Playlist 2025-02-16

This Week’s Links

Music in the White House

Rebel Baroque: Karen Marie Marmer & Jorg Michael Schwarz (Suzanne’s interview)

President’s Day

Richard Nixon accompanies Pearl Bailey

Soprano Leontyne Price sings in the White House (1985)

First Hour

Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Prelude, A new Irish tune, Jig, & Rondo, Andres Segovia – guitar, MCA, 42070, THE BAROQUE GUITAR

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Semele, Act II: “Where’er You Walk”, Philharmonia Orchestra, Henry Lewis, Leontyne Price – soprano, RCA, LEONTYNE PRICE – PRIMA DONNA VOL.5 GREAT SOPRANO ARIAS FROM HANDEL TO BRITTEN

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Chorale Prelude: Ich ruf’ zu dir,
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), Sonata in G K.201, Vladimir Horowitz – piano, Sony, 48093, DISCOVERED TREASURES

Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764), Sonata, Op.3, #4 in F, Itzhak Perlman – violin, Pinchas Zukerman – violin, RCA, 607352, DUOS

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Cello Concerto RV398, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, Mstislav Rostropovich – cello, Deutsche Grammophon, 437952, MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH GREAT WORKS FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA

Johann Sebastian Bach/A. Pratt, Passacaglia & Fugue in c BWV582, Awadagin Pratt – piano, EMI, 56836, AWADAGIN PRATT TRANSFORMATIONS

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Theodora: And draw a blessing down & Venus laughing from the skies, Les Arts Florissants (Flourishing Arts), William Christie, Erato, 43181, HANDEL THEODORA

Second Hour

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594), Missa Papae Marcelli: Offertorium & Benedictus, New York Polyphony, Andrew Fuchs – tenor, Jonathan Woody – bass-baritone, BIS, 2203, ROMA AETERNA

Francesco Bonporti (1672-1749), Concerto a Quattro in F Op.11/5, Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage, Chandos, 0530, VIOLIN CONCERTOS BY BACH, BONPORTI & VIVALDI

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), Sonata in f K.481 & Sonata in A K.39, Andre Watts – piano, Sony, 68455, GREATEST HITS BAROQUE PIANO

Joao Rodrigues Esteves (c.1699-1755), Magnificat, Musique des lumieres, Jean-Christophe Frisch, K617, 617113, NEGRO SPIRITUALS AU BRESIL BAROQUE

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Partita in a minor BWV1013: Sarabande & Bourree Angloise, Brandon Patrick George – flute, Profil Hanssler, PH18039, FLUTE SONATAS & SOLO WORKS

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Concerto in D for 3 trumpets TWV54:D4, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard, Wynton Marsalis – trumpet, Wynton Marsalis – trumpet, Wynton Marsalis – trumpet, Sony, 42478, BAROQUE & CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR TRUMPETS

Third Hour

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite #4 in Eb BWV1010: allemande, Yo Yo Ma – cello, Sony, 190758 54652, YO-YO MA – SIX EVOLUTIONS

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Mass in b: Gloria, et in terra pax, Osanna, & Dona nobis pacem, Bach Choir of Bethlehem & Bach Festival Orchestra, Greg Funfgeld, Dorian, 90253, J.S. BACH: MASS IN B MINOR

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Violin Concerto #2 in E BWV1042, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Joshua Bell – violin, Sony, 88843, JOSHUA BELL BACH

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Alle voci del bronzo guerriero (1708), Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Nelson, Kathleen Battle – soprano, Wynton Marsalis – trumpet, Sony, 46672, BAROQUE DUET

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in D RV93 (orig for lute), Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Howard Griffiths, Sharon Isbin – guitar, Warner, 45312, SHARON ISBIN PLAYS BAROQUE FAVORITES FOR GUITAR

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Prelude #1 in C (Wtc Bk. 1)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)/Christian Petzold (1677-1733), Minuet in G from Anna Magdalena Notebook, Lang Lang – piano, Deutsche Grammophon, 4797528, LANG LANG PIANO BOOK

Fourth Hour

Anonymous, Joy to the Person of my Love, Ensemble Galilei, Telarc, 80556, COME, GENTLE NIGHT: MUSIC OF SHAKESPEARE’S WORLD

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Hippolyte & Aricie: prologue: suite (let’s verify that this is the right recording … the tracking is from the complete HIPPOLYTE cd), Les Arts Florissants (Flourishing Arts), William Christie, Erato, 3984-26129, MUSIQUE DE BALLET LES ARTS FLORISSANTS WILLIAM CHRISTIE

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in F RV539 (orig 2 horns), European Union Chamber Players, Julian Lloyd Webber – cello, Jiaxin Lloyd Webber – cello, Naxos, 8.573374, VIVALDI CONCERTOS FOR TWO CELLOS

Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727-1756), Sonata in Bb DurG10, Rebel, Jorg-Michael Schwarz – violin, Karen Marie Marmer – violin, John Moran – cello, Dongsok Shin – harpsichord, Bridge, 9478, JOHANN GOTTLIEB GOLDBERG BEYOND THE VARIATIONS

Michele Mascitti (1664-1760), Psyche op.5 #12, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi – violin, Virgin Veritas, 45588, ITALIAN VIOLIN SONATAS

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