This Week’s Links
Presidents Day
White House Musicales
Musical Events at the White House
February is Bird Feeding Month
Bird Feeding Ideas
Pianist Awadagin Pratt performs at the White House
First Hour
John Barrett (c.1674-C.1735), Sonata in D from Tunbridge Walks, Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman, Michael Laird – trumpet, Frank De Bruine – oboe, Hyperion 66817, ENGLISH ORPHEUS VOL.35:SOUND THE TRUMPET
John Dowland (1563-1626), Captaine Digorie Piper his Galiard, M. John Langtons Pavan, M. George Whitehead his Almand, M. Nicholas Gryffith his Galiard & Mistresse Nichols Almand, B-Five Recorder Consort, Coviello Classics, COV91415, IN SEARCH OF DOWLAND
Christopher Simpson (c.1605-1669), Fantasia #2 in C: February (from The Monthes), Sophie Watillon – dessus de viole, Friederike Heumann & Brian Franklin – basses de viole, Matthias Spaeter – theorbo, Luca Guglielmi-organ, Alpha, 88, C. SIMPSON:THE SEASONS,THE MONTHES & OTHER DIVISIONS OF TIME – 1
Henry Purcell (1659-1695), King Arthur – Incidental Music, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Thomas Hengelbrock, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 77231, H.PURCELL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
Joseph Gibbs (1698-1788), Sonata in d op.1 #1, Locatelli Trio, Elizabeth Wallfisch – violin, Richard Tunnicliffe – cello, Hyperion, 66583, ENGLISH ORPHEUS VOL.13 ENGLISH 18TH C. VIOLIN SONATAS
Second Hour
Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682), Il Barcheggio: Sinfonia, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Nelson, Wynton Marsalis – trumpet, Sony 46672, BAROQUE DUET
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in g for 2 Cellos RV531, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman, Yo Yo Ma – baroque cello, Jonathan Manson – cello, Sony 90916, VIVALDI’S CELLO
Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Prelude, Minuet & A new Irish tune, Andres Segovia – guitar, MCA 42070, THE BAROQUE GUITAR
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), Sonata in G K.201 & Sonata in G K.547, Vladimir Horowitz – piano, Sony 48093, DISCOVERED TREASURES
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Trio Sonata in Eb TWV42: Es3 from MUSICAL EXERCISES, Allan Vogel – oboe, Patricia Mabee – harpsichord, Nancy Sartain – continuo harpsichord, Mark Chatfield – viola da gamba, Delos, 3214, BACH’S CIRCLE
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Theodora: Venus laughing from the Skies, For Ever Thus Stands, Oh Love Divine (fin chor), Concentus Musicus Vienna & Arnold Schoenberg Chorus, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Teldec, 46447, THEODORA
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764), Sonata, Op.3, #4 in F, Itzhak Perlman – violin, Pinchas Zukerman – violin, RCA 607352, DUOS
Third Hour
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Suite in g: La poule (the hen), Angela Hewitt – piano, Hyperion 67597, JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU KEYBOARD SUITES PIECES DE CLAVECIN
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in D RV90 GOLDFINCH, L’Astree, Opus111 30-264, CONCERTI DA CAMERA VOL.1
Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585), Like as the doleful dove, Charivari Agreable, Signum SIGDO42, THOMAS TALLIS THE COMPLETE WORKS – VOLUME 9
Tarquinio Merula (1584/5-1665), Canzon La Lusignuola, Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet, London 414277, VIRTUOSO RECORDER MUSIC
Francois Couperin (1668-1733), Book 3:14th Ordre:La Linote-efarouchee, Book 3:13th Ordre:Les Lis Naissan, & Book 3:14th Ordre:Les Fauvetes plaintives, Angela Hewitt – piano, Hyperion 67520, FRANCOIS COUPERIN KEYBOARD MUSIC VOL.3
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Organ Concerto #13 in F HWV295 THE CUCKOO AND THE NIGHTINGALE, Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr, Richard Egarr – organ, Harmonia Mundi 807447/48, HANDEL ORGAN CONCERTOS OP.7
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), Dainty fine bird & Silver Swan, Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, Collegium 105, FLORA GAVE ME FAIREST FLOWERS
Fourth Hour
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Mass in b: cum sancto spiritu, Bach Choir of Bethlehem & Bach Festival Orchestra, Greg Funfgeld, Dorian 90253, J.S. BACH: MASS IN B MINOR
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Concerto da chiesa #5 in Bb op.6, Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini, Harmonia Mundi HMX2971407, CHRISTMAS CONCERTO
Francesco Saverio Geminiani (1687-1762), Violin Sonata in A Op.1/1, Locatelli Trio, Elizabeth Wallfisch – violin, Richard Tunnicliffe – cello, Hyperion 66583, ENGLISH ORPHEUS VOL.13 ENGLISH 18TH C. VIOLIN SONATAS
Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778), Suite from ARTAXERSES (1762), Capella Savaria Baroque Orchestra, Mary Terey-Smith, Dorian 93251, SYRENS, ENCHANTERS AND FAIRIES CAPELLA SAVARIA/M. TEREY-SMITH
Johann Sebastian Bach/A. Pratt, Passacaglia & Fugue in c BWV582, Awadagin Pratt – piano, EMI 56836, AWADAGIN PRATT TRANSFORMATIONS
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite BWV995: Allemande, Courante, & Gigue, Sharon Isbin – guitar, Erato 8-2564617518-5, BACH FOR GUITAR – LUTE SUITES
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