This Week’s Links
Valentine’s Day history and traditions
Awadagin Pratt Performing at the White House
Joshua Bell/Awadagin Pratt/Alisa Weilerstein Performing at the White House
Music/Musicians at the White House
Karen Marie Marmer & Jorg-Michael Schwarz – Sunday Baroque interview with Suzanne Bona
First Hour
Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina (1525-1594), Song of Songs #16: Surge amica mea (Arise My Love) & Song of Songs #18: Surgam et circuibo civitatem (I will rise and go about the city), The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, CORO 16133, PALESTRINA VOLUME 6
Heinrich Franz Ignaz von Biber (1644-1704), Sonata #4 in D, John Holloway – violin, Aloysia Assenbaum – organ, Lars Ulrik Mortensen – harpsichord, ECM 1791, UNAM CEYLUM (ONE HEAVEN)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in Bb for violin & cello RV547, National Arts Center Orchestra of Canada, Pinchas Zukerman, Pinchas Zukerman – violin, Amanda Forsyth – cello, Analekta AN2 8783, BAROQUE TREASURY
Marin Marais (1656-1728), Suite à deux violes en sol majeur (Premier livre, 1686) – Gavotte en Rondeau & Chaconne, A 2 violes esgales, Jonathan Dunford – basse de viole, Sylvia Abramowicz – basse de viole, Thomas Dunford – archilute, Musica Ficta, MF8024, MARIN MARAIS SUITES A DEUX VIOLES
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in G RV532 (orig 2 mandolins), European Union Chamber Players, Julian Lloyd Webber – cello, Jiaxin Lloyd Webber – cello, Naxos 8.573374, VIVALDI CONCERTOS FOR TWO CELLOS
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), Instrumental, Sequentia (Ensemble for Medieval Music, Koln), Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77020, SYMPHONIAE / SPIRITUAL SONGS
Second Hour
Sebastian Duron (1660-1716), Vuelo de amor (Flight of Love), La Grande Chapelle, Lauda LAU003, EL VUELO DE ICARO
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto #10 in E RV271 THE LOVER, Il Pomo d’Oro, Ricardo Minasi, Ricardo Minasi – violin, Naive OP 30533, CONCERTI PER VIOLINO VOL. 4 L’IMPERATORE
Giacomo de Gorzanis (c.1520- 1575? or 1579?), La Barcha del mio amore (Gallarda), Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall, Alia Vox 9811, LA BARCHA D’AMORE 1563-1685
Francois Couperin (1668-1733), Les Goûts-Réünis, IXe Concert intitulé Ritratto dell’amore, Luis-Otavio Santos – violon, Emmanuel Balsa & Jerome Hantai – basses de viole, Elisabeth Joyé – harpsichord, Alpha 062, FRANCOIS COUPERIN: LA SULTANNE, PRELUDES & CONCERTS ROYAUX
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Concerto in D for Trumpet, Violin & Strings TWV53:D5, Rebel, Jorg-Michael Schwarz – solo violin, David Kjar – natural trumpet, Karen Marie Marmer – violin, John Moran – cello, Bridge Records 9421, G.P. TELEMANN DOUBLE CONCERTI FOR WINDS & STRINGS
Third 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
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
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Eternal Source of Light Divine, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Nelson, Kathleen Battle – soprano, Wynton Marsalis – trumpet, Sony 46672, BAROQUE DUET
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Trio Sonata in G, BWV1038, Isaac Stern – violin, Jean-Pierre Rampal – flute, Mstislav Rostropovich – cello, John Steele Ritter – harpsichord, Sony SMK64509, ISAAC STERN: A LIFE IN MUSIC VOL.16
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764), Sonata, Op.3, #4 in F, Itzhak Perlman – violin, Pinchas Zukerman – violin, RCA 607352, DUOS
Johann Sebastian Bach/A. Pratt, Passacaglia & Fugue in c BWV582, Awadagin Pratt – piano, EMI 56836, AWADAGIN PRATT TRANSFORMATIONS
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
Fourth Hour
Francesco Landini (c.1325/35-1397), Cara mie donna, Anonymous 4 (minus Johanna Maria Rose), Harmonia Mundi 907269, THE SECOND CIRCLE: LOVE SONGS OF FRANCESCO LANDINI
Francesco Mancini (1672-1737), Sonata XI in g, Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players, Gwyn Roberts – alto recorder, Richard Stone – theorbo, Adam Pearl – organ, Chandos CHAN 0801, FRANCESCO MANCINI SOLOS FOR A FLUTE
Francesca Caccini (1587-1640), Ch’Amor sia nudo, Audacium Baroque Ensemble, Gabriella di Laccio – soprano, drama musica, donne barocche, DONNE BAROCCHE
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Brandenburg Concerto #5 BWV1050, Ensemble Caprice, Matthias Maute, Erin Helyard – harpsichord, Sophie Lariviere – transverse flute, Olivier Brault – violin, Analekta AN 9996-7, BACH BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS
John Blow (1649-1708), Venus & Adonis, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rene Jacobs, Harmonia Mundi 901684, VENUS & ADONIS
Anonymous, Joy to the Person of my Love, Ensemble Galilei, Telarc 80556, COME, GENTLE NIGHT: MUSIC OF SHAKESPEARE’S WORLD
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