King – harp, Harmonia Mundi 907325,[amazon_textlink asin=’B0000AZKK4′ text=’ WOLCUM YULE CELTIC AND BRITISH SONGS AND CAROLS’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’4d75e0b7-e4d4-11e7-808c-a74f49cd7633′]
Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri (1690-1764), Concerto #10 in D PASTORALE, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77352, [amazon_textlink asin=’B01GUGI0JU’ text=’ZAVATERI CONCERTI DA CHIESA E DA CAMERA’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’5aa8a215-e4d4-11e7-abac-03f1c65772ea’]
Traditional, The Holly and the Ivy, Choir of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston, Deutsche Grammophon 445766, [amazon_textlink asin=’B000001GOD’ text=’MAD ABOUT CHRISTMAS’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’627f9f18-e4d4-11e7-b656-83c781ce09d8′]
Giuseppe Sammartini (1695-1750), Concerto Grosso in g op.5 #6 CHRISTMAS, Les Violons du Roy (King’s Violins), Bernard Labadie, Dorian 90180, [amazon_textlink asin=’B009470IYS’ text=’A TREASURY OF BAROQUE CHRISTMAS CONCERTI’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’6a034bff-e4d4-11e7-bfb2-6b457648b2a4′]
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Magnificat BWV243a: Vom Himmel hoch (From Heaven on High), Freut euch und jubilieret (Rejoice and celebrate), Gloria in excelcis deo & Virga Jesse floruit (The branch of Jesse flowers), Collegium Vocale Ghent, Philippe Herreweghe, Carolyn Sampson – soprano, Peter Kooy – bass, Harmonia Mundi 901781/82, [amazon_textlink asin=’B0000C8WXG’ text=’CHRISTMAS CANTATAS FROM LEIPZIG’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sundaybaroque-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’915b7882-e4d4-11e7-84ef-3f031aab84b6′]
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