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Sunday Baroque Holiday Gift List
Winter Solstice – December 21, 2020
First Hour
15th c. MS, Salutation Carol:Nowell, Nowell
c.1450 Seldon MS, Nowell, nowell: Out of your sleep, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, CORO 16027, CHRISTUS NATUS EST: AN EARLY ENGLISH CHRISTMAS
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Arr. Recorders & Orchestra), The Academy of Ancient Music, Bojan Cicic, Lucie Horsch – recorder, Charlotte Barbour-Condini – recorder, Decca 4834722, BAROQUE JOURNEY
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto #4 op.8 Winter RV297, Brecon Baroque, Rachel Podger – violin, Channel Classics 40318, VIVALDI – LE QUATTRO STAGIONI
Anonymous (ca.1640), Greensleeves to a Ground, Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall – viola da gamba, Arianna Savall – harp, Xavier Diaz-Latorre – guitar, Alia Vox 9811, LA BARCHA D’AMORE 1563-1685
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Concerto a quattro in d, La Rêveuse, Benjamin Perrot, Florence Bolton, Harmonia Mundi 905322, LONDON CIRCA 1720 – CORELLI’S LEGACY
Traditional English, The holly and the ivy (a cappella), Anonymous 4, Harmonia Mundi 907325, WOLCUM YULE CELTIC AND BRITISH SONGS AND CAROLS
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), Noels for Instruments: Les Bourgeois de Châtre, Ô créateur, Vous qui désirez sans fin, Laissez paîtres vos bêtes, Joseph est bien marié, Les bourgeois de Châtre, Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire, Ricercar RIC338, MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER: POUR UN REPOSOIR, NOELS SUR LES INSTRUMENTS & SONATE A HUIT
Second Hour
O Tannenbaum, CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra, Naxos 550301, CHRISTMAS GOES BAROQUE
Esteban Salas (1725-1803), Resuenen armoniosos, cantata for 4 voices, 2 violins, harp & bass, Exaudi Chamber Players, Maria Felicia Perez, Jade 91012, BAROQUE CANTATAS/SANTIAGO DE CUBA
Traditional (16th c. French), Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella
Traditional (English), The First Noel
Traditional, God Rest You Merry Gentleman
Traditional (English), Wassail Song
Traditional (16th c. English), We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Sony 7033, FESTIVAL OF CAROLS IN BRASS
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Concerto Grosso op.6 #8 CHRISTMAS CONCERTO, Academy of Ancient Music, Pavlo Beznosiuk, Alison Balsom – trumpet, Warner Classics 925116, JUBILO
Traditional, Drive the Cold Winter Away, Baltimore Consort, Dorian 90198, BRIGHT DAY STAR: MUSIC FOR THE YULETIDE SEASON
James Oswald (1711-1769), Snow Drop (Winter), Broadside Band, Jeremy Barlow, Janet See – flute, Dorian 80164, AIRS FOR THE SEASONS
Christopher Simpson (c.1605-1669), The Seasons: Winter, 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
Third Hour
William Byrd (c.1540-1623), Rorate caeli desuper (Gradualia 1, 1605), Stile Antico, Harmonia Mundi 807517, PUER NATUS EST: TUDOR MUSIC FOR ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS
Heinrich Franz Ignaz von Biber (1644-1704), Mystery Sonata #3: the nativity, Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel, Deutsche Grammophon 431656, HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ BIBER MYSTERY SONATAS
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, ONCE AS I REMEMBER …
Giuseppe Sammartini (1695-1750), Concerto Grosso in g op.5 #6 CHRISTMAS, Les Violons du Roy (King’s Violins), Bernard Labadie, Dorian 90180, A TREASURY OF BAROQUE CHRISTMAS CONCERTI
David Pohle (1624-1695), Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe, Agave Baroque, Reginald Mobley – countertenor, VGo Recordings VG1022, PEACE IN OUR TIME
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729), Sonata #3 in F, Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – violin, Ricercar RIC 310, ELISABETH JACQUET DE LA GUERRE SONATES POUR VIOLON
Fourth Hour
St. Jean de Brebeuf (1593-1649), Iesous ahatonhia (Huron carol), Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch, Enea Sorini – voice, Alpha, NOEL BAROQUE
Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764), Concerto Grosso #8 in f op.1 CHRISTMAS, Raglan Baroque Players, Elizabeth Wallfisch & Nicholas Kraemer, Hyperion 66982, THE RAGLAN BAROQUE PLAYERS
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) / Martin Luther, Ein feste burg (A Mighty Fortress), The King’s Singers, Signum Classics SIGCD607, FINDING HARMONY
Giovanni Antonio Guido (c.1675-after 1728), Concerto #4 WINTER, The Band of Instruments, Roger Hamilton – harpsichord, Caroline Balding – violin, Divine Art dda 25072, GIOVANNI ANTONIO GUIDO * THE FOUR SEASONS
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Sonata #1 in a (orig g) BWV1001, Paul Galbraith – 8-string guitar, Delos 3232, JS BACH: THE SONATAS & PARTITAS
Traditional (English), In Dulci Jubilo, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott, EMI 54902, CAROL ALBUM 2
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