Chinese New Year

Playlist 2019-02-03

This Week’s Links

Chinese New Year

Also a Music Lover: The Story of Yo-Yo Ma’s Sister

Yo-Yo Ma – cello

Yuja Wang – piano

Xuefei Yang – guitar

Jian Wang – cello

Li-wei Qin

First Hour

William Byrd (c.1540-1623), O Lux Beata Trinitas (O trinity of blessed light), The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, King’s College Cambridge KGS0024, BYRD MOTETS

Francesco Mancini (1672-1737), Sonata I in d, Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players, Gwyn Roberts – alto recorder, Richard Stone – archlute, Chandos CHAN 0801, FRANCESCO MANCINI SOLOS FOR A FLUTE

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643), Toccata di durezze e ligature in F, David Greilsammer – piano, Sony, 86979 29692, DAVID GREILSAMMER BAROQUE CONVERSATIONS

Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764), Deuxieme (2nd) Recreation de Musique op.8 (1737): excerpt, Four Nations Ensemble, Andrew Appel – dir. & harpsichord, Charles Brink – traverso, Krista Bennion Feeney – violin, Loretta O’Sullivan – cello, Orchid 100032, JEAN-MARIE LECLAIR

Johann Christoph Pezel (1639-1694), Ceremonial Brass Music, London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble, ASV 6013, THE SPLENDOUR OF BAROQUE BRASS

Second Hour

Francois Couperin (1668-1733), Pieces en concert: prelude & : air de diable, Camerata Salzburg, Jian Wang – cello, Deutsche Grammophon 99402, THE BAROQUE ALBUM

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Trio Sonata #6 in G BWV530, Yo-Yo Ma – cello, Chris Thile – mandolin, Edgar Meyer – bass, Nonesuch 558933, BACH TRIOS

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Trio sonata, Op 2 #5 in g HWV390, Zoltan Katona – guitar, Peter Katona – guitar, Li Wei Qin – cello, Channel Classics 14298, KATONA TWINS

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), Sonata in E K380, Yuja Wang – piano, Deutsche Grammophon 4778795, TRANSFORMATIONS
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), Sonata in G K.455, Yuja Wang – piano, Deutsche Grammophon B0016606, FANTASIA

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Concerto in E BWV1042, Elias String Quartet, Xuefei Yang – guitar, EMI Classics 6 79018, XUEFEI YANG BACH CONCERTOS

Third Hour

Adrian Batten (c.1591-c.1637), O Sing Joyfully
Christopher Tye (1505-1573), Laudate Nomen (Praise the name…)
Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612), Cantate Domino, Voices of Ascension, Dennis Keene, Delos 3165, BEYOND CHANT: MYSTERIES OF THE RENAISSANCE

Anonymous, Greensleeves to a Ground, Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall, Alia Vox 9820, OSTINATO

Lorenzini di Roma (late 16th c.), Fantasia, Paul O’Dette – lute, Harmonia Mundi 907068, LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY’S LUTE BOOK

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755), Serenade, Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet, Naxos 554456, BOISMORTIER FRENCH SERENADES

Louis-Nicolas Clerambault (1676-1749), La Felicite, Les Delices, Debra Nagy – baroque oboe, Emily Walhout – viola da gamba, Scott Metcalfe – violin, Lisa Goode Crawford – harpsichord, Les Delices, LES DELICES THE TASTES REUNITED

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

Bernardo Pisano (1490-1548), Chiare, fresche et dolci acque & Nova angeletta, Hilliard Ensemble, ECM New Series 2346, IL COR TRISTO

Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (attrib), Sonata in C (aka Bach’s BWV1037), Wilbert Hazelzet – flute, Jacques Ogg – harpsichord, Jaap ter Linden – cello, Glossa 2K0802, MUSIC BY BACH’S STUDENTS: KIRNBERGER, ABEL, KREBS, MUTHEL

Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Suite from ABDELAZAR (Moor’s Revenge), London Brass, Teldec 18665, LONDON BRASS BAROQUE

Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710), Villanos in A, Espanoleta I & II in a, La Cavalleria de Napoles & Canarios, Andrew Schulman – guitar, Centaur 2033, THE BAROQUE STYLE (TRANSCRIPTIONS FOR 8-STRING GUITAR)

Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692-1766), Concerto #1 in G, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner, DG (Argo) 410215, WASSENAER ATTRIB. PERGOLESI CONCERTI ARMONICI 1-6

Pierre Prowo (1697-1757) formerly attributed to Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Sonata a tre in d minor TWV 42:d10, Vicki Boeckman – recorder, John Holloway – violin, Jaap ter Linden – cello & viola da gamba, ClassicO 325, G.P. TELEMANN TRIO SONATAS WITH RECORDER

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