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Joshua Bell’s violin
April is National Humor Month
Commedia dell’arte
Alexandre Tharaud – piano
First Hour
Joan Ambrogio Dalza (fl.1508), Saltarello & Piva, Paul O’Dette – lute, Harmonia Mundi 907215, ALLA VENETIANA: EARLY 16TH C. VENETIAN LUTE MUSIC
Matthew Locke (1621/2-1677), The Broken Consort: Suite #6 in D, Wayward Sisters, Naxos 8.573020, THE BROKEN CONSORT, PART I
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Pur ti Miro “I behold You …”, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Michael Stern, Joshua Bell – violin, Sony 87894, JOSHUA BELL ROMANCE OF THE VIOLIN
Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770), Violin Concerto in A D.96, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon, Giuliano Carmignola – violin, Deutsche Grammophon 3849-02, CONCERTO VENEZIANO (VENETIAN CONCERTO)
Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585), O Sacrum Convivium (O Sacred Feast), Chapelle du Roi (King’s Chapel), Alistair Dixon, Signum SigCD029, THOMAS TALLIS THE COMPLETE WORKS VOL.7-MUSIC FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764), Sonata #6 in D Book 4, Convivium, Elizabeth Wallfisch – violin, Richard Tunnicliffe – cello, Paul Nicholson – harpsichord, Hyperion 67068, LECLAIR SONATAS FROM QUATRIEME LIVRE DE SONATAS
Second Hour
James Paisible (c.1656-1721), Humours of Sir John Falstaff: overture & air, London Oboe Band, Paul Goodwin, Harmonia Mundi 907181, PLAYHOUSE AIRES: 18TH C. ENGLISH THEATRE MUSIC
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), Le Malade Imaginaire H.495 (1673): suite, Tempesta di Mare, Chaconne CHAN 0810, COMEDIE ET TRAGEDIE VOLUME TWO
Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Suite from Amphitryon, or The 2 Sosias, Adrian Butterfield & Helene Plouffe – violins, Margaret Little – viola, Susie Napper – cello, Christopher Jackson – harpsichord, Nigel North – lute, ATMA ACD2 2300, LOST IS MY QUIET
Michel Corrette (1707-1795), Concerto Comique #25 in g, Arion Ensemble (Montreal, Canada), ATMA 2192, CORRETTE: SYMPHONIES DES NOELS;CONCERTOS COMIQUES/ENSEMBLE ARION
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Overture Burlesque TWV55:b8, Apollo’s Fire (Cleveland Baroque Orchestra), Jeannette Sorrell, Koch International 7576, DON QUIXOTE: CONCERTOS AND SUITES BY TELEMANN
Andre Campra (1660-1744), 2nd Entree des festes Venitienne dancee par les memes (premier air comique), Accademia Amsterdam, Centaur CRC 3167, A CHOICE COLLECTION OF DANCES
Third Hour
William Byrd (c.1540-1623), Ave Verum Corpus, Voices of Ascension, Dennis Keene, Delos, 3165, BEYOND CHANT: MYSTERIES OF THE RENAISSANCE
Gottfried Finger (c.1655-1730), Fantasia in g (2 oboes, bassoon, strings and b.c.), The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson, Ramee RAM1802, MUSIC FOR EUROPEAN COURTS AND CONCERTS
Christopher Simpson (c.1605-1669), Fantasia #4 in a: April (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
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Overture (Suite) #4 in D BWV1069, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki, BIS, 1431, JS BACH 4 ORCHESTRAL SUITES BWV1066-1069
Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765), Trumpet Concerto #2 MWV4/13 in D, Wurtemberg Chamber Orchestra, Jorg Faerber, Guy Touvron – trumpet, RCA 61200, MOLTER: TRUMPET CONCERTOS
Fourth Hour
James Oswald (1711-1769), The Lady’s Mantle (Spring), Broadside Band, Jeremy Barlow, Dorian 80164, AIRS FOR THE SEASONS
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Hebe’s Feast: Suite, Les Arts Florissants (Flourishing Arts), William Christie, Erato 3984-26129, MUSIQUE DE BALLET LES ARTS FLORISSANTS WILLIAM CHRISTIE
David Funck (1648-c.1699), Suite in D, 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Acanta 233497, 12 CELLISTS OF THE BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Keyboard Concerto in d BWV1052, Les Violons du Roy (King’s Violins), Bernard Labadie, Alexandre Tharaud – piano, Virgin Classics 91322, JS BACH KEYBOARD CONCERTOS
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