This Week’s Links
Awadagin Pratt (piano) performs Bach PASSACAGLIA AND FUGUE at the White House
Laury Gutierrez – viola da gamba & La Donna Musicale
Giovanni Bonocini “OMBRA MAI FU”
First Hour
Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782), Trio Sonata in C: adagio & allegro, Isaac Stern – violin, Jean-Pierre Rampal – flute, Leslie Parnas – cello, Mstislav Rostropovich – cello, Sony SMK64509, ISAAC STERN: A LIFE IN MUSIC VOL.16
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Adagio from Keyboard Concerto in f BWV1056, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Howard Griffiths, Sharon Isbin – guitar, Warner 45312, SHARON ISBIN PLAYS BAROQUE FAVORITES FOR GUITAR
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in Bb for cello RV423, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman, Yo Yo Ma – baroque cello, Sony 90916, VIVALDI’S CELLO
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Largo & Sarabande, Gabriela Montero – piano, EMI 500234, BAROQUE IMPROVISATIONS
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
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
Second Hour
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Suite #5 in E HWV430: air & variations (Harmonious Blacksmith), Erin Helyard – harpsichord, ABC Classics 4815711, HANDEL GREAT SUITES
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Coronation Anthem #1: Zadok the Priest, English Concert & Westminster Abbey Choir, Trevor Pinnock, Simon Preston – organ, Deutsche Grammophon 447280, HANDEL CORONATION ANTHEMS
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Trio Sonata #1 in A op.5 HWV 396, London Baroque, Harmonia Mundi 901389, HANDEL:SONATAS POUR DEUX VIOLONS ET BASSE CONTINUE OP.5 LONDON BAROQUE
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Agrippina: Sinfonia HWV6: Suite, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon, Analekta AN 2 2004, HANDEL: ARIAS AND DANCES, EXCERPTS FROM AGRIPPINA & ALCINA
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Music for the Royal Fireworks, English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, Deutsche Grammophon 453451, HANDEL * MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS ORIGINAL VERSION
Third Hour
Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667-1752), Sonata in G, Hans Maria Kneihs – recorder, Wolfgang Zerer – harpsichord, Camerata 134, BAROQUE RECORDER SONATAS
Giovanni Battista Bononcini (1670-1747), Sinfonia #10 in D, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner, Philips 422287, SOUND THE TRUMPET
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Serse: Ombra Mai Fu, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson – mezzo soprano, AVIE AV0030, LORRAINE HUNT LIEBERSON – HANDEL ARIAS
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Sinfonia Varsovia, Albrecht Mayer – oboe, Deutsche Grammophon 4765681, ALBRECHT MAYER: NEW SEASONS * HANDEL FOR OBOE & ORCHESTRA
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Concerto in F for 3 violins TWV53:F1 (Tafelmusik), Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi – violin, Andrea Rognoni – violin, Fabio Ravasi – violin, AgOgique AGO005, TELEMANN: QUIXOTTE & LA CHANGEANTE
Nicola Porpora (1686-1768), Violin Sonata #12 in D, Giovanni Guglielmo – violin, Pietro Bosna – cello, Andrea Coen – harpsichord, dynamic 202, SONATE XII DI VIOLINO E BASSO (1754)
Pietro Castrucci (1679-1752), Concerto Grosso op.3 #6 in g, Handel Festival Orchestra Halle, Anton Steck, Glissando 779034, CONCERTI GROSSI OP.3 #4,5,6,9,11,12
Fourth Hour
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in A Major, RV 335a “Il rosignuolo” (Arr. for Recorder & Orchestra): I. Allegro, Arte dei Suonatori, Bolette Roed – recorder, Pentatone PTC5186875, VIVALDI’S SEASONS
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Pièces de clavecin: Suite in e: V. Le rappel des oiseaux, Raphaël Feuillâtre – guitar, Naxos 8.574127, GUITAR RECITAL
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Flute Concerto #3 in D op.10 RV428 THE GOLDFINCH, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Patrick Gallois – flute, Deutsche Grammophon 437839, VIVALDI: 6 FLUTE CONCERTOS OP. 10
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Organ Concerto #13 in F THE CUCKOO AND THE NIGHTINGALE, Concerto Amsterdam, Jaap Schroder, Daniel Chorzempa – organ, Philips 454030, THE BEST OF HANDEL
William Williams (?1675-1701), Sonata op.1 #6 in F – IN IMITATION OF BIRDS, The Parnassian Ensemble, Sophie Middleditch & Helen Hooker – recorders, Joseph Crouch – cello, David Pollock – harpsichord, Avie 2094, A NOBLE ENTERTAINMENT: MUSIC FROM QUEEN ANNE’S LONDON
Improvisation, Canarios, Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall, Alia Vox 9820, OSTINATO
Julie Pinel (1710-1737), Rossignol vous chantez (Nightingale you sing), La Donna Musicale, La 2009, THE PLEASURES OF LOVE AND LIBATION: AIRS BY JULIE PINEL
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