This Week’s Links
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First Hour
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), WTC Bk II:fugue 3 in E aft BWV878 & WTC Bk II:fugue 2 in Eb aft BWV876, Phantasm, Simax 1135, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: ART OF FUGUE
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Ode for St Cecilia’s Day: Durch Harmonie (Through Harmony), aria, chorus: “The dead shall live, the living die, Handel & Haydn Society Chorus & Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood, Lynne Dawson – soprano, Arabesque 6762, HANDEL ARRANGED BY MOZART
Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741), Overture in g, Armonico Tributo Austria, Lorenz Duftschmid, Arcana 58, CONCENTUS MUSICO-INSTRUMENTALIS
Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652), Miserere mei, Deus, Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, Collegium 123, A BANQUET OF VOICES: MUSIC FOR MULTIPLE CHOIRS
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787), Symphony op VII, 6 in Eb major (KV 18): Molto Allegro, La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider, cpo 777993, CARL FRIEDRICH ABEL SYMPHONIES OP.7
Second Hour
John Dowland (1563-1626), Lachrimae Gementes, B-Five Recorder Consort, Coviello Classics COV91415, IN SEARCH OF DOWLAND
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Flute Concerto RV433 in F Storm at Sea, Bach-Mozart Ensemble Tokyo, Masahiro Arita – baroque flute, Denon 9288, BACH-MOZART ENSEMBLE TOKYO
Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672), Psalm 137: By the rivers of Babylon, Cantus Colln, Concerto Palatino, Konrad Junghanel, Harmonia Mundi 901652/53, PSALMS OF DAVID
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Water Music Suite #3 in G HWV350, Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman, Telarc 80594, HANDEL MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS & WATER MUSIC
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Overture in F for four horns ALSTER TWV55:F11, New London Consort, L’Oiseau Lyre 455621, TELEMANN:WASSERMUSIK*ALSTER OVERTURE NEW LONDON CONSORT/PICKETT
Third Hour
Francois Couperin (1668-1733), Book 3:14th Ordre:La Linote-efarouchee & Book 3:13th Ordre:Les Lis Naissan, Angela Hewitt – piano, Hyperion 67520, FRANCOIS COUPERIN KEYBOARD MUSIC VOL.3
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in Bb RV163 CONCA, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon, Deutsche Grammophon/Archiv B0006728, CONCERTI E SINFONIE PER ARCHI
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Zephyre: air & menuets, Sarabande, gavottes, contredanse, Les Arts Florissants (Flourishing Arts), William Christie, Erato 85774, RAMEAU LA GUIRLANDE ZEPHYRE
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Grillen (Crickets) Symphonie, Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage, Chandos 0547, TELEMANN CONCERTO IN D;LA BOUFFONE SUITE;GRILLEN-SYMPHONIE;ALSTER
Josquin Despres (c.1450/55-1521), El Grillo e buon cantore, Early Music Consort of London, David Munrow, EMI 64215, THE ART OF THE NETHERLANDS
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Concerto for Oboe, Bassoon & Harpsichord, Sinfonia Varsovia, Albrecht Mayer – oboe, Guilhaume Santana – bassoon, Monika Razynska – harpsichord, Deutsche Grammophon 4765681, ALBRECHT MAYER: NEW SEASONS * HANDEL FOR OBOE & ORCHESTRA
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in A “Coucou” RV335, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Shlomo Mintz, Shlomo Mintz – violin, Music Master 67179, VIVALDI COLLECTION VOL.IX
Fourth Hour
Count Ludovico Roncalli (1654-1713), Sonata #5 in a: Sarabanda & Passacaglii, Richard Savino – baroque guitar, Dorian Sono Luminus 90804, SONATAS FOR BAROQUE GUITAR
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Folias, Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall, Alia Vox 9844, ALTRE FOLLIE 1500-1750
William Lawes (1602-1645), A Jigge, Richard Boothby – lyra viol, Harmonia Mundi 907625, WILLIAM LAWES COMPLETE MUSIC FOR SOLO LYRA VIOL
Anthony Holborne (c.1545-1602), Five Pieces, Empire Brass, Telarc 80257, ROYAL BRASS
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764), Second Recreation of music in g op.8, Arion Ensemble (Montreal, Canada), ANALEKTA FL2 3020, LECLAIR HOTTETERRE GUILLEMAIN ENTRE PARIS ET VERSAILLES